Everglades National Park - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Everglades National Park

Statistics

Occurrence records	149,982
Species level	76,737
Species	981
Taxa	1,669
Datasets	36
Time range	1903 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	358
No WoRMS match	1,180
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	194
No accepted name available	37,263

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	104,655	600
eventDate	915	0
maximumDepthInMeters	98,210	94
minimumDepthInMeters	98,209	94
occurrenceStatus	2,004	0
scientificName	4	0
scientificNameID	124,182	37

Spatial issues

Records on land	10
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	4

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Everglades National Park (United States): April 2023 Published 2024-12-08	66,712
USGS South Florida Fish and Invertebrate Assessment Network Crustaceans Published 2016-06-15	39,654
USGS South Florida Fish and Invertebrate Assessment Network Fish Published 2016-06-15	21,020
South Florida Fisheries Habitat Assessment Program (FHAP-SF) Published 2022-06-22	6,009
USGS South Florida Fish and Invertebrate Assessment Network Braun Blanquet Published 2016-06-15	5,118
National Benthic Inventory Published 2019-10-29	4,712
USGS South Florida Fish and Invertebrate Assessment Network Harvest Published 2016-06-15	2,916
Marine Invertebrate voucher specimens at the Florida Biodiversity Collection, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Published 2022-03-30	1,206
EPA'S EMAP Database Published	949
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	728

Distribution

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

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	37,236
Thor floridanus Kingsley, 1878 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	9,448
Lucania parva (Baird & Girard, 1855) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	9,055
Penaeus duorarum Burkenroad, 1939 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7,415
Animalia	6,117
Hippolyte zostericola (Smith, 1873) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	5,240
Chordata Haeckel, 1874 Phylum Chordata	4,383
Thalassia testudinum K.D.Koenig, 1805 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	3,629
Hippolyte pleuracantha (Stimpson, 1871) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2,823
Gobiosoma robustum Ginsburg, 1933 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2,788

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Negaprion brevirostris (Poey, 1868) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	105	2023
Kirchenpaueria halecioides (Alder, 1859) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	101	2023
Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin, 1964 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	155	2023
Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur, 1818) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	124	2023
Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum, 1792) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	101	2023
Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	269	2023
Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	258	2023
Atherinomorus stipes (Müller & Troschel, 1848) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	180	2023
Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa Dana, 1849-1852 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	403	2023
Bigelowiella natans Moestrup, 2001 Phylum Chlorarachniophyta > Class Chlorarachniophyceae	102	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	74,815
U.S. Geological Survey – Everglades Research Offices	68,708
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	66,712
National Park Service, United States of America	66,712
UNESCO-IOC	66,712
UNESCO-WHC	66,712
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute	6,009
NOAA, Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research, Silver Spring	4,712
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science	4,712
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute	1,206