Monaco - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Monaco

Statistics

Occurrence records	670
Species level	522
Species	178
Taxa	225
Datasets	29
Time range	1879 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	14
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	0

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	185	210
eventDate	65	0
maximumDepthInMeters	657	0
minimumDepthInMeters	658	0
occurrenceStatus	18	0
scientificName	1	0
scientificNameID	17	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	189
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	2

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Crustacea Collection (Crustacea) Published 2025-03-20	236
Tethys Research Institute shipboard survey cetacean sightings 1986-2012 Published 2021-04-24	97
Benthic invertebrates abundance data from French REBENT network Published 2025-03-20	57
Benthic Network Published 2025-03-20	57
Macrophytes occurrence data within French Mediterranen Lagoon since 2006 Published 2025-03-20	57
Observatoire Pelagis aerial surveys 2002-2021 Published 2022-01-20	44
World Database of Nematodes Published 2025-03-20	37
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Mollusca Collection (Mollusca) Published 2025-03-20	14
National Inventory of the Natural Heritage: Data from the air monitoring campaigns of marine megafauna (SAMM) in the French metropolitan area Published 2025-03-20	12
CorMedNet- Distribution and demographic data of habitat-forming invertebrate species from Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages between 1882 and 2019. Published 2025-03-20	11

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
Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	92
Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	56
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	26
Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	13
Dexamine spiniventris (A. Costa, 1853) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	10
Larus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	10
Caprella Lamarck, 1801 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	9
Pterygocythereis jonesii (Baird, 1850) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	9
Carinocythereis antiquata (Baird, 1850) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	9
Phtisica Slabber, 1769 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	8

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Haliclona (Halichoclona) fulva (Topsent, 1893) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2014
Aplysina aerophoba (Nardo, 1833) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2012
Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2012
Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli, 1769) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2012
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	26	2011
Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2011
Ampelisca sarsi Chevreux, 1888 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2009
Ampelisca typica (Spence Bate, 1857) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2009
Alpheus glaber (Olivi, 1792) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	4	2009
Processa canaliculata Leach, 1815 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	4	2009

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	476
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen	255
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER, Centre de Brest	171
Duke University	153
The Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) and Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS)	109
Tethys Research Institute	98
ARVAM Agence pour la Recherche et la Valorisation Marine	57
Universite de Bordeaux I, Environnements et Paléoenvironnements OCéaniques , Talence	57
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique	57
Université de Liège	57