United Kingdom: Pitcairn - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

United Kingdom: Pitcairn

Statistics

Occurrence records	3,027
Species level	2,214
Species	504
Taxa	718
Datasets	47
Time range	1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	280
No WoRMS match	18
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	4

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,308	13
eventDate	296	0
maximumDepthInMeters	802	4
minimumDepthInMeters	803	0
occurrenceStatus	610	0
scientificName	2	0
scientificNameID	365	3

Spatial issues

Records on land	475
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	80

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
The Real Bounty: Marine Biodiversity in the Pitcairn Islands Published 2018-08-08	1,084
Reef Life Survey (RLS) around New Zealand region: Reef fish dataset Published 2018-08-08	491
Occurrence of Eukaryotes in the size fraction >300 micrometres, collected worldwide during the Tara Oceans expedition (2009-2013) using a Multinet and analysed on a ZooScan imaging platform Published 2025-03-20	316
Occurrence of Eukaryotes in the size fraction >300 micrometres, collected worldwide during the Tara Oceans expedition (2009-2013) using a Bongo net and analysed on a ZooScan imaging platform Published 2025-03-20	110
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	103
Occurrence of Eukaryotes in the size fraction >200 micrometres, collected worldwide during the Tara Oceans expedition (2009-2013) using a WPII net and analysed on a ZooScan imaging platform. Published 2025-03-20	87
Queensland Museum Corals Published 2023-06-28	79
Occurrence of Eukaryotes in the size fraction >680 micrometres, collected worldwide during the Tara Oceans expedition (2009-2013) using a Régent net and analysed on a ZooScan imaging platform Published 2025-03-20	73
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	73
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	73

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

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Scientific name	Records
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	47
Acropora nasuta (Dana, 1846) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	36
Pterodroma magentae (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	27
Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	24
Acropora globiceps (Dana, 1846) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	23
Acropora valida (Dana, 1846) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	21
Acropora latistella (Brook, 1892) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	20
Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	20
Cirrhitops hubbardi (Schultz, 1943) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	20
Pseudocheilinus tetrataenia Schultz, 1960 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	20

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2023
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	47	2022
Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2013
Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus Fowler & Ball, 1924 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	18	2012
Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	24	2012
Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	20	2012
Chrysiptera galba (Allen & Randall, 1974) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	18	2012
Cirrhitops hubbardi (Schultz, 1943) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	20	2012
Pseudocheilinus tetrataenia Schultz, 1960 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	20	2012
Neocirrhites armatus Castelnau, 1873 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	19	2012

Data providers

Name	Records
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	1,781
Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes	1,084
University of California, Santa Barbara	1,084
University of Hawaii — Department of Biology — Fisheries Ecology Research Laboratory	1,084
National Geographic Society — Pristine Seas	1,084
US National Park Service — Kalaupapa National Historical Park	1,084
University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies	622
Sorbonne Université	621
Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer	621
Tara Oceans Consortium	621