Qatar - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Qatar

Statistics

Occurrence records	4,189
Species level	2,053
Species	589
Taxa	614
Datasets	52
Time range	1758 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	18
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	252

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	4,095	1
eventDate	88	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,133	0
minimumDepthInMeters	1,123	0
occurrenceStatus	571	0
scientificNameID	42	4

Spatial issues

Records on land	31
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	2,974
IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS Published	449
IndOBIS Dataset (1-2000) Published 2021-12-02	158
IndOBIS Dataset (2001-4000) Published 2021-12-03	87
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	55
Distribution dataset of brachyuran crab species in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman (2017-2023) Published 2024-05-27	43
Gulf Green Turtle Project 2016-2019 Published 2023-01-30	33
IndOBIS Dataset (20001-22000) Published 2021-12-31	30
IndOBIS Dataset (14001-16000) Published 2021-12-28	29
IndOBIS Dataset (16001-18000) Published 2022-01-17	29

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
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	265
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	225
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	218
Oikopleura Mertens, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Appendicularia	185
Oncaea Philippi, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	185
Ostracoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	165
Corycaeus Dana, 1849 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	165
Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	118
Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	110
Parvocalanus latus Andronov, 1972 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	105

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Nasima dotilliformis (Alcock, 1900) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2022
Eurycarcinus orientalis A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2020
Metopograpsus messor (Forskål, 1775) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Chalinula qatari Giraldes & Goodwin, 2020 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2018
Suberites luna Giraldes & Goodwin, 2020 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2018
Thalamita poissonii (Audouin, 1826) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2017
Grapsus albolineatus Latreille <i>in</i> Milbert, 1812 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2017
Thalamita savignyi A. Milne-Edwards, 1861 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2017
Thalamita philippinensis Stephenson & Rees, 1967 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2017
Coleusia janani Giraldes, Al-Maslamni & Smyth, 2017 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	2,974
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	2,974
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	513
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India	493
National Chemical Laboratory; Information Division	449
CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography, Goa	445
Duke University	58
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	56
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung	43
University of Tehran	43