United States: Howland Island and Baker Island - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

United States: Howland Island and Baker Island

Statistics

Occurrence records	72,304
Species level	57,727
Species	742
Taxa	1,112
Datasets	41
Time range	1849 - 2021

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	22
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	14

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	11,042	16
eventDate	564	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,686	0
minimumDepthInMeters	1,558	0
occurrenceStatus	11,000	0
scientificName	5	0
scientificNameID	538	1

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,039
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1,067

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
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	32,304
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	14,393
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	8,146
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	4,562
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessments of Coral Population in the Pacific Ocean 2007-2010 Published	2,888
CRED Towed-Diver Fish Biomass Surveys in the Pacific Ocean 2000-2010 Published	2,504
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessment of Benthic Habitat Cover in the Pacific Ocean 2005-2010 Published	2,193
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessment of Invertebrate in the Pacific Ocean Published	1,696
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	1,432
CRED REA Algal Quadrate Images in the Pacific Ocean 2002-2008 Published	710

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
Acropora robusta (Dana, 1846) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2,230
Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,835
Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,531
Plectroglyphidodon dickii (Liénard, 1839) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,484
Ctenochaetus marginatus (Valenciennes, 1835) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,360
Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,295
Pycnochromis margaritifer (Fowler, 1946) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,242
Centropyge loriculus (Günther, 1874) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,182
Gomphosus varius Lacepède, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,165
Pseudanthias bartlettorum (Randall & Lubbock, 1981) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,102

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2021
Hydrodendron gorgonoide (G.O. Sars, 1874) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	6	2019
Rhodaniridogorgia superba (Nutting, 1908) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2019
Narella alata Cairns & Bayer, 2008 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2019
Calyptrophora pileata Cairns, 2009 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2019
Pheronemoides fungosus Gong & Li, 2017 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	43	2019
Narella merga Cairns, 2018 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2019
Pheronemoides crustiformis Gong, Li & Lee, 2020 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	30	2019
Ijimalophus hawaiicus (Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000) Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	1	2019
Pterocaesio lativittata Carpenter, 1987 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7	2018

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	56,403
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	56,362
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System	48,129
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	10,376
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Dole Street Office	10,107
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	8,146
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)	8,146
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	4,562
Florida Museum of Natural History	377
Universidad Simon Bolivar	186