Nigeria

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Statistics

Occurrence records 41,363
Species level 39,482
Species 1,202
Taxa 1,471
Datasets 65
Time range 1849 - 2016

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 2,013
No WoRMS match 17,850
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 1,310
No accepted name available 1,016

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 17,823 43,228
eventDate 12,407 0
maximumDepthInMeters 60,577 0
minimumDepthInMeters 60,464 0
occurrenceStatus 56,300 0
scientificName 7,827 0
scientificNameID 59,158 6

Spatial issues

Records on land 15,229
More than 20 km from shore 1,319
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 28

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Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Synedra C.G. Ehrenberg, 1830
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae 		173
Synedra ulna var. subcontracta Østrup in Héribaud et al., 1920
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae 		167
Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		141
Citharichthys stampflii (Steindachner, 1894)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		141
Scorpaena normani Cadenat, 1943
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		138
Brachydeuterus auritus (Valenciennes, 1832) NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		136
Cynoglossus senegalensis (Kaup, 1858) NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		135
Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		133
Ilisha africana (Bloch, 1795)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		133
Pomadasys jubelini (Cuvier, 1830)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		132

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Bathysolea lactea Roule, 1916
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2010
Sphyraena guachancho Cuvier, 1829
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2009
Lepidotrigla carolae Richards, 1968
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		2 2009
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		9 2008
Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		10 2007
Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia 		2 2007
Guinearma huzardi (Desmarest, 1825)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		2 2007
Amphilimna olivacea (Lyman, 1869)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea 		1 2006
Amphioplus aurensis A.M. Clark, 1955
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea 		1 2006
Amphiura ungulata Madsen, 1970
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea 		1 2006

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