Cocos Island National Park - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Cocos Island National Park

Statistics

Occurrence records	196,672
Species level	13,720
Species	886
Taxa	1,346
Datasets	36
Time range	1890 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	212
No WoRMS match	85
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	169
No accepted name available	135,741

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	196,043	36
eventDate	1,190	0
maximumDepthInMeters	196,006	0
minimumDepthInMeters	195,946	0
occurrenceStatus	1,758	0
scientificName	54	0
scientificNameID	441	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	122,411
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	405

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Cocos Island National Park (Costa Rica): December 2022 Published 2024-12-08	194,372
University of Costa Rica (UCR) Fish Database Published	651
Updated checklist and analysis of completeness of the marine fish fauna of Isla del Coco, Pacific of Costa Rica: Fishes Checklist Published 2023-09-15	511
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	506
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	123
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	102
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	100
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	62
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	39
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) Published 2025-03-17	37

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	135,638
Chordata Haeckel, 1874 Phylum Chordata	16,331
Animalia	9,207
Actinopteri Phylum Chordata	3,229
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1,584
Clausocalanus furcatus (Brady, 1883) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1,336
Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda	1,245
Pelagomonas calceolata R.A.Andersen & G.Saunders, 1993 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Pelagophyceae	1,202
Phaeocystis Lagerheim, 1893 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	1,116
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	917

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Clausocalanus furcatus (Brady, 1883) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1,336	2022
Tylosurus acus (Lacepède, 1803) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	620	2022
Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier, 1833) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	121	2022
Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin, 1964 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	166	2022
Phaeocystis globosa Scherffel, 1899 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	501	2022
Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	282	2022
Gephyrocapsa huxleyi (Lohmann) P.Reinhardt, 1972 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	260	2022
Vinciguerria lucetia (Garman, 1899) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	122	2022
Pelagomonas calceolata R.A.Andersen & G.Saunders, 1993 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Pelagophyceae	1,202	2022
Chloropicon roscoffensis Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem, 2017 Phylum Chlorophyta	142	2022

Data providers

Name	Records
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	194,897
Coco Marine Conservation Area	194,372
Cocos Island National Park	194,372
UNESCO-IOC	194,372
UNESCO-WHC	194,372
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	771
University of Costa Rica; Department of Biology Museum of Zoology	651
University of Costa Rica; Department of Biology; Museum of Zoology	651
OBIS	525
Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad de Costa Rica	511