United States: American Samoa - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

United States: American Samoa

Statistics

Occurrence records	758,811
Species level	243,214
Species	2,139
Taxa	3,371
Datasets	70
Time range	1846 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	29
No WoRMS match	72,057
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	7,558
No accepted name available	290

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	49,497	61
eventDate	2,692	0
maximumDepthInMeters	6,702	33
minimumDepthInMeters	6,462	0
occurrenceStatus	50,533	0
scientificName	82	0
scientificNameID	86,380	45

Spatial issues

Records on land	3,500
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	48,274

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine Microbes from RV Investigator voyage IN2016_V03, 170W, Pacific Ocean (2016) Published 2022-08-09	465,697
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified random surveys (StRS) of reef fish in the U.S. Pacific Islands Published 2021-08-25	160,912
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Science Division Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Belt Transect Surveys (BLT) at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2009 Published 2023-01-27	38,185
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	29,840
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessments of Coral Population in the Pacific Ocean 2007-2010 Published	21,622
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessment of Benthic Habitat Cover in the Pacific Ocean 2005-2010 Published	10,629
CRED REA Algal Quadrate Images in the Pacific Ocean 2002-2008 Published	6,858
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	5,371
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Large-Area Stationary Point Count Surveys (SPC) at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2007 Published 2021-08-25	3,791
CRED Towed-Diver Fish Biomass Surveys in the Pacific Ocean 2000-2010 Published	3,529

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
Alphaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	110,256
Syndiniales Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	58,091
Bacteria	39,489
Thermoplasmata Phylum Euryarchaeota > Class Thermoplasmata	31,504
Nitrosopumilaceae Phylum Thaumarchaeota > Class Thaumarchaeota incertae sedis	29,948
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002 Phylum Cyanobacteria	20,532
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	18,701
Montipora Blainville, 1830 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	18,281
Amoebophrya Koeppen, 1894 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	15,677
Pseudomonadales Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria	14,394

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	4	2019
Candidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	47	2019
Narella horrida (Versluys, 1906) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	2	2019
Calyptrophora wyvillei Wright, 1885 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	6	2019
Pteridopathes tanycrada Opresko, 2004 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	3	2019
Annella reticulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	44	2019
Calyptrophora diaphana Cairns, 2012 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	3	2019
Pheronemoides fungosus Gong & Li, 2017 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	12	2019
Pheronemoides crustiformis Gong, Li & Lee, 2020 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	2	2019
Parachrysogorgia chryseis (Bayer & Stefani, 1988) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	16	2019

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	466,377
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	466,167
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	208,303
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	208,259
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System	202,888
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	46,500
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Dole Street Office	46,027
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	32,257
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	5,371
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)	5,371