ABNJ: South Pacific

Statistics

Occurrence records 2,446,595
Species level 273,471
Species 7,038
Taxa 11,866
Datasets 320
Time range 1839 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 465
No WoRMS match 392,722
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 45,550
No accepted name available 9,421

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 295,377 7,800
eventDate 23,684 0
maximumDepthInMeters 181,729 1,669
minimumDepthInMeters 128,958 1,346
occurrenceStatus 191,498 0
scientificName 746 0
scientificNameID 496,906 1,403

Spatial issues

Records on land 0
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 5,263

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Alphaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria
425,544
Syndiniales
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
250,985
Bacteria
185,449
Thermoplasmata
Phylum Euryarchaeota > Class Thermoplasmata
169,179
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
82,219
Nitrosopumilaceae
Phylum Thaumarchaeota > Class Thaumarchaeota incertae sedis
79,028
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002
Phylum Cyanobacteria
78,598
Pseudomonadales
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria
65,209
Amoebophrya Koeppen, 1894
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
63,482
Flavobacteriaceae (Reichenbach, 1992) emend. Bernardet, Nakagawa & Holmes, 2002
Phylum Bacteroidetes > Class Flavobacteria
38,277

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Platycephalus laevigatus Cuvier, 1829
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
10 2021
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
1 2020
Hyperoche medusarum (Kröyer, 1838)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
2 2018
Henricia compacta (Sladen, 1889)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea
1 2018
Monacoa grimaldii (Zugmayer, 1911)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2018
Walteria flemmingii Schulze, 1886
Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida
3 2017
Anthomastus tahinodus d'Hondt, 1988
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia
2 2017
Chrysogorgia geniculata (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia
7 2017
Iridogorgia magnispiralis Watling, 2007
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia
4 2017
Candacia cheirura Cleve, 1905
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
2 2017