Papahanaumokuakea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Papahanaumokuakea

Statistics

Occurrence records	352,155
Species level	305,614
Species	2,125
Taxa	3,300
Datasets	66
Time range	1849 - 2020

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	168
No WoRMS match	546
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	111

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	113,940	4,301
eventDate	6,686	0
maximumDepthInMeters	27,580	1,586
minimumDepthInMeters	27,797	1,182
occurrenceStatus	113,230	0
scientificName	82	0
scientificNameID	7,142	3

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,377
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	3,189

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified random surveys (StRS) of reef fish in the U.S. Pacific Islands Published 2021-08-25	113,250
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Science Division Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Belt Transect Surveys (BLT) at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2009 Published 2023-01-27	75,268
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessments of Coral Population in the Pacific Ocean 2007-2010 Published	36,369
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessment of Benthic Habitat Cover in the Pacific Ocean 2005-2010 Published	31,378
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	27,204
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessment of Invertebrate in the Pacific Ocean Published	22,447
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Large-Area Stationary Point Count Surveys (SPC) at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2007 Published 2021-08-25	10,044
CRED REA Algal Quadrate Images in the Pacific Ocean 2002-2008 Published	6,989
CRED Towed-Diver Fish Biomass Surveys in the Pacific Ocean 2000-2010 Published	5,451
Marine data from the Bernice P. Bishop Museum Published 2023-03-20	5,110

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
Thalassoma duperrey (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	19,898
Porites lobata Dana, 1846 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	13,240
Chlorurus perspicillatus (Steindachner, 1879) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	9,337
Microdictyon setchellianum M.Howe, 1934 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Ulvophyceae	8,765
Plectroglyphidodon marginatus (Jenkins, 1901) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7,694
Ctenochaetus strigosus (Bennett, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7,478
Thalassoma ballieui (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7,039
Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5,894
Stethojulis balteata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5,786
Chlorurus spilurus (Valenciennes, 1840) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5,598

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Chondria tumulosa A.R.Sherwood & Huisman, 2020 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1	2019
Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	2	2017
Antipathes dendrochristos Opresko, 2005 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2017
Antipathes leptocrada Opresko, 2015 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	36	2017
Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2016
Evistias acutirostris (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2016
Chrysogorgia abludo Pante & Watling, 2011 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2016
Crypthelia kelleyi Cairns, 2017 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	74	2015
Antipathes sylospongia Opresko & Wagner, 2020 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	46	2015
Ramuligorgia militaris (Nutting, 1908) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	98	2015

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	226,716
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	225,935
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System	198,562
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	105,656
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Dole Street Office	103,998
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	27,204
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)	27,204
Duke University	5,983
Berkeley Natural History Museums	5,148
VertNet	5,146