Tanzania

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Statistics

Occurrence records 22,890
Species level 15,970
Species 3,030
Taxa 3,966
Datasets 128
Time range 1775 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 255
No WoRMS match 580
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 4
No accepted name available 213

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 20,578 35
eventDate 7,456 0
maximumDepthInMeters 15,058 98
minimumDepthInMeters 14,537 0
occurrenceStatus 9,240 0
scientificName 110 0
scientificNameID 4,771 20

Spatial issues

Records on land 6,188
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 175

Top datasets

Distribution

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Records

Composition

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Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1,042
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN
Phylum Chordata 		718
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		530
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		345
Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		320
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		296
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		292
Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii 		222
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		213
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		205

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		2 2023
Sterna bengalensis Lesson, 1831
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		1 2023
Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		6 2023
Larus hemprichii Bruch, 1853
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		1 2023
Cladiella australis (Macfadyen, 1936)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia 		2 2018
Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea 		2 2018
Brissus latecarinatus (Leske, 1778)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea 		4 2018
Halgerda wasinensis Eliot, 1904
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		5 2018
Phyllidiella meandrina (Pruvot-Fol, 1957)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		3 2018
Tenellia lugubris (Bergh, 1870)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		3 2018

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