Gal�pagos Islands

Statistics

Occurrence records 151,473
Species level 128,361
Species 1,977
Taxa 2,805
Datasets 110
Time range 1834 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 387
No WoRMS match 1,207
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 1
No accepted name available 32

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 143,086 164
eventDate 6,888 0
maximumDepthInMeters 148,444 11
minimumDepthInMeters 147,908 0
occurrenceStatus 14,614 0
scientificName 473 0
scientificNameID 7,855 9

Spatial issues

Records on land 11,506
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 1,051

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Isostichopus fuscus (Ludwig, 1875) EN
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea
11,884
Panulirus penicillatus (Olivier, 1791)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
10,949
Panulirus gracilis Streets, 1871
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
6,975
Mycteroperca olfax (Jenyns, 1840) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2,654
Bodianus diplotaenia (Gill, 1862)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,969
Epinephelus labriformis (Jenyns, 1840)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,962
Stegastes beebei (Nichols, 1924)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,949
Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,854
Halichoeres dispilus (Günther, 1864)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,808
Ophioblennius steindachneri Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,707

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Callistephanus pacificus Nutting, 1912
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia
2 2023
Bostrychia radicans (Montagne) Montagne, 1842
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae
1 2022
Mycale (Carmia) cecilia de Laubenfels, 1936
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
18 2022
Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2022
Naso brevirostris (Cuvier, 1829)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2022
Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2022
Ophioderma teres (Lyman, 1860)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea
1 2022
Herdmania pallida (Heller, 1878)
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea
1 2022
Amathia verticillata (delle Chiaje, 1822)
Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata
2 2022
Tedania (Tedania) tropicalis Aguilar-Camacho, Carballo & Cruz-Barraza, 2018
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
3 2022

Data providers

Name Records
Charles Darwin Foundation 93,415
Caribbean OBIS 92,553
Caribbean OBIS Node 92,553
Fundación Charles Darwin 40,119
University of Hull, Oceans Past Initiative 39,480
The University of Dublin, Trinity College 39,480
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 4,865
California Academy of Sciences 3,496
California Academy of Sciences 3,264
Duke University 2,122