Panama: North Pacific - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Panama: North Pacific

Statistics

Occurrence records	181,846
Species level	37,416
Species	3,370
Taxa	4,568
Datasets	110
Time range	1845 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	754
No WoRMS match	1,743
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	307
No accepted name available	102,681

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	174,780	522
eventDate	9,816	0
maximumDepthInMeters	178,344	1
minimumDepthInMeters	178,029	0
occurrenceStatus	21,379	0
scientificName	688	0
scientificNameID	11,496	23

Spatial issues

Records on land	73,661
More than 20 km from shore	58
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	336

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection (Panama), February 2023 Published 2024-12-08	152,909
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	5,319
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	3,247
Survey of reef fishes in the Coiba National Park, Panama, May 5-22, 2003 Published 2023-10-04	2,859
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	2,486
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	1,819
Fish species counts in 3, 20x40 m transects, Panama, 1980-2010 Published 2023-10-03	1,757
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	1,374
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	1,337
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Published 2025-03-20	1,061

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
Biota incertae sedis	102,522
Chordata Haeckel, 1874 Phylum Chordata	11,974
Animalia	7,819
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1,925
Actinopteri Phylum Chordata	1,632
Azurina atrilobata (Gill, 1862) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,062
Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton & Parke, 1960 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	821
Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda	782
Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin, 1964 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	762
Micromonas commoda Baren, Bachy & Worden, 2016 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	729

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Tylosurus acus (Lacepède, 1803) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	442	2023
Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton & Parke, 1960 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	821	2023
Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin, 1964 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	762	2023
Haemulon aurolineatum Cuvier, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	406	2023
Chattonella marina (Subrahmanyan) Y.Hara & Chihara, 1982 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Raphidophyceae	357	2023
Gephyrocapsa huxleyi (Lohmann) P.Reinhardt, 1972 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	192	2023
Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker, 1863) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	191	2023
Dolichomastix tenuilepis J.Throndsen & A.Zingone, 1997 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	164	2023
Bellerochea polymorpha Hargraves & Guillard, 1974 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	221	2023
Micromonas commoda Baren, Bachy & Worden, 2016 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	729	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	158,355
Dirección de Areas Protegidas y Biodiversidad	152,909
Estación Científica Coiba AIP	152,909
UNESCO-IOC	152,909
UNESCO-WHC	152,909
OBIS	5,446
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	5,319
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	4,005
Florida Museum of Natural History	3,247
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	3,193