United Kingdom: Turks and Caicos Islands - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

United Kingdom: Turks and Caicos Islands

Statistics

Occurrence records	7,557
Species level	6,528
Species	720
Taxa	903
Datasets	46
Time range	1860 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	217
No WoRMS match	121
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1
No accepted name available	15

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	7,606	4
eventDate	693	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,060	0
minimumDepthInMeters	2,036	0
occurrenceStatus	3,621	0
scientificName	49	0
scientificNameID	786	53

Spatial issues

Records on land	436
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	42

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Benthic Published 2020-06-09	3,275
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Fish Published	2,078
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	544
Delaware Museum of Nature and Science – Mollusks Published 2025-03-18	213
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	210
Atlantic Anguilla surveys (1862-2007) Published 2024-09-09	176
ICES Eggs and larvae Published 2025-03-20	176
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	171
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	155
Environmental DNA reveals tropical shark diversity in contrasting levels of anthropogenic impact Published 2023-10-25	97

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	697
Orbicella faveolata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	488
Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	322
Agaricia Lamarck, 1801 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	317
Siderastrea siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) CR Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	276
Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	273
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	217
Porites porites (Pallas, 1766) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	216
Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	202
Millepora Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	182

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2016
Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2015
Synodus foetens (Linnaeus, 1766) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2015
Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2015
Halichondria (Halichondria) melanadocia de Laubenfels, 1936 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	8	2015
Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt, 1837) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2015
Timarete caribous (Grube, 1859) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2	2015
Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2014
Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1839 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2014
Hypanus americanus (Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	5	2014

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	5,547
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami	5,353
Universidad Simon Bolivar	3,278
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	544
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	472
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea	352
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	289
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	235
InvertEBase	228
Delaware Museum of Nature and Science – Mollusks	213