Micronesia - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Micronesia

Statistics

Occurrence records	106,915
Species level	86,674
Species	3,019
Taxa	3,981
Datasets	102
Time range	1789 - 2021

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	220
No WoRMS match	16,522
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	668
No accepted name available	3,997

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	55,574	201
eventDate	13,024	0
maximumDepthInMeters	36,667	167
minimumDepthInMeters	29,711	157
occurrenceStatus	27,483	0
scientificName	3,977	0
scientificNameID	18,721	11,325

Spatial issues

Records on land	4,591
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	100

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
NOAA coral reef monitoring fish data from sites across Micronesia from 2009-09-29 to 2015-09-25 Published 2020-06-01	35,123
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	13,990
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	9,707
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	9,586
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Published 2025-03-20	7,683
NOAA coral reef monitoring benthic data from sites across Micronesia from 2009-09-29 to 2015-09-25 Published 2020-06-02	5,746
JODC Dataset Published 2024-06-14	4,487
SPC CoFish Fish Observations Federated States of Micronesia 2006 Published 2020-02-15	4,203
SPC CoFish Invertebrates Observations Federated States of Micronesia 2006 Published 2021-12-20	3,053
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	1,810

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
Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	9,399
Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3,794
Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2,090
Scaridae Rafinesque, 1810 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,731
Naso lituratus (Forster, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,635
Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,620
Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,227
Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,058
Bacteria	860
Bacillariophyceae Haeckel, 1878 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	850

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Epimeria liui Wang, Zhu, Sha & Ren, 2020 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Laetmonice iocasica Wu, Hutchings, Murray & Wu, 2021 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	2019
Stegocephalus carolus Wang, Sha & Ren, 2024 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Muscamysis carolinensis Kou, Meland & Li, 2024 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	90	2018
Pheronemoides crustiformis Gong, Li & Lee, 2020 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	1	2017
Iridogorgia densispicula Xu, Zhan, Li & Xu, 2020 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2017
Caulophacus (Caulodiscus) iocasicus Gong & Li, 2023 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	2	2017
Eusirus carolinus Wang, Sha & Ren, 2024 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2017
Rhizophyta yapensis Shen, Dohrmann, Zhang, Lu & Wang, 2019 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	6	2016

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	49,871
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System	41,583
University of Guam	41,583
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	14,011
California Academy of Sciences	10,498
California Academy of Sciences	9,707
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	9,586
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	8,545
Pacific Community	7,256
Chuuk State Government - Department of Marine Resources	7,256