Kiribati - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Kiribati

Statistics

Occurrence records	430,897
Species level	26,331
Species	2,588
Taxa	4,161
Datasets	74
Time range	1841 - 2018

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	19
No WoRMS match	55,712
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	6,780
No accepted name available	1,013

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	23,730	1,556
eventDate	6,803	0
maximumDepthInMeters	24,466	2,006
minimumDepthInMeters	23,002	1,380
occurrenceStatus	15,417	0
scientificName	585	0
scientificNameID	72,540	32

Spatial issues

Records on land	3,173
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	29

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine Microbes from RV Investigator voyage IN2016_V03, 170W, Pacific Ocean (2016) Published 2022-08-09	395,917
SPC PROCFish/C Fish Observations Kiribati 2004 Published 2019-01-28	5,360
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	5,187
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	4,077
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	4,059
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	3,883
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	1,176
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data Published	1,104
Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection Published 2022-06-08	1,017
Coral reefs in the Gilbert Islands of Kiribati: Resistance, resilience, and recovery after more than a decade of multiple stressors Published 2023-02-17	947

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
Alphaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	96,696
Syndiniales Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	42,811
Bacteria	40,234
Thermoplasmata Phylum Euryarchaeota > Class Thermoplasmata	28,354
Nitrosopumilaceae Phylum Thaumarchaeota > Class Thaumarchaeota incertae sedis	25,608
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	14,296
Rhodospirillales Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	13,267
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002 Phylum Cyanobacteria	12,497
Pseudomonadales Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria	11,447
Amoebophrya Koeppen, 1894 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	8,971

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Anoplostoma amphicystum Leduc & Zhao, 2023 Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea	1	2018
Farrea occa Bowerbank, 1862 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	54	2017
Enallopsammia rostrata (Pourtalès, 1878) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	111	2017
Walteria flemmingii Schulze, 1886 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	122	2017
Chrysogorgia geniculata (Wright & Studer, 1889) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	112	2017
Iridogorgia magnispiralis Watling, 2007 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	76	2017
Victorgorgia alba (Nutting, 1908) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	37	2017
Paracalyptrophora hawaiiensis Cairns, 2009 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	98	2017
Pleurocorallium porcellanum (Pasternak, 1981) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	197	2017
Ramuligorgia militaris (Nutting, 1908) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	85	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	397,909
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	397,728
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	8,073
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	7,942
Pacific Community	5,360
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development (MFMRD)	5,360
Florida Museum of Natural History	5,187
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	4,077
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	3,883
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)	3,883