| Occurrence records | 129,101 | |
| Species level | 95,602 |
|
| Species | 2,501 | |
| Taxa | 3,860 | |
| Datasets | 120 | |
| Time range | 1758 - 2024 |
| Dropped records | 0 |
|
| Not marine | 428 |
|
| No WoRMS match | 3,093 |
|
| No coordinates | 0 |
|
| Zero coordinates | 0 |
|
| Marine unsure | 360 |
|
| No accepted name available | 1,228 |
|
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 119,918 | 407 |
|
| eventDate | 16,494 | 0 |
|
| maximumDepthInMeters | 93,394 | 3,526 |
|
| minimumDepthInMeters | 71,546 | 0 |
|
| occurrenceStatus | 91,333 | 0 |
|
| scientificName | 154 | 0 |
|
| scientificNameID | 4,473 | 1,459 |
|
| Records on land | 15,293 |
|
| More than 20 km from shore | 39 |
|
| Depth exceeds bathymetric depth | 1,655 |
|
| Dataset | Records |
|---|---|
|
Namdeb Diamond Corporation Limited Marine Monitoring Programme
Published 2020-12-02 |
27,202 |
|
Animal Demography Unit - South African Bird Ringing Unit (SAFRING)
Published 2020-12-02 |
25,850 |
|
De Beers Marine Namibia Benthic Monitoring Programme
Published 2020-12-02 |
14,505 |
|
Kelp Blue marine ecology - Luderitz, Namibia (2021-09 to 2024-09)
Published 2024-09-30 |
10,193 |
|
Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (AfrOBIS)
Published 2020-12-02 |
7,072 |
|
PANGAEA - Data from University Bremen
Published 2025-03-20 |
5,914 |
|
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Published 2025-03-20 |
5,011 |
|
Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (AfrOBIS)
Published 2020-12-02 |
4,740 |
|
PANGAEA - Data from South Atlantic in the late Quaternary: reconstruction of budget and currents
Published 2025-03-20 |
4,345 |
|
PANGAEA - Data from paleoenvironmental reconstructions from marine sediments @ AWI
Published 2025-03-20 |
2,062 |
| Scientific name | Records |
|---|---|
|
Morus capensis (Lichtenstein, 1823)
EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves |
15,189 |
|
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves |
4,180 |
|
Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei |
2,965 |
|
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves |
2,487 |
|
Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves |
1,194 |
|
Corallinaceae Lamouroux, 1812
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae |
1,071 |
|
Sterna bergii Lichtenstein, 1823
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves |
1,039 |
|
Jasus lalandii (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca |
1,025 |
|
Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers, 1901)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta |
975 |
|
Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (Ehrenberg, 1861)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea |
960 |
| Scientific name | Records | Since |
|---|---|---|
|
Protoperidinium depressum (Bailey, 1854) Balech, 1974
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae |
4 | 2024 |
|
Protoperidinium pentagonum (Gran, 1902) Balech, 1974
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae |
2 | 2024 |
|
Gracilaria gracilis (Stackhouse) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham, 1995
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae |
9 | 2024 |
|
Thalassiosira eccentrica (Ehrenberg) Cleve, 1904
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae |
3 | 2024 |
|
Chaetoceros teres Cleve, 1896
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae |
5 | 2024 |
|
Chaetoceros decipiens Cleve, 1873
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae |
11 | 2024 |
|
Lauderia annulata Cleve, 1873
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae |
7 | 2024 |
|
Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves |
3 | 2024 |
|
Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766)
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae |
4 | 2024 |
|
Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves |
3 | 2024 |
| Name | Records |
|---|---|
| CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS | 43,379 |
| Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch | 42,877 |
| Pisces Environmental Services (Pty) Ltd | 41,707 |
| Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO | 27,333 |
| Namdeb Diamond Corporation Limited | 27,202 |
| University of Cape Town; Department of Zoology | 26,277 |
| Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee | 22,586 |
| De Beers Namibia Holdings | 14,505 |
| Marine Environmental Consultant | 14,505 |
| Marine and Coastal Management; Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism | 12,904 |