Peru - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Peru

Statistics

Occurrence records	921,249
Species level	832,241
Species	2,538
Taxa	3,892
Datasets	117
Time range	1820 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	452
No WoRMS match	20,918
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	5,431
No accepted name available	66,191

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	635,990	143,726
eventDate	3,835	0
maximumDepthInMeters	357,479	32,094
minimumDepthInMeters	328,148	31,739
occurrenceStatus	14,615	0
scientificName	142	0
scientificNameID	5,645	23,253

Spatial issues

Records on land	33,025
More than 20 km from shore	1
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	2,818

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	564,631
Movement patterns of Peruvian Boobies off Isla Lobos de Afuera 2007 Published 2021-04-24	156,333
Movement patterns of Peruvian Boobies off Isla Lobos de Tierra 2006 Published 2021-04-24	143,568
PANGAEA - Data from Climate variability and El Niño Southern Oscillation (CENSOR) Published 2025-03-20	17,209
HMAP Dataset 16: Peru, South-east Pacific Published 2025-03-20	6,447
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data Published	6,130
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Published 2025-03-20	4,705
PANGAEA - Data from Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences Published 2025-03-20	3,976
sarce_rockyshores Published 2019-12-16	2,569
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1,766

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
Sula variegata (Tschudi, 1843) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	299,914
Animalia	17,029
Biota	16,353
Tripos furca (Ehrenberg) F.Gómez, 2013 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	13,398
Coscinodiscus perforatus Ehrenberg, 1844 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	10,742
Coscinodiscus sol C.G.Wallich, 1860 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	10,595
Protoperidinium depressum (Bailey, 1854) Balech, 1974 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	10,564
Tripos muelleri Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1826 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	9,302
Dinophysis caudata Saville-Kent, 1881 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	8,005
Lithodesmium undulatum Ehrenberg, 1839 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	7,833

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2024
Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata (Takano) Takano, 1995 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2017
Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima (Hasle) Hasle, 1993 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2016
Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2015
Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	4	2015
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	2	2014
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	1	2014
Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Scurria ceciliana (A. d'Orbigny, 1841) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	81	2013
Scurria araucana (A. d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	58	2013

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	564,658
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	564,658
Duke University	302,604
Universidad Científica del Sur	299,901
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	29,941
University of Southampton Southampton Oceanography Centre	17,209
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	8,333
Instituto del Mar del Perú	6,499
University of Hull, Oceans Past Initiative	6,447
The University of Dublin, Trinity College	6,447