Rock Islands Southern Lagoon - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Rock Islands Southern Lagoon

Statistics

Occurrence records	7,700
Species level	5,670
Species	1,297
Taxa	1,921
Datasets	43
Time range	1901 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	444
No WoRMS match	419
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	21
No accepted name available	8

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	7,852	0
eventDate	1,829	0
maximumDepthInMeters	6,782	0
minimumDepthInMeters	6,007	0
occurrenceStatus	7,849	0
scientificName	166	0
scientificNameID	3,863	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,664
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	212

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1,620
SPC CoFish Fish Observations Palau 2007 Published 2019-01-15	1,132
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) Published 2025-03-17	1,036
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	857
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	762
Fish specimens Published	523
Ichthyology Collection - Royal Ontario Museum Published	515
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	342
SPC CoFish Invertebrates Observations Palau 2007 Published 2018-11-16	204
Queensland Museum Porifera Published 2023-06-28	165

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
Porifera Grant, 1836 Phylum Porifera	373
Omphalotropis L. Pfeiffer, 1851 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	62
Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	52
Balistapus undulatus (Park, 1797) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	45
Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	41
Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	39
Myripristis Cuvier, 1829 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	38
Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	38
Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	37
Halichoeres Rüppell, 1835 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	36

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Hanah hanagasa (Lau, Stokvis, Ofwegen & Reimer, 2018) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2017
Eriphia scabricula Dana, 1852 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2014
Eriphia sebana (Shaw & Nodder, 1803) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2014
Dardanus megistos (Herbst, 1804) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2014
Carupa tenuipes Dana, 1852 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2014
Caphyra rotundifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2014
Thalamita admete (Herbst, 1803) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	12	2014
Thalamita picta Stimpson, 1858 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2014
Thalamita gatavakensis Nobili, 1906 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2014
Thalamita mitsiensis Crosnier, 1962 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2014

Data providers

Name	Records
California Academy of Sciences	1,893
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	1,620
Pacific Community	1,336
Bureau of Marine Resources	1,336
Conservation International	1,132
The Nature Conservancy	1,132
Royal Ontario Museum	1,038
California Academy of Sciences	857
InvertEBase	762
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	762