Mexico: North Atlantic - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Mexico: North Atlantic

Statistics

Occurrence records	227,757
Species level	113,637
Species	10,541
Taxa	12,856
Datasets	157
Time range	1837 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	2,626
No WoRMS match	2,490
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	2,920
No accepted name available	1,207

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	227,050	6,577
eventDate	62,760	0
maximumDepthInMeters	52,258	0
minimumDepthInMeters	58,844	0
occurrenceStatus	75,174	0
scientificName	868	0
scientificNameID	8,393	494

Spatial issues

Records on land	17,789
More than 20 km from shore	85
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	19,532

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
eDNA from Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems and Carbon Cruise 2021 (GOMECC-4) Published 2024-03-12	106,150
Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database (BioGoMx) Published	40,833
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	13,010
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	9,912
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Fisheries Log Book System (FLS) Commercial Pelagic Logbook Data Published 2021-08-25	9,185
NOAA Southeast Fishery Science Center (SEFSC) Commercial Pelagic Observer Program (POP) Data Published	4,319
Coleccion Regional de Moluscos de la Peninsula de Yucatan Published 2020-12-09	3,967
Colección Carcinológica de Yucatán Published 2020-08-06	3,880
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	3,252
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Benthic Published 2020-06-09	3,222

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
Syndiniales Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	12,518
Alphaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	12,387
Bacteria	11,982
Biota	8,990
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4,612
Gammaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria	4,584
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002 Phylum Cyanobacteria	3,297
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3,104
Synechococcales Hoffmann, Komárek & Kastovsky, 2005 Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae	2,770
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2,750

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Pantachogon haeckeli Maas, 1893 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	86	2021
Sulculeolaria quadrivalvis de Blainville, 1830 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	127	2021
Lepidodinium viride M.Watanabe, S.Suda, Inouye, T.Sawaguchi & Chihara, 1990 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	113	2021
Karlodinium veneficum (D.Ballantine) J.Larsen, 2000 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	128	2021
Bathycoccus prasinos Eikrem & Throndsen, 1990 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	97	2021
Pelagomonas calceolata R.A.Andersen & G.Saunders, 1993 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Pelagophyceae	102	2021
Chlorarachnion reptans Geitler, 1930 Phylum Chlorarachniophyta > Class Chlorarachniophyceae	91	2021
Ceratospyris hyperborea Joergensen, 1905 Phylum Radiozoa > Class Polycystina	85	2021
Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel, 1887 Phylum Radiozoa > Class Polycystina	102	2021
Chrysochromulina campanulifera Manton & Leadbeater, 1974 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	120	2021

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	127,484
NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory	106,150
NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)	106,150
University of New Hampshire	106,150
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	55,394
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	19,553
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	13,010
Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, UMDI-Sisal	10,950
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	10,714
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami	5,745