Australia: Cocos Islands - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Australia: Cocos Islands

Statistics

Occurrence records	11,952
Species level	6,557
Species	1,204
Taxa	1,706
Datasets	76
Time range	1803 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	74
No WoRMS match	94
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	2
No accepted name available	336

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	6,033	0
eventDate	2,615	0
maximumDepthInMeters	4,216	4
minimumDepthInMeters	4,208	0
occurrenceStatus	1,846	0
scientificName	34	0
scientificNameID	931	12

Spatial issues

Records on land	458
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	718

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	3,027
eDNA metabarcoding survey of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean (2017) Published 2023-08-11	2,610
Specimens collected by Museums Victoria from the Indian Ocean Territories (IOT) on the RV Investigator voyages IN2021_V04 and IN2022_V08, Australia (2021-2022) Published 2024-09-26	621
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific (DIPnet) Published	587
Taxonomically comprehensive assessment of biodiversity of animal plankton throughout the world ocean Published	553
Western Australian Museum Fish Collection - Marine records Published 2023-06-28	480
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	411
Western Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection (1904-2018) Published 2023-06-28	333
Western Australian Museum Mollusc Collection, Australia (1905-2016) Published 2023-06-28	327
Inventory of Australian seabird colonies (1877-1999) Published 2023-08-11	288

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	322
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	291
Oncaea Philippi, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	275
Oikopleura Mertens, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Appendicularia	174
Corycaeus Dana, 1849 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	164
Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana, 1849-1852) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	108
Calocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	85
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	84
Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	82
Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	80

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Deima validum Théel, 1879 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	4	2022
Amphiophiura bullata (Thomson, 1877) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	15	2022
Orphnurgus insignis Fisher, 1907 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	8	2022
Ophiotholia spathifer (Lyman, 1879) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	10	2022
Ophiosphalma glabrum (Lütken & Mortensen, 1899) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	6	2022
Mesothuria gargantua Deichmann, 1930 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	16	2022
Protis melmackenzieae Kupriyanova & Flaxman, 2024 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	7	2022
Hyalopomatus nogueirai Kupriyanova & Flaxman, 2024 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	8	2022
Hyalopomatus rossanae Kupriyanova & Flaxman, 2024 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	6	2022
Laetmonice hutchingsae Flaxman & Kupriyanova, 2024 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	13	2022

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	6,011
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	3,027
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	3,027
Curtin University of Technology	2,610
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	1,382
Western Australian Museum	937
Australian Museum	843
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	792
Museum Victoria	621
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific Network	587