Thailand - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Thailand

Statistics

Occurrence records	34,810
Species level	26,164
Species	3,609
Taxa	4,845
Datasets	110
Time range	1755 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,080
No WoRMS match	2,278
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	25
No accepted name available	157

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	27,838	104
eventDate	11,248	0
maximumDepthInMeters	27,241	0
minimumDepthInMeters	26,996	0
occurrenceStatus	26,464	0
scientificName	1,243	0
scientificNameID	11,796	71

Spatial issues

Records on land	9,551
More than 20 km from shore	758
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	788

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	8,016
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	5,812
Asia-Pacific Dataset Published 2024-06-14	3,956
Fish specimens Published	2,339
Ichthyology Collection - Royal Ontario Museum Published	1,894
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	1,569
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	1,518
Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations Published 2025-03-20	1,351
Queensland Museum Corals Published 2023-06-28	790
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) Published 2025-03-17	737

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
Halichoeres Rüppell, 1835 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	299
Porifera Grant, 1836 Phylum Porifera	213
Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	179
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	152
Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	137
Cephalopholis formosa (Shaw, 1812) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	135
Chaetodon octofasciatus Bloch, 1787 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	132
Leiognathidae Gill, 1893 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	127
Upeneus Cuvier, 1829 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	112
Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	108

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Balaenoptera brydei Olsen, 1913 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2024
Pseudexogone losinensis Plathong, Plathong & Dean, 2024 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	2022
Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2018
Aricidea (Aricidea) thammapinanae Plathong, Hernández-Alcántara, Harris & Plathong, 2020 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	2018
Aricidea (Acmira) anusakdii Plathong, Hernández-Alcántara, Harris & Plathong, 2020 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	2017
Holothuria (Selenkothuria) erinacea Semper, 1868 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	3	2015
Ophiarachnella infernalis (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	3	2015
Synaptula reticulata (Semper, 1867) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	7	2015
Astropecten javanicus Lutken, 1871 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	4	2015
Mustelus andamanensis White, Arunrugstichai & Naylor, 2021 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	5	2015

Data providers

Name	Records
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	8,016
California Academy of Sciences	6,549
California Academy of Sciences	5,812
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	4,682
Royal Ontario Museum	4,233
Frontier Research Center for Global Change/JAMSTEC	3,956
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	2,456
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	2,350
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	1,604
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	1,594