Pen�nsula Vald�s - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Pen�nsula Vald�s

Statistics

Occurrence records	57,938
Species level	7,255
Species	289
Taxa	565
Datasets	44
Time range	1970 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	197
No WoRMS match	31
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	76
No accepted name available	33,113

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	58,150	1
eventDate	649	0
maximumDepthInMeters	54,351	18
minimumDepthInMeters	54,341	18
occurrenceStatus	4,726	0
scientificName	1	0
scientificNameID	239	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	28
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Península Valdés (Argentina): July 2023 Published 2024-12-08	52,747
Rocky reef biodiversity survey: Punta Pardelas, Argentina Published 2021-12-03	3,362
Locations of seals in Patagonian Large Marine Ecosystem (OBIS South America, AR-OBIS, Sub-node) Published 2017-11-24	548
Invertebrates San Matias gulf from shallows waters, Patagonia, Argentina Published 2021-05-13	354
Cetacean distribution in the South Atlantic and South Pacific Ocean (AR-OBIS) Published 2021-05-17	315
Marine Invertebrate from Argentina, Uruguay and Chile Published 2016-11-17	138
Distribution ashore of Southern elephant seals in Península Valdés Published 2017-11-24	83
Distribution ashore and breeding places of southern elephant seals Published 2017-04-05	54
Distribution of nematodes in Patagonia Argentina coast Published	48
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	48

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	33,069
Chordata Haeckel, 1874 Phylum Chordata	5,432
Animalia	2,486
Eubalaena Gray, 1864 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1,975
Engraulis anchoita Hubbs & Marini, 1935 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,712
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1,578
Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1,519
Demospongiae Sollas, 1885 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	616
Otaria byronia (de Blainville, 1820) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	585
Actinopteri Phylum Chordata	487

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Calanoides carinatus (Krøyer, 1849) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	24	2023
Oithona nana Giesbrecht, 1893 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	102	2023
Oithona similis Claus, 1866 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	58	2023
Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	68	2023
Patagonotothen ramsayi (Regan, 1913) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	255	2023
Engraulis anchoita Hubbs & Marini, 1935 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,712	2023
Merluccius hubbsi Marini, 1933 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	30	2023
Stromateus brasiliensis Fowler, 1906 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	35	2023
Eleginops maclovinus (Cuvier, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	33	2023
Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister, 1865) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	26	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	52,747
Administración Área Natural Protegida Península Valdés, Argentina	52,747
Laboratorio de Mamíferos Marinos, Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos - CESIMAR-CONICET	52,747
Ministerio de Turismo y Áreas Protegidas, Provincia del Chubut, Argentina	52,747
UNESCO-IOC	52,747
UNESCO-WHC	52,747
Centro Para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos (CESIMAR)- CCT CONICET- CENPAT	3,362
CONICET CENPAT	3,362
CONICET-CENPAT	3,362
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)- Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal (IDEA)- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Ecología Marina	3,362