Israel: Red Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Israel: Red Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	32,345
Species level	20,476
Species	616
Taxa	1,196
Datasets	39
Time range	1951 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	62
No WoRMS match	699
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	840
No accepted name available	60

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	13,472	30
eventDate	748	0
maximumDepthInMeters	30,166	0
minimumDepthInMeters	30,135	0
occurrenceStatus	11,042	0
scientificName	43	0
scientificNameID	597	280

Spatial issues

Records on land	952
More than 20 km from shore	1
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	30

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine invasive species: Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea Published 2024-11-06	18,536
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data Published	10,182
ARMS-MBON data on long-term monitoring of hard-bottom communities: 18S results from 2018-2020 Published 2024-07-10	702
ARMS-MBON data on long-term monitoring of hard-bottom communities: 18S results from 2018-2020 Published 2025-03-20	702
An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database Published 2022-06-08	337
ARMS-MBON data on long-term monitoring of hard-bottom communities: COI results from 2018-2020 Published 2024-07-16	298
ARMS-MBON data on long-term monitoring of hard-bottom communities: COI results from 2018-2020 Published 2025-03-20	298
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	265
Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection Published 2023-06-28	142
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	141

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
Siganus rivulatus Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	18,543
Alphaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	1,574
Gammaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria	1,148
Bacteria	1,129
Proteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria	664
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002 Phylum Cyanobacteria	513
Deferribacteres Garrity & Holt, 2002 Phylum Deferribacteres	481
Deltaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Deltaproteobacteria	363
Rhodobacteraceae Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	282
Flavobacteriaceae (Reichenbach, 1992) emend. Bernardet, Nakagawa & Holmes, 2002 Phylum Bacteroidetes > Class Flavobacteria	273

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Notomastus latericeus Sars, 1851 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	16	2019
Protoaricia oerstedii (Claparède, 1864) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	8	2019
Pleurocladia lacustris A.Braun, 1855 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	10	2019
Diplacanthopoma brachysoma Günther, 1887 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	12	2019
Brachionichthys hirsutus (Lacepède, 1804) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	12	2019
Hololepida magna Moore, 1905 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	14	2019
Magellania joubini Blochmann, 1906 Phylum Brachiopoda > Class Rhynchonellata	14	2019
Bitectipora retepora (Gordon, 1989) Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata	10	2019
Cabestana spengleri (G. Perry, 1811) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	12	2019
Rhopalaea idoneta Shenkar, 2013 Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea	10	2019

Data providers

Name	Records
Ocean Tracking Network	18,536
Ben Gurion University and the Inter-University Institute for Marine Science	18,536
Ocean Tracking Network	18,536
Tel Aviv University	18,536
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	10,399
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	10,182
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	2,064
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	2,000
European Marine Biological Research Centre	2,000
National Institute of Biology; Marine Biological Station Piran	2,000