Joint Development: Australia - East Timor - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Joint Development: Australia - East Timor

Statistics

Occurrence records	406
Species level	349
Species	120
Taxa	162
Datasets	21
Time range	1968 - 2018

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	1
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	2

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	12	0
eventDate	12	0
maximumDepthInMeters	73	0
minimumDepthInMeters	71	0
occurrenceStatus	2	0
scientificNameID	1	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	8

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Satellite tracking of female olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) nesting in the Wessel Islands, Northern Territory, 2005 Published 2023-08-11	154
CSIRO, Soviet Fishery Data, Australia, 1965-1978 Published 2022-09-13	84
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Malacology Collection - marine records Published 2023-06-28	59
CSIRO, fish surveys by the Courageous, 1978-1979 Published 2023-06-28	43
NESP A12: Northern Australia threatened species, Australia (1905-2020) Published 2022-11-14	30
CSIRO, North West Shelf Demersal Marine Resources Study 1980-1997 Published 2022-09-13	6
Benthic species from the tropical Pacific surrounding New Caledonia Published 2025-03-20	5
Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Sahul Shelf and Timor Sea, Australia collected by the RV Hakuhō Maru (KH-72-1 Cruise) (1972) Published 2025-02-14	3
Seabird observations in Australian and adjacent seas from voyages of the RV Franklin, RV Southern Surveyor, Southern Supporter and RV Aurora Australis (1988-2012) Published 2023-08-11	3
A global, historical database of tuna, billfish, and saury larval distributions (1956-1981) Published 2022-08-10	3

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
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) VU Phylum Chordata	186
Parastromateus niger (Bloch, 1795) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7
Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6
Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5
Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5
Atlanta Lesueur, 1817 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	3
Cymatium Röding, 1798 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	3
Nemipterus Swainson, 1839 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3
Pristipomoides typus Bleeker, 1852 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3
Netuma thalassina (Rüppell, 1837) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2016
Creseis virgula (Rang, 1828) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2010
Natator depressus (Garman, 1880) Phylum Chordata	2	2010
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	2	2008
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2006
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) VU Phylum Chordata	186	2005
Cavolinia uncinata (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	2	2004
Septifer bilocularis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	2	2004
Diacavolinia longirostris (Blainville, 1821) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	2	2004
Hyotissa inermis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	2	2004

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	388
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	347
University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies	184
Museum and Art Gallery, Northern Territory	60
Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville	30
Charles Darwin University (CDU)	30
Duke University	6
SEATURTLE.ORG	6
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre de Nouméa	5
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	5