ABNJ: Indian Ocean

Statistics

Occurrence records 1,688,980
Species level 1,078,701
Species 5,811
Taxa 7,944
Datasets 391
Time range 1758 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 156
No WoRMS match 35,627
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 5,151
No accepted name available 47,083

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,137,513 16,854
eventDate 196,607 0
maximumDepthInMeters 844,287 408
minimumDepthInMeters 802,203 322
occurrenceStatus 472,151 0
scientificName 722 0
scientificNameID 50,845 5,702

Spatial issues

Records on land 0
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 2,525

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
169,580
Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, 1778
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
110,515
Arctocephalus gazella (Peters, 1875)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
54,352
Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
53,536
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
52,416
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
40,829
Alphaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria
38,858
Calanoida Sars G.O., 1903
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
33,241
Oithona similis Claus, 1866
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
32,497
Oikopleura Mertens, 1830
Phylum Chordata > Class Appendicularia
26,127

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Alexandrium catenella (Whedon & Kofoid) Balech, 1985
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
1 2022
Hemiaulus indicus Karsten, 1907
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
1 2022
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii
2 2021
Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
7 2021
Cheilopogon furcatus (Mitchill, 1815)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2021
Protorhabdonella curta Cleve, 1900
Phylum Ciliophora > Class Oligotrichea
1 2021
Poromitra atlantica (Norman, 1929)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2020
Sundstroemia setigera (Brightwell) Medlin in Medlin et al., 2021
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
2 2020
Fibulia occiensis Rengaiyan, Kurian Palayil & Ingole, 2022
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2 2020
Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) indiyansis Rengaiyan & Ingole, 2022
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2 2020