Australia: Norfolk Island - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Australia: Norfolk Island

Statistics

Occurrence records	20,862
Species level	11,550
Species	1,958
Taxa	3,433
Datasets	111
Time range	1788 - 2021

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,701
No WoRMS match	2,672
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	608
No accepted name available	120

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	6,857	32
eventDate	3,873	0
maximumDepthInMeters	7,885	117
minimumDepthInMeters	8,097	117
occurrenceStatus	6,199	0
scientificName	79	0
scientificNameID	6,285	11

Spatial issues

Records on land	3,390
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1,797

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine metagenomes from the bioGEOTRACES project (2010-2011) Published 2023-10-27	3,483
Marine metagenomes from the bioGEOTRACES project Published 2022-09-20	3,287
Reef Life Survey (RLS) around New Zealand region: Reef fish dataset Published 2018-08-08	1,190
NIWA Invertebrate Collection Published 2022-11-24	1,167
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	1,110
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	970
Historic whale catch data from Australian whaling stations (1925-1978) Published 2023-06-28	887
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	786
NORFANZ Biological Survey, Tasman Sea, Australia - New Zealand 2003 Published 2023-10-27	651
Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection Published 2023-06-28	641

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
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	913
Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus, 1766 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	270
Pterodroma cervicalis (Salvin, 1891) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	222
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	205
Pterodroma magentae (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	193
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	129
Pseudolabrus luculentus (Richardson, 1848) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	107
Parablennius serratolineatus Bath & Hutchins, 1986 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	98
Parma polylepis Günther, 1862 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	95
Trachypoma macracanthus Günther, 1859 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	94

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	42	2019
Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Ablabys taenianotus (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes, 1833 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2017
Aplysia juliana Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2017
Dendrodoris nigra (W. Stimpson, 1855) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2017
Pleurobranchus forskalii Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2017
Trachinotus blochii (Lacepède, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2017
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2017
Biuve fulvipunctata (Baba, 1938) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	2	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	9,881
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	5,070
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	4,555
European Molecular Biology Laboratory	3,483
MIT	3,287
Australian Museum	2,694
University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies	1,893
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	970
Museum and Art Gallery, Northern Territory	678
Museums Victoria	593