United Kingdom: British Virgin Islands - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

United Kingdom: British Virgin Islands

Statistics

Occurrence records	19,020
Species level	18,329
Species	1,132
Taxa	1,367
Datasets	60
Time range	1878 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	79
No WoRMS match	304
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	4
No accepted name available	42

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	4,687	13,943
eventDate	1,092	0
maximumDepthInMeters	16,634	0
minimumDepthInMeters	16,307	0
occurrenceStatus	3,504	0
scientificName	79	0
scientificNameID	1,737	51

Spatial issues

Records on land	2,332
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	279

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
University of Liverpool seabird tracking in Anguilla 2012-2015 Published 2021-04-24	13,768
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	1,024
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	697
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Benthic Published 2020-06-09	598
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Fish Published	504
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	349
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	268
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	260
PANGAEA - Data from Tübingen University Published 2025-03-20	245
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	231

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
Fregata magnificens Mathews, 1914 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	11,660
Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,782
Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	348
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR Phylum Chordata	146
Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	99
Stylaster Gray, 1831 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	97
Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	85
Orbicella faveolata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	76
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	70
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	64

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3	2023
Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2017
Derichthys serpentinus Gill, 1884 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2017
Solenosmilia variabilis Duncan, 1873 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	44	2014
Dendrophyllia alternata Pourtalès, 1880 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	5	2014
Javania cailleti (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	8	2014
Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	19	2014
Aulostomus maculatus Valenciennes, 1841 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Fregata magnificens Mathews, 1914 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	11,660	2014
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2013

Data providers

Name	Records
Duke University	14,058
University of Liverpool	13,768
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	1,592
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami	1,102
InvertEBase	1,100
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	1,024
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	782
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	725
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	697
Universidad Simon Bolivar	625