Saint Kitts and Nevis - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,201
Species level	998
Species	437
Taxa	541
Datasets	43
Time range	1849 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	17
No WoRMS match	62
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	4

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	828	227
eventDate	316	0
maximumDepthInMeters	904	0
minimumDepthInMeters	885	0
occurrenceStatus	905	0
scientificName	32	0
scientificNameID	260	12

Spatial issues

Records on land	143
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	86

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	199
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	197
University of Liverpool seabird tracking in Anguilla 2012-2015 Published 2021-04-24	197
DMNS Marine Invertebrate Collection (Arctos) Published 2023-10-01	88
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	69
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	50
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	49
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	46
Fish specimens Published	44
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	42

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
Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	138
Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus, 1766 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	58
Fregata de Lacepède, 1799 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	15
Galeus springeri Konstantinou & Cozzi, 1998 Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	13
Pterois Oken, 1817 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	12
Nezumia aequalis (Günther, 1878) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	9
Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	9
Dasyscopelus asper (Richardson, 1845) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	9
Porifera Grant, 1836 Phylum Porifera	8
Epinephelus guttatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	8

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2017
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU Phylum Chordata	1	2014
Fregata magnificens Mathews, 1914 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	6	2014
Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus, 1766 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	58	2014
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR Phylum Chordata	1	2013
Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2013
Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2013
Sinum perspectivum (Say, 1831) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2013
Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck, 1822) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2013
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2013

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	301
Duke University	261
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	241
University of Liverpool	197
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	197
Berkeley Natural History Museums	88
Denver Museum of Nature & Science	88
University of Alaska Museum	88
Royal Ontario Museum	72
InvertEBase	72