United Kingdom: Cayman Islands - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

United Kingdom: Cayman Islands

Statistics

Occurrence records	15,960
Species level	13,185
Species	1,134
Taxa	1,378
Datasets	61
Time range	1902 - 2020

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	470
No WoRMS match	334
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	233
No accepted name available	90

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	15,598	18
eventDate	3,147	0
maximumDepthInMeters	5,938	0
minimumDepthInMeters	4,986	0
occurrenceStatus	8,644	0
scientificName	66	0
scientificNameID	2,212	27

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,556
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	133

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Benthic Published 2020-06-09	5,633
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Fish Published	3,853
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	2,245
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	932
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Published 2025-03-20	903
Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations Published 2025-03-20	530
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	520
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	225
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	144
Marine Biological Sample Database, JAMSTEC Published 2024-09-30	131

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
Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	991
Agaricia Lamarck, 1801 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	990
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	556
Orbicella faveolata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	518
Siderastrea siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) CR Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	402
Pseudodiploria strigosa (Dana, 1846) CR Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	399
Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	391
Porites porites (Pallas, 1766) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	389
Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	353
Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	341

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Anadara notabilis (Röding, 1798) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2017
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2015
Chaceon affinis (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2014
Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1787) VU Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2014
Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	2	2014
Arbacia punctulata (Lamarck, 1816) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	3	2014
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	3	2014
Bothus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2014
Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2014
Sphyraena picudilla Poey, 1860 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2014

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	9,756
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami	9,486
Universidad Simon Bolivar	5,668
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	2,245
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	1,479
InvertEBase	992
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	932
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	673
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	621
Diveboard	530