Kenya - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Kenya

Statistics

Occurrence records	51,001
Species level	23,007
Species	3,273
Taxa	4,281
Datasets	156
Time range	1837 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	534
No WoRMS match	335
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	132
No accepted name available	1,743

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
basisOfRecord	4	0
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	45,204	33
eventDate	5,761	0
maximumDepthInMeters	44,513	47
minimumDepthInMeters	44,267	0
occurrenceStatus	4,904	0
scientificName	108	0
scientificNameID	1,245	53

Spatial issues

Records on land	17,130
More than 20 km from shore	67
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	200

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Spatial and temporal ichthyofauna community of a tropical mangrove Bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya) sampled between 1994 and 1996 Published 2025-03-20	3,769
Nematoda from Kenya and Zanzibar Published 2025-03-20	3,258
An experimental approach to study epi-and infauna of mangrove forests in Gazi Bay (Kenya) between August 1992 and July 1993 Published 2025-03-20	2,722
Study of epifauna and meiobenthos by means of cage experiments in a Ceriops tagal and Avicennia marina mangrove at Gazi Bay (Kenya) in August and September 1992 Published 2025-03-20	2,479
Study of epifauna and meiobenthos using field exclusion experiments in a Ceriops tagal and Avicennia marina mangrove at Gazi Bay (Kenya) in August and September 1992 Published 2025-03-20	2,183
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	2,059
Abundance of marine flora along the Kenyan coast between July 1986 and February 1987 Published 2025-03-20	1,969
Meiobenthos of 5 mangrove vegetation types at Gazi Bay (Kenya) in August 1989 Published 2025-03-20	1,910
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	1,611
Diversity of meiobenthos in tropical seagrass beds of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled from 16 to 19 July 1996 Published 2025-03-20	1,610

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
Nematoda Phylum Nematoda	3,184
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1,083
Oligochaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata	991
Turbellaria Ehrenberg, 1831 Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Turbellaria	860
Rotifera Cuvier, 1817 Phylum Rotifera	824
Crustacea Brünnich, 1772 Phylum Arthropoda	770
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	712
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	674
Halacaroidea Cunliffe, 1954 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Arachnida	673
Ostracoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	641

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	2	2018
Xylocarpus moluccensis (Lam.) M.Roem. Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	2	2018
Floresorchestia mkomani Bichang'a & Hou in Bichang'a, Kioko, Liu, Li & Hou, 2021 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2018
Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	8	2017
Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4	2017
Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4	2017
Egretta intermedia (Wagler, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4	2017
Burhinus vermiculatus (Cabanis, 1868) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	6	2017
Sternula saundersi (Hume, 1877) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	6	2017
Egretta dimorpha Hartert, 1914 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	10	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	38,300
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute	35,161
Universiteit Gent, Marine Biology research group	23,711
Universiteit Gent, Faculteit Wetenschap	13,776
Vrije Universiteit Brussel	6,042
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement	2,479
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen	2,339
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	2,082
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	2,082
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	1,636