Netherlands: Aruba - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Netherlands: Aruba

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,797
Species level	1,549
Species	461
Taxa	609
Datasets	38
Time range	1884 - 2021

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	30
No WoRMS match	161
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	80

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,773	109
eventDate	201	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,371	32
minimumDepthInMeters	611	0
occurrenceStatus	694	0
scientificName	10	0
scientificNameID	488	8

Spatial issues

Records on land	277
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	19

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Published 2025-03-20	651
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	213
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	206
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	120
Sea turtle tracking in Bonaire 2003-2011 Published 2021-04-24	109
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	97
Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations Published 2025-03-20	81
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	65
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	31
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Cnidaria Collection (Cnidaria) Published 2025-03-20	28

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
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR Phylum Chordata	80
Helicosphaera carteri (Wallich) Kamptner, 1954	53
Dentoglobigerina venezuelana (Hedberg, 1937) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	44
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	38
Umbilicosphaera mirabilis Lohmann, 1902 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	37
Paragloborotalia mayeri (Cushman & Ellisor, 1939) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	37
Dentoglobigerina altispira (Cushman & Jarvis, 1936) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	37
Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina (Schwager, 1866) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	36
Trilobatus trilobus (Reuss, 1850) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	30
Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) crassaformis (Galloway & Wissler, 1927) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	25

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Naria turdus (Lamarck, 1810) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	5	2021
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2015
Keratoisis flexibilis (Pourtalès, 1868) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2014
Mycteroperca bonaci (Poey, 1860) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2014
Gymnothorax miliaris (Kaup, 1856) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2014
Lactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2014
Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Gorgonia ventalina Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2014
Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch, 1786) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2013

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	796
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	243
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	240
InvertEBase	223
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	213
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	193
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	151
Duke University	124
Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire	112
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	97