United Arab Emirates - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

United Arab Emirates

Statistics

Occurrence records	13,693
Species level	9,400
Species	551
Taxa	688
Datasets	59
Time range	1809 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1
No WoRMS match	44
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	325

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	7,136	9
eventDate	254	0
maximumDepthInMeters	7,357	28
minimumDepthInMeters	7,194	0
occurrenceStatus	328	0
scientificName	3	0
scientificNameID	193	4

Spatial issues

Records on land	463
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	9

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Gulf Green Turtle Project 2016-2019 Published 2023-01-30	6,323
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	5,850
Distribution dataset of brachyuran crab species in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman (2017-2023) Published 2024-05-27	414
Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations Published 2025-03-20	182
PANGAEA - Data from Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel Published 2025-03-20	179
An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database Published 2022-06-08	123
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	113
Senckenberg's collection management system Published 2025-03-20	108
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	42
Discovery Collections Midwater Database Published 2021-12-14	39

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
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	6,356
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	639
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	480
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	470
Oncaea Philippi, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	450
Oikopleura Mertens, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Appendicularia	317
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	255
Corycaeus Dana, 1849 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	205
Ostracoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	200
Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	185

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Nasima dotilliformis (Alcock, 1900) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2022
Austruca iranica (Pretzmann, 1971) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7	2022
Pilumnus parvusi Fahimi, Zolgharnein, Keykhosravi & Naderloo, 2021 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2021
Eurycarcinus orientalis A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	10	2020
Metopograpsus messor (Forskål, 1775) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	14	2019
Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen, 1839) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7	2019
Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	6	2018
Grapsus albolineatus Latreille <i>in</i> Milbert, 1812 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	13	2017
Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	12	2017
Gonioinfradens paucidentatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	12	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
Duke University	6,403
Marine Research Foundation	6,323
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	5,853
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	5,853
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung	538
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	499
University of Tehran	414
Diveboard	182
Datafable	182
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel	179