New Zealand: all

Statistics

Occurrence records 2,605,597
Species level 1,431,751
Species 14,198
Taxa 21,362
Datasets 320
Time range 1834 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 4,588
No WoRMS match 153,479
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 28,065
No accepted name available 6,221

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 225,698 563
eventDate 70,265 0
maximumDepthInMeters 446,700 510
minimumDepthInMeters 365,654 407
occurrenceStatus 123,881 0
scientificName 754 0
scientificNameID 198,984 7,332

Spatial issues

Records on land 70,714
More than 20 km from shore 192
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 102,489

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
Alphaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria
191,278
Syndiniales
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
112,462
Bacteria
83,477
Pagrus auratus (Forster, 1801)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
80,110
Thermoplasmata
Phylum Euryarchaeota > Class Thermoplasmata
74,521
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
37,512
Nitrosopumilaceae
Phylum Thaumarchaeota > Class Thaumarchaeota incertae sedis
35,850
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002
Phylum Cyanobacteria
35,127
Metanephrops challengeri (Balss, 1914)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
34,844

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