Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Statistics

Occurrence records	3,552
Species level	3,124
Species	901
Taxa	1,120
Datasets	54
Time range	1848 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	37
No WoRMS match	147
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	2
No accepted name available	3

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,971	17
eventDate	1,309	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,100	0
minimumDepthInMeters	2,083	0
occurrenceStatus	2,680	0
scientificName	58	0
scientificNameID	758	20

Spatial issues

Records on land	240
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	313

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	992
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Benthic Published 2020-06-09	531
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Fish Published	345
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	287
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	286
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	234
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	184
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	105
Ichthyology Collection - Royal Ontario Museum Published	81
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	81

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
Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	166
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	125
Porites porites (Pallas, 1766) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	119
Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	50
Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	49
Microspathodon chrysurus (Cuvier, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	41
Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	37
Scarus taeniopterus Lesson, 1829 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	37
Scarus iseri (Bloch, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	33
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	29

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Aspiculophora papillata Ruiz, Ereskovsky & Pérez, 2022 Phylum Porifera > Class Homoscleromorpha	2	2015
Halophila stipulacea (Forsskål) Ascherson, 1867 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	5	2011
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR Phylum Chordata	1	2009
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	3	2009
Dactyloptena peterseni (Nyström, 1887) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2009
Upeneus davidaromi Golani, 2001 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2009
Arene miniata (Dall, 1889) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2009
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	3	2008
Arene tricarinata (Stearns, 1872) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2005
Cerithiopsis vicola Dall & Bartsch, 1911 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	2	2005

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	1,346
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	992
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami	876
Universidad Simon Bolivar	617
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	333
InvertEBase	319
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	286
Florida Museum of Natural History	234
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	232
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	217