United States: Johnston Atoll - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

United States: Johnston Atoll

Statistics

Occurrence records	44,189
Species level	25,897
Species	932
Taxa	1,387
Datasets	55
Time range	1880 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	279
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	2
No accepted name available	23

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	15,490	44
eventDate	857	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,334	7
minimumDepthInMeters	1,270	0
occurrenceStatus	14,444	0
scientificName	14	0
scientificNameID	736	8

Spatial issues

Records on land	206
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	942

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	12,237
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	9,542
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessments of Coral Population in the Pacific Ocean 2007-2010 Published	8,697
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	4,788
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessment of Invertebrate in the Pacific Ocean Published	2,208
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessment of Benthic Habitat Cover in the Pacific Ocean 2005-2010 Published	1,565
Marine data from the Bernice P. Bishop Museum Published 2023-03-20	1,518
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Published 2025-03-20	786
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	470
CRED REA Algal Quadrate Images in the Pacific Ocean 2002-2008 Published	403

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
Montipora Blainville, 1830 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	5,406
Montipora capitata (Dana, 1846) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2,411
Keratoisididae Gray, 1870 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1,638
Chlorurus spilurus (Valenciennes, 1840) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,387
Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,044
Ctenochaetus strigosus (Bennett, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,006
Naso lituratus (Forster, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	849
Chrysogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	740
Thalassoma duperrey (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	701
Hemicorallium Gray, 1867 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	607

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Pleurocorallium porcellanum (Pasternak, 1981) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	5	2019
Ptilella inflata (Kükenthal, 1910) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	18	2019
Ijimalophus hawaiicus (Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000) Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	15	2019
Advhena magnifica Castello-Branco, Collins & Hajdu, 2020 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	12	2019
Polymyces wellsi Cairns, 1991 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	98	2017
Narella alata Cairns & Bayer, 2008 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	3	2017
Hemicorallium laauense (Bayer, 1956) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	11	2017
Narella merga Cairns, 2018 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	18	2017
Antipathes sylospongia Opresko & Wagner, 2020 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	5	2017
Bathypathes pseudoalternata Molodtsova, Opresko & Wagner, 2022 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	5	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	27,275
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	27,111
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System	14,800
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	13,615
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Dole Street Office	13,438
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	12,237
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)	12,237
Berkeley Natural History Museums	1,529
VertNet	1,528
Bishop Museum	1,518