United Kingdom: Saint Helena - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

United Kingdom: Saint Helena

Statistics

Occurrence records	8,064
Species level	5,901
Species	534
Taxa	633
Datasets	45
Time range	1849 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	26
No WoRMS match	52
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	38
No accepted name available	590

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	9,861	35
eventDate	313	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,655	0
minimumDepthInMeters	3,478	0
occurrenceStatus	655	0
scientificName	14	0
scientificNameID	334	5

Spatial issues

Records on land	200
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	610

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	6,237
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	864
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	162
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	92
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	90
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	68
iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection Published 2020-12-02	53
Personal library collection of Martin Angel of published and unpublished Halocyprid (Ostracoda) occurrences Published 2025-03-20	45
Historical distribution of whales shown by logbook records 1785-1913 Published 2023-02-08	44
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	43

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
Euchaeta marina (Prestandrea, 1833) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	310
Calanoida Sars G.O., 1903 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	256
Nannocalanus minor (Claus, 1863) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	218
Stegastes sanctaehelenae (Sauvage, 1879) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	187
Pleuromamma abdominalis (Lubbock, 1856) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	170
Pleuromamma gracilis Claus, 1863 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	166
Mesocalanus tenuicornis (Dana, 1849-1852) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	165
Neocalanus gracilis (Dana, 1849-1852) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	148
Clausocalanus paululus Farran, 1926 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	125
Thalassoma sanctaehelenae (Valenciennes, 1839) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	125

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Synodus synodus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	27	2023
Canthigaster sanctaehelenae (Günther, 1870) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	42	2023
Holocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	56	2023
Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	52	2023
Bodianus insularis Gomon & Lubbock, 1980 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	44	2023
Thalassoma sanctaehelenae (Valenciennes, 1839) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	124	2023
Stegastes sanctaehelenae (Sauvage, 1879) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	182	2023
Aulostomus strigosus Wheeler, 1955 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	54	2023
Diplodus helenae (Sauvage, 1879) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	22	2023
Azurina multilineata (Guichenot, 1853) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	24	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	6,237
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	6,237
Federal University of Santa Catarina	864
Not informed	864
UFSC	864
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	864
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	172
Swedish Museum of Natural History	162
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	128
Duke University	112