Netherlands: Bonaire - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Netherlands: Bonaire

Statistics

Occurrence records	3,547
Species level	3,226
Species	589
Taxa	751
Datasets	37
Time range	1905 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	40
No WoRMS match	54
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	3

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,604	821
eventDate	355	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,705	22
minimumDepthInMeters	1,668	0
occurrenceStatus	1,230	0
scientificName	16	0
scientificNameID	367	76

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,093
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	329

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Sea turtle tracking in Bonaire 2003-2011 Published 2021-04-24	821
Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations Published 2025-03-20	743
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Benthic Published 2020-06-09	610
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Fish Published	363
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	284
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	141
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	109
United States Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database Published 2015-09-11	76
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Fisheries Log Book System (FLS) Commercial Pelagic Logbook Data Published 2021-08-25	70
NOAA Southeast Fishery Science Center (SEFSC) Commercial Pelagic Observer Program (POP) Data Published	58

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	474
Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	270
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	242
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	133
Orbicella faveolata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	117
Pterois Oken, 1817 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	75
Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	55
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772) VU Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	47
Scarus taeniopterus Lesson, 1829 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	43
Scarus vetula Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	42

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Nidalia occidentalis Gray, 1835 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	4	2017
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2015
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	1	2014
Illex illecebrosus (Lesueur, 1821) Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	1	2014
Bothus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Scuticaria tigrina (Lesson, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Sphyraena picudilla Poey, 1860 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Aequorea victoria (Murbach & Shearer, 1902) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	1	2014
Chrysiptera parasema (Fowler, 1918) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	11	2013

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	1,063
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami	973
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	830
Duke University	830
Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire	826
Diveboard	743
Datafable	743
Universidad Simon Bolivar	621
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	284
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	184