Nicaragua: North Pacific - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Nicaragua: North Pacific

Statistics

Occurrence records	3,128
Species level	1,688
Species	605
Taxa	853
Datasets	45
Time range	1890 - 2021

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	81
No WoRMS match	131
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	8
No accepted name available	14

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,532	9
eventDate	652	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,921	0
minimumDepthInMeters	2,954	0
occurrenceStatus	1,503	0
scientificName	40	0
scientificNameID	926	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,773
More than 20 km from shore	41
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	12

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Ocean Genome Legacy Collection Published 2022-08-15	1,033
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	348
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	286
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) Published 2025-03-17	231
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	168
Happywhale - Humpback whale in North Pacific Ocean Published 2025-03-17	157
University of Costa Rica (UCR) Fish Database Published	151
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	110
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1998, Cruise 1612 Published 2022-03-03	107
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2003, Cruise 1624 Published 2022-03-03	97

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
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) VU Phylum Chordata	171
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	157
Littoraria J. E. Gray, 1833 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	149
Animalia	82
Cerithidea Swainson, 1840 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	80
Clibanarius Dana, 1852 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	61
Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811 Phylum Chordata	58
Cetacea Brisson, 1762 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	50
Nerita Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	50
Ocypode Weber, 1795 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	46

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Lobotes pacifica Gilbert, 1898 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2011
Elops affinis Regan, 1909 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2011
Centropomus robalito Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	12	2011
Goniopsis pulchra (Lockington, 1877) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2011
Ocypode gaudichaudii H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7	2011
Ucides occidentalis (Ortmann, 1897) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7	2011
Larkinia grandis (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	15	2011
Thaisella kiosquiformis (Duclos, 1832) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	15	2011
Phrontis luteostoma (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	2	2011
Uca ornata (Smith, 1870) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	10	2011

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	1,203
Northeastern University Marine Science Center	1,033
Duke University	600
NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Resources Division, La Jolla	385
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	348
California Academy of Sciences	341
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center	316
InvertEBase	289
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	286
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	208