Papua New Guinea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Papua New Guinea

Statistics

Occurrence records	173,668
Species level	90,134
Species	8,912
Taxa	13,107
Datasets	184
Time range	1824 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	3,209
No WoRMS match	9,351
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	750
No accepted name available	1,321

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	92,579	801
eventDate	43,467	0
maximumDepthInMeters	105,733	520
minimumDepthInMeters	96,273	103
occurrenceStatus	53,286	0
scientificName	1,376	0
scientificNameID	25,548	123

Spatial issues

Records on land	26,317
More than 20 km from shore	282
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	4,211

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
The molluscs collection (IM) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) in the southwest Pacific region Published 2020-06-07	21,929
The crustaceans collection (IU) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) in the southwest Pacific region Published 2018-08-08	13,930
Marine Microbes from RV Southern Surveyor voyage SS2012_T07, Australia (2012) Published 2022-06-25	12,690
Marine Microbes from RV Southern Surveyor voyage SS2013_T03, Australia (2013) Published 2022-06-25	12,132
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	11,718
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	10,393
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Published 2025-03-20	5,632
Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection Published 2022-06-08	5,242
SPC PROCFish/C Fish Observations Papua New Guinea 2006 Published 2019-02-11	5,074
SPC PROCFish/C Invertebrates Observations Papua New Guinea 2006 Published 2019-11-26	4,930

Distribution

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Records

Composition

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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
Alphaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	5,452
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002 Phylum Cyanobacteria	3,101
Thermoplasmata Phylum Euryarchaeota > Class Thermoplasmata	2,358
Syndiniales Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1,876
Bacteria	1,364
Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	995
Conus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	948
Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	926
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	857
Pseudomonadales Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria	824

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Hazeus paucisquamatus Allen, Erdmann & Brooks, 2024 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2023
Siphamia papuensis Gon, Allen, Erdmann & Gouws, 2014 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2019
Eviota amphipora Greenfield & Erdmann, 2020 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2019
Eviota teresae Greenfield & Randall, 2016 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Siphamia arnazae Allen & Erdmann, 2019 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Labidocera minuta Giesbrecht, 1889 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	2	2017
Acartia (Odontacartia) amboinensis Carl, 1907 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	2	2017
Ditrichocorycaeus asiaticus (Dahl F., 1894) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	4	2017
Tripos carriensis (Gourret) F.Gómez, 2013 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	3	2017
Centrophorus longipinnis White, Ebert & Naylor, 2017 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	4	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	57,294
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / IRD	38,286
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	33,112
University of Technology, Sydney	24,822
Southwestern Pacific OBIS Node	21,929
Australian Museum	18,095
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	15,646
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	11,718
Pacific Community	10,004
PNG National Fisheries Authority (NFA)	10,004