United Kingdom: Montserrat - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

United Kingdom: Montserrat

Statistics

Occurrence records	828
Species level	736
Species	245
Taxa	288
Datasets	30
Time range	1849 - 2016

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	200
No WoRMS match	67
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	9
No accepted name available	27

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	994	2
eventDate	241	0
maximumDepthInMeters	940	0
minimumDepthInMeters	536	0
occurrenceStatus	537	0
scientificName	12	0
scientificNameID	366	6

Spatial issues

Records on land	237
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	119

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
PANGAEA - Data from Tübingen University Published 2025-03-20	374
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	154
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	55
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	36
SEFSC Caribbean Survey 1995 Published 2021-09-08	33
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	27
Fish specimens Published	23
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	22
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Fisheries Log Book System (FLS) Commercial Pelagic Logbook Data Published 2021-08-25	14
Ocean Genome Legacy Collection Published 2022-08-15	13

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
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	93
Globigerinita glutinata (Egger, 1893) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	39
Neogloboquadrina dutertrei (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	39
Globigerinella siphonifera (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	32
Globorotalia menardii (d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	30
Trilobatus sacculifer (Brady, 1877) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	19
Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) crassaformis (Galloway & Wissler, 1927) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	17
Globorotalia truncatulinoides (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	16
Globorotalia tumida (Brady, 1877) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	16
Globoturborotalita rubescens (Hofker, 1956) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	14

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Lottia jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1791) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2016
Strigilla carnaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2016
Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2016
Sanguinolaria sanguinolenta (Gmelin, 1791) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2016
Lottia antillarum G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2016
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	1	2014
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR Phylum Chordata	1	2013
Neritilia succinea (Récluz, 1841) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	7	2013
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2011
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	93	1996

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	394
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen	374
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	208
Universidad Simon Bolivar	154
University of Kansas; Division of Invertebrate Zoology; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, KU Natural History Museum	154
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	82
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	69
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	55
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)	55
Duke University	39