New Zealand

Statistics

Occurrence records 2,066,649
Species level 1,404,222
Species 12,669
Taxa 19,423
Datasets 300
Time range 1834 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 4,105
No WoRMS match 68,683
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 19,030
No accepted name available 5,935

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 208,790 515
eventDate 66,221 0
maximumDepthInMeters 425,364 453
minimumDepthInMeters 346,019 407
occurrenceStatus 113,720 0
scientificName 578 0
scientificNameID 95,166 7,309

Spatial issues

Records on land 64,911
More than 20 km from shore 192
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 102,048

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Jasus edwardsii (Hutton, 1875)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
213,202
Pagrus auratus (Forster, 1801)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
80,110
Alphaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria
73,989
Syndiniales
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
42,406
Bacteria
42,012
Thermoplasmata
Phylum Euryarchaeota > Class Thermoplasmata
35,412
Metanephrops challengeri (Balss, 1914)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
34,844
Phocarctos hookeri (Gray, 1844) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
33,898
Parapercis colias (Forster, 1801)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
26,431
Macruronus novaezelandiae (Hector, 1871)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
21,687

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
2 2021
Phalacrocorax featherstoni Buller, 1873 EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
8 2019
Anisolabis littorea (White, 1846)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Hexapoda
43 2019
Mimachlamys asperrima (Lamarck, 1819)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
7 2019
Opifex fuscus Hutton, 1902
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Hexapoda
7 2019
Petalonia binghamiae (J.Agardh) K.L.Vinogradova, 1973
Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae
6 2019
Marpissa marina (Goyen, 1892)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Arachnida
8 2019
Durvillaea poha C.I.Fraser, H.G.Spencer & J.M.Waters, 2012
Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae
10 2019
Watersipora subatra (Ortmann, 1890)
Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata
9 2019
Sagmatias obscurus (Gray, 1828)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
13 2019