Myanmar - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Myanmar

Statistics

Occurrence records	14,284
Species level	5,510
Species	1,528
Taxa	1,981
Datasets	85
Time range	1758 - 2018

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	170
No WoRMS match	451
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	18
No accepted name available	614

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	14,037	29
eventDate	4,328	0
maximumDepthInMeters	5,639	0
minimumDepthInMeters	5,751	1
occurrenceStatus	6,746	0
scientificName	65	0
scientificNameID	2,224	49

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,270
More than 20 km from shore	450
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	54

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	6,922
Taxonomically comprehensive assessment of biodiversity of animal plankton throughout the world ocean Published	2,725
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	1,140
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	697
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	436
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-24	384
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	254
IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS Published	249
IndOBIS Dataset (93630-103790) Published 2022-01-19	169
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	151

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
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	564
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	460
Oncaea Philippi, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	370
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	357
Oikopleura Mertens, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Appendicularia	270
Corycaeus Dana, 1849 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	250
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	216
Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	186
Ostracoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	174
Pisces Phylum Chordata	166

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Onigocia pedimacula (Regan, 1908) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Siganus canaliculatus (Park, 1797) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Iago omanensis (Norman, 1939) Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2018
Setarches longimanus (Alcock, 1894) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Pterygotrigla hemisticta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Lepturacanthus savala (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Cephalopsetta ventrocellata Dutt & Rao, 1965 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Brachypterois serrulifer Fowler, 1938 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	2	2016

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	6,929
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	6,929
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	3,892
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	2,725
InvertEBase	1,140
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	1,140
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	697
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	690
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India	629
California Academy of Sciences	397