Montenegro - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Montenegro

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,289
Species level	920
Species	224
Taxa	280
Datasets	28
Time range	1894 - 2018

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	8
No WoRMS match	6
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	17

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,038	2
eventDate	20	0
maximumDepthInMeters	54	0
minimumDepthInMeters	114	0
occurrenceStatus	19	0
scientificNameID	7	5

Spatial issues

Records on land	54
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	82

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Phytoplankton monitoring in the South Adriatic (Adricosm-STAR project), 2008-2009 Published 2025-03-20	668
Echinodermata of Montenegro (South Adriatic) Published 2025-03-20	308
Trawl-survey data from the “expedition Hvar” in the Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean) collected in 1948-1949 Published 2025-03-20	236
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	15
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	13
Occurrences of HAB species in the Mediterranean Published 2020-05-13	8
World Database of Nematodes Published 2025-03-20	4
Visual sightings from Song of the Whale 1993-2013 Published 2021-04-24	4
Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection Published 2023-06-28	3
Zakynthos 2007: Loggerhead Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell) Published 2021-04-24	2

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
Protozoa Owen, 1858	59
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	47
Bacillariophyceae Haeckel, 1878 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	33
Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	30
Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	28
Thalassionema nitzschioides (Grunow) Mereschkowsky, 1902 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	26
Coccolithophyceae Rothmaler, 1951 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	25
Scrippsiella acuminata (Ehrenberg) Kretschmann, Elbrächter, Zinssmeister, S.Soehner, Kirsch, Kusber & Gottschling, 2015 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	21
Holothuria (Holothuria) tubulosa Gmelin, 1791 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	20
Sphaerechinus granularis (Lamarck, 1816) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	19

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder, 1845 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Ulvophyceae	1	2016
Dinophysis acuminata Claparède & Lachmann, 1859 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2014
Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg, 1839 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2014
Dinophysis tripos Gourret, 1883 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2014
Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2013
Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Hexabranchus sanguineus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2011
Gyrodinium fusiforme Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	18	2008
Thalassionema nitzschioides (Grunow) Mereschkowsky, 1902 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	26	2008
Scrippsiella acuminata (Ehrenberg) Kretschmann, Elbrächter, Zinssmeister, S.Soehner, Kirsch, Kusber & Gottschling, 2015 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	21	2008

Data providers

Name	Records
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics	904
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	319
University of Montenegro-Institute of Marine Biology	308
University of Belgrade	308
Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research — Branch office Chioggia	236
Duke University	19
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	15
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	15
SEATURTLE.ORG	14
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	13