Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Statistics

Occurrence records	146,585
Species level	12,628
Species	1,251
Taxa	1,677
Datasets	19
Time range	1947 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	120
No WoRMS match	39
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	131
No accepted name available	102,924

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	143,725	0
eventDate	3,076	0
maximumDepthInMeters	146,727	0
minimumDepthInMeters	146,691	0
occurrenceStatus	157	0
scientificName	17	0
scientificNameID	119	0

Spatial issues

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

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (Philippines): April 2023 Published 2024-12-08	143,441
2018 Saving Philippine Reefs: A Coral Reef Monitoring Expedition to Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Philippines April 21-27, 2018 Published 2023-10-02	2,100
Tubbataha Management Office: Fishes/Megavertebrates Checklist Published 2023-10-03	777
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) Published 2025-03-17	55
Queensland Museum Corals Published 2023-06-28	54
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	51
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	51
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	22
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park: the first comprehensive elasmobranch assessment reveals global hotspot for reef sharks: Fishes Checklist Published 2023-09-13	14
Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations Published 2025-03-20	5

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	102,863
Chordata Haeckel, 1874 Phylum Chordata	10,250
Animalia	7,129
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1,060
Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin, 1964 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	990
Florideophyceae Cronquist, 1960 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	888
Actinopteri Phylum Chordata	667
Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda	620
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	537
Spratelloides delicatulus (Bennett, 1832) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	364

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Spratelloides delicatulus (Bennett, 1832) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	363	2023
Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin, 1964 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	990	2023
Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	201	2023
Stegastes lividus (Forster, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	183	2023
Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	204	2023
Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	218	2023
Balistapus undulatus (Park, 1797) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	263	2023
Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	188	2023
Stethojulis bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	214	2023
Hipposcarus longiceps (Valenciennes, 1840) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	333	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	146,332
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Philippines	143,441
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines	143,441
Environmental Legal Action Center - ELAC, Philippines	143,441
LGU- Cagayancillo, Philippines	143,441
LGU-Kalayaan Group of Island, Philippines	143,441
Philippine Coast Guard, Philippines	143,441
Philippine Navy, Philippines	143,441
Tubbataha Management Office, Philippines	143,441
UNESCO-IOC	143,441