Iraq

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Statistics

Occurrence records 42
Species level 33
Species 19
Taxa 21
Datasets 8
Time range 1960 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

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

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 0
No accepted name available 2

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 42 0
eventDate 10 0
maximumDepthInMeters 41 0
minimumDepthInMeters 41 0
occurrenceStatus 32 0
scientificNameID 21 0

Spatial issues

Records on land 34
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 0

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Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Sciaena Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		6
Caranx Lacepède, 1801
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		3
Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen, 1788)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		3
Scomberoides lysan (Forsskål, 1775)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		3
Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		3
Otolithes ruber (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		3
Drepane longimana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		3
Cynoglossus macrolepidotus (Bleeker, 1851)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		3
Sphaeroma annandalei Stebbing, 1911
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		2
Polydactylus persicus Motomura & Iwatsuki, 2001
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		2

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Leptochryseus kuwaitense (Jones & Clayton, 1983)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2023
Austruca sindensis (Alcock, 1900)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2022
Metopograpsus messor (Forskål, 1775)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2019
Eriocheir hepuensis Dai, 1991
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2017
Manningis arabicum (Jones & Clayton, 1983)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2017
Ilyoplax stevensi (Kemp, 1919)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2017
Ocypode rotundata Miers, 1882
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2017
Pseudosesarma boulengeri (Calman, 1920)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2017
Sphaeroma annandalei Stebbing, 1911
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		2 1972
Annina mesopotamica (Ahmed, 1971)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 1972

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