Japan - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Japan

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,319,807
Species level	787,297
Species	14,400
Taxa	18,810
Datasets	224
Time range	1700 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	8,699
No WoRMS match	147,326
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	15,863
No accepted name available	150,130

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	3,072,284	566
eventDate	94,737	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,047,891	27,674
minimumDepthInMeters	1,034,879	28,421
occurrenceStatus	121,580	0
scientificName	3,321	0
scientificNameID	192,824	6,865

Spatial issues

Records on land	163,380
More than 20 km from shore	87
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	15,409

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	263,472
JODC Dataset Published 2024-06-14	255,831
Plankton image dataset from a cabled observatory system (JEDI System/OCEANS) deployed at coastal area of Oshima island, Tokyo, Japan Published 2023-12-31	213,263
FRA-PLANKTON DATASET Published 2024-06-14	79,457
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	71,535
Fixed Point Survey for Shorebirds of the family Scolopacidae and Charadriidae Published 2024-05-16	66,766
A Record of the Intertidal Malacofauna of Cape Bansho, Wakayama, Japan, from 1985 to 2010 Published 2024-06-14	45,450
Environmental baseline data in abyssal plain off Minami Torishima based on megafauna occurrence Published 2023-04-20	42,413
Data on coral species occurrences in Japan since 1929 Published 2024-05-31	29,864
Marine Biological Sample Database, JAMSTEC Published 2024-09-30	28,412

Distribution

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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	103,689
Bacillariophyceae Haeckel, 1878 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	64,957
Crustacea Brünnich, 1772 Phylum Arthropoda	43,721
Animalia	26,871
Chaetoceros C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	12,641
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	11,885
Skeletonema costatum (Greville) Cleve, 1873 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	11,879
Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	8,402
Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	8,114
Coscinodiscus C.G. Ehrenberg, 1839 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	7,152

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	5	2023
Raphanus raphanistrum L. Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	12	2023
Carex kobomugi Ohwi Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	8	2023
Salsola komarovii Iljin Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	15	2023
Angelica japonica A.Gray Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	10	2023
Glehnia littoralis (A.Gray) F.Schmidt ex Miq. Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	13	2023
Vitex rotundifolia L.f. Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	12	2023
Podoceropsis nanseiae Kodama, Mukaida, Hosoki, Makino & Azuma, 2024 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2023
Trachelostyla pediculiformis (Cohn, 1866) Borror, 1972 Phylum Ciliophora > Class Spirotrichea	5	2022
Gromia sphaerica Gooday, Bowser, Bett & Smith, 2000 Phylum Cercozoa > Class Gromiidea	7	2022

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	264,164
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	264,153
Japan Oceanographic Data Center	255,831
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology	213,263
JAMSTEC Tokyo Office	83,588
Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency	79,457
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	71,535
Biodiversity Center of Japan, Ministry of the Environment	66,766
Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University	54,556
IDEA Consultants	49,117