United Kingdom: Anguilla - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

United Kingdom: Anguilla

Statistics

Occurrence records	187,920
Species level	187,708
Species	462
Taxa	530
Datasets	51
Time range	1849 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	7
No WoRMS match	36
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	12

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,401	185,104
eventDate	418	0
maximumDepthInMeters	186,717	0
minimumDepthInMeters	185,729	0
occurrenceStatus	817	0
scientificName	26	0
scientificNameID	61	8

Spatial issues

Records on land	22,714
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	50

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
University of Liverpool seabird tracking in Anguilla 2012-2015 Published 2021-04-24	185,075
PANGAEA - Data from Tübingen University Published 2025-03-20	992
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	318
Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations Published 2025-03-20	306
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Fisheries Log Book System (FLS) Commercial Pelagic Logbook Data Published 2021-08-25	295
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	214
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	174
NOAA Southeast Fishery Science Center (SEFSC) Commercial Pelagic Observer Program (POP) Data Published	101
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	99
SEFSC Caribbean Survey 1995 Published 2021-09-08	77

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
Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	117,007
Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	24,934
Fregata magnificens Mathews, 1914 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	24,168
Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	18,904
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	287
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	149
Globigerinita glutinata (Egger, 1893) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	128
Globigerinella siphonifera (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	90
Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus, 1766 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	86
Globoturborotalita rubescens (Hofker, 1956) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	84

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Enallopsammia rostrata (Pourtalès, 1878) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2	2014
Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	3	2014
Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	18,904	2014
Fregata magnificens Mathews, 1914 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	24,168	2014
Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus, 1766 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	86	2014
Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	2012
Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1839 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7	2012

Data providers

Name	Records
Duke University	185,199
University of Liverpool	185,075
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	1,362
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen	992
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	573
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	568
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	421
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	318
Diveboard	306
Datafable	306