Togo - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Togo

Statistics

Occurrence records	4,253
Species level	4,116
Species	501
Taxa	559
Datasets	19
Time range	1868 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	124
No WoRMS match	1,004
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	30
No accepted name available	50

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	838	4,445
eventDate	186	0
maximumDepthInMeters	5,233	0
minimumDepthInMeters	5,149	0
occurrenceStatus	5,252	0
scientificName	789	0
scientificNameID	4,572	156

Spatial issues

Records on land	286
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	3,631
Inventory of phytoplankton taxa on the Togolese coast Published 2020-12-02	223
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	94
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	87
Olive ridley sea turtle tracking near Ghana 2009 Published 2021-04-24	63
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	62
The CPR Survey Published 2025-03-20	49
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	13
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	8
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	6

Distribution

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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
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) VU Phylum Chordata	64
Torpedo Duméril, 1806 Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	30
Fontitrygon margarita (Günther, 1870) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	26
Epinephelus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	18
Zanobatus schoenleinii (Müller & Henle, 1841) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	18
Glaucostegus cemiculus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	18
Rhinobatos irvinei Norman, 1931 CR Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	17
Pegusa lascaris (Risso, 1810) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	16
Scorpaena normani Cadenat, 1943 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	16
Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	16

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2017
Thalassionema nitzschioides (Grunow) Mereschkowsky, 1902 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	6	2013
Nitzschia longissima (Brébisson) Ralfs, 1861 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	15	2013
Proboscia alata (Brightwell) Sundström, 1986 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	4	2013
Asterionella japonica Cleve, 1882 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	10	2013
Mastogloia smithii Thwaites ex W.Smith, 1856 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	6	2013
Pseudo-nitzschia pungens (Grunow ex Cleve) G.R.Hasle, 1993 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	6	2013
Denticula pelagica Hustedt, 1935 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	5	2013
Cerataulina bergonii Ostenfeld, 1903 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	6	2013
Sundstroemia setigera (Brightwell) Medlin in Medlin et al., 2021 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	9	2013

Data providers

Name	Records
Swedish Museum of Natural History	3,631
Université de Lomé, Centre De Gestion Integrée du Littoral et de Environnement	223
AfrOBIS / SADCO / CSIR	223
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	107
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	94
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / IRD	87
Duke University	65
Florida Gulf Coast University	63
Wildlife Division of Forestry Commission	63
InvertEBase	62