United Kingdom: Ascension - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

United Kingdom: Ascension

Statistics

Occurrence records	14,736
Species level	13,724
Species	486
Taxa	589
Datasets	54
Time range	1840 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	25
No WoRMS match	112
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	20

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	14,163	418
eventDate	803	0
maximumDepthInMeters	9,985	0
minimumDepthInMeters	5,356	0
occurrenceStatus	2,739	0
scientificName	43	0
scientificNameID	488	33

Spatial issues

Records on land	374
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	22

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
PANGAEA - Data from various sources Published 2025-03-20	7,051
Long-term Ecological Monitoring Research Brazilian Oceanic Islands (reef fish) Published 2022-02-02	1,891
Reef fish communities of Mid-Atlantic ridge islands: Expeditions in Ascension (2015), Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (2018-2019), and Saint Helena (2023) Published 2024-12-11	1,885
PANGAEA - Data from Climate: Long-range investigation, mapping and prediction (CLIMAP) Published 2025-03-20	876
Ecoscope tuna observer data Published 2025-03-20	524
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	524
Ascension Island green turtles migrations Published 2021-04-24	395
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	377
PANGAEA - Data from Glacial Atlantic Mapping and Prediction (GLAMAP2000) Published 2025-03-20	296
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	203

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
Globorotalia truncatulinoides (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	564
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	523
Trilobatus sacculifer (Brady, 1877) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	502
Stegastes lubbocki Allen & Smith, 1992 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	459
Neogloboquadrina dutertrei (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	414
Globigerinella siphonifera (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	413
Globigerinita glutinata (Egger, 1893) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	412
Globigerina falconensis Blow, 1959 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	412
Globoturborotalita rubescens (Hofker, 1956) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	411
Globigerinoides tenellus Parker, 1958 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	399

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2019
Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2018
Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	2	2017
Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	9	2017
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2016
Canthigaster sanctaehelenae (Günther, 1870) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	98	2015
Gymnothorax moringa (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	128	2015
Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	144	2015
Chromis multilineata (Guichenot, 1853) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	78	2015
Azurina multilineata (Guichenot, 1853) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	78	2015

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	8,407
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	1,891
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro	1,891
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Campus Sao Paolo	1,891
Federal University of Santa Catarina	1,885
Not informed	1,885
UFSC	1,885
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	1,885
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	534
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	534