Sri Lanka - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Sri Lanka

Statistics

Occurrence records	13,581
Species level	8,207
Species	2,182
Taxa	2,790
Datasets	116
Time range	1755 - 2020

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	95
No WoRMS match	316
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	9
No accepted name available	466

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	10,740	23
eventDate	4,963	0
maximumDepthInMeters	9,119	0
minimumDepthInMeters	8,384	0
occurrenceStatus	6,383	0
scientificName	79	0
scientificNameID	1,772	47

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,776
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	63

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	3,582
Taxonomically comprehensive assessment of biodiversity of animal plankton throughout the world ocean Published	1,642
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1,635
PANGAEA - Data from Climate: Long-range investigation, mapping and prediction (CLIMAP) Published 2025-03-20	915
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	468
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	441
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	388
IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS Published	373
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific (DIPnet) Published	294
IndOBIS Dataset (93630-103790) Published 2022-01-19	230

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
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	289
Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	208
Pisces Phylum Chordata	148
Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	134
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	100
Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	99
Echinodermata Klein, 1778 Phylum Echinodermata	96
Caranx heberi (Bennett, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	96
Animalia	91
Oncaea Philippi, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	90

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2019
Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	3	2019
Mithrax hispidus (Herbst, 1790) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	4	2017
Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck, 1822) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	6	2017
Cirolana parva Hansen, 1890 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2017
Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) angulata (Say, 1825) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	14	2017
Petrolisthes armatus (Gibbes, 1850) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2017
Synalpheus apioceros Coutière, 1909 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	6	2017
Pilumnus dasypodus Kingsley, 1879 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	5	2017
Cuapetes americanus (Kingsley, 1878) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	3,728
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	3,584
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	3,031
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	1,642
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	1,635
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	1,290
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India	1,185
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	760
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	559
California Academy of Sciences	551