Phoenix Islands Protected Area - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Phoenix Islands Protected Area

Statistics

Occurrence records	8,403
Species level	4,121
Species	757
Taxa	1,085
Datasets	35
Time range	1841 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1
No WoRMS match	80
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	2
No accepted name available	12

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,600	542
eventDate	1,269	0
maximumDepthInMeters	3,985	100
minimumDepthInMeters	3,955	0
occurrenceStatus	3,172	0
scientificName	27	0
scientificNameID	1,923	2

Spatial issues

Records on land	333
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	18

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	3,874
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	1,673
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1,002
Baseline Marine Biological Surveys of the Phoenix Islands, July 2000 Published 2024-03-20	945
Ocean Genome Legacy Collection Published 2022-08-15	121
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific (DIPnet) Published	111
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	109
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	77
Historical distribution of whales shown by logbook records 1785-1913 Published 2023-02-08	72
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	65

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
Plexauridae Gray, 1859 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	366
Keratoisididae Gray, 1870 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	231
Pleurocorallium porcellanum (Pasternak, 1981) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	197
Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	187
Primnoidae Milne Edwards, 1857 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	182
Trissopathes Opresko, 2003 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	153
Chrysogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	152
Hemicorallium Gray, 1867 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	140
Walteria flemmingii Schulze, 1886 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	122
Chrysogorgia geniculata (Wright & Studer, 1889) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	112

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Farrea occa Bowerbank, 1862 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	54	2017
Enallopsammia rostrata (Pourtalès, 1878) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	111	2017
Walteria flemmingii Schulze, 1886 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	122	2017
Chrysogorgia geniculata (Wright & Studer, 1889) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	112	2017
Iridogorgia magnispiralis Watling, 2007 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	76	2017
Calyptrophora diaphana Cairns, 2012 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	16	2017
Victorgorgia alba (Nutting, 1908) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	37	2017
Paracalyptrophora hawaiiensis Cairns, 2009 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	98	2017
Pleurocorallium porcellanum (Pasternak, 1981) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	197	2017
Ramuligorgia militaris (Nutting, 1908) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	85	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	4,060
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	3,939
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	3,874
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)	3,874
Florida Museum of Natural History	1,673
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	1,002
CORDIO-East Africa	945
NAI'A Cruises	945
New England Aquarium	945
World Wide Fund for Nature - South Pacific	945