Mauritania - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Mauritania

Statistics

Occurrence records	213,650
Species level	104,160
Species	1,370
Taxa	1,675
Datasets	93
Time range	1849 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	506
No WoRMS match	738
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	448
No accepted name available	68,904

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	174,525	241
eventDate	7,126	0
maximumDepthInMeters	213,830	0
minimumDepthInMeters	211,452	0
occurrenceStatus	1,564	0
scientificName	53	0
scientificNameID	875	2,706

Spatial issues

Records on land	38,574
More than 20 km from shore	6
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	274

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Banc d'Arguin National Park (Mauritania): May 2023 Published 2024-12-08	134,069
LBBG_ZEEBRUGGE - Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at the southern North Sea coast (Belgium and the Netherlands) Published 2024-09-04	39,138
DELTATRACK - Herring gulls (Larus argentatus, Laridae) and lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at Neeltje Jans (Netherlands) Published 2024-09-03	20,626
Ecoscope tuna observer data Published 2025-03-20	5,565
LBBG_ADULT - Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding in Belgium Published 2024-09-04	3,756
Biodiversity data of the Banc D'Arguin National Park. Information for education, conservation and management. Published 2025-02-27	2,619
dem_datasurv_mau Published 2017-10-03	2,196
PANGAEA - Data from Center for Marine Environmental Sciences Published 2025-03-20	853
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	687
Ecoscope Balbaya Database Published 2025-03-20	665

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
Biota incertae sedis	68,231
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	64,630
Chordata Haeckel, 1874 Phylum Chordata	8,847
Animalia	8,334
Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bowdich, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6,565
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4,496
Diplodus Rafinesque, 1810 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3,520
Actinopteri Phylum Chordata	2,701
Dicentrarchus punctatus (Bloch, 1792) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,545
Sardinella maderensis (Lowe, 1838) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,473

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Paracartia grani Sars G.O., 1904 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	234	2023
Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	703	2023
Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton & Parke, 1960 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	255	2023
Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin, 1964 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	733	2023
Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	242	2023
Eucampia striata Stolterfoth, 1879 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	227	2023
Mugil bananensis (Pellegrin, 1927) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,321	2023
Drepane africana Osório, 1892 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	287	2023
Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	346	2023
Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	371	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	137,336
BirdEyes, University of Groningen, Netherlands, Parc National du Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania	134,069
Parc National du Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania	134,069
UNESCO-IOC	134,069
UNESCO-WHC	134,069
University of Algarve, Portugal	134,069
Vlaamse Overheid - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek	63,520
Universiteit Antwerpen	42,894
Universiteit Gent	42,894
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	41,476