Shark Bay, Western Australia - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Shark Bay, Western Australia

Statistics

Occurrence records	36,430
Species level	13,625
Species	1,354
Taxa	1,874
Datasets	88
Time range	1867 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	45
No WoRMS match	108
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	30
No accepted name available	13,195

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	24,731	14
eventDate	3,687	0
maximumDepthInMeters	29,029	0
minimumDepthInMeters	29,126	0
occurrenceStatus	809	0
scientificName	57	0
scientificNameID	217	1

Spatial issues

Records on land	11,084
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	21

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Shark Bay, Western Australia (Australia): October 2022 Published 2024-12-08	22,874
Western Australian Museum Fish Collection - Marine records Published 2023-06-28	2,744
Historic whale catch data from Australian whaling stations (1925-1978) Published 2023-06-28	2,276
NESP A12: Northern Australia threatened species, Australia (1905-2020) Published 2022-11-14	1,724
Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) tracking - Muiron and Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia, (2018-2019) Published 2022-10-13	1,401
Western Australian Museum Mollusc Collection, Australia (1905-2016) Published 2023-06-28	840
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	697
Western Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection (1904-2018) Published 2023-06-28	610
The Australian Phytoplankton Database (1844 onwards) Published 2023-08-11	348
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	329

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
Biota incertae sedis	13,165
Animalia	2,451
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2,311
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1,654
Chordata Haeckel, 1874 Phylum Chordata	1,410
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	1,402
Actinopteri Phylum Chordata	749
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	563
Gerres Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	281
Sillago Cuvier, 1816 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	261

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	48	2022
Tylosurus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	74	2022
Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell, 1837) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	17	2022
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	27	2022
Choerodon schoenleinii (Valenciennes, 1839) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	18	2022
Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	15	2022
Sillago maculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	46	2022
Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther, 1859) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	95	2022
Bathycoccus prasinos Eikrem & Throndsen, 1990 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	13	2022
Bigelowiella natans Moestrup, 2001 Phylum Chlorarachniophyta > Class Chlorarachniophyceae	32	2022

Data providers

Name	Records
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	22,874
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Government of Western Australia	22,874
Malgana Elder	22,874
The University of Western Australia	22,874
UNESCO-IOC	22,874
UNESCO-WHC	22,874
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	11,950
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	4,461
Western Australian Museum	3,444
Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville	1,724