iSimangaliso Wetland Park - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

iSimangaliso Wetland Park

Statistics

Occurrence records	61,700
Species level	26,636
Species	2,541
Taxa	3,338
Datasets	63
Time range	1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	490
No WoRMS match	517
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	133
No accepted name available	21,564

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	52,538	28
eventDate	2,078	0
maximumDepthInMeters	56,112	0
minimumDepthInMeters	55,918	0
occurrenceStatus	11,564	0
scientificName	204	0
scientificNameID	840	19

Spatial issues

Records on land	156
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	72

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa): April 2023 Published 2024-12-08	35,949
Ponta do Ouro zambezi shark tracking Published 2024-08-30	9,641
Natal Museum - Mollusc Collection Published 2020-12-02	6,710
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	3,842
Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (AfrOBIS) Published 2020-12-02	1,848
Marine species list for iSimangaliso Wetland Park 2009 Published 2017-01-26	1,192
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	271
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	248
Ichthyology Collection - Royal Ontario Museum Published	235
Fish specimens Published	234

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	21,500
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	8,182
Animalia	2,591
Chordata Haeckel, 1874 Phylum Chordata	2,158
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1,469
Actinopteri Phylum Chordata	524
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	498
Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	476
Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepède, 1800) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	386
Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	274

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton & Parke, 1960 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	191	2023
Tylosurus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	78	2023
Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	52	2023
Phaeocystis globosa Scherffel, 1899 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	69	2023
Eleotris fusca (Forster, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	52	2023
Gephyrocapsa huxleyi (Lohmann) P.Reinhardt, 1972 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	46	2023
Hypseleotris cyprinoides (Valenciennes, 1837) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	30	2023
Pelagomonas calceolata R.A.Andersen & G.Saunders, 1993 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Pelagophyceae	53	2023
Bellerochea polymorpha Hargraves & Guillard, 1974 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	78	2023
Osteomugil cunnesius (Valenciennes, 1836) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	41	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	35,949
iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, South Africa	35,949
UNESCO-IOC	35,949
UNESCO-WHC	35,949
Ocean Tracking Network	9,644
KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board	9,644
Ocean Tracking Network	9,644
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	9,644
African Aquatic Conservation Fund	9,641
Marine Megafauna Foundation	9,641