United States: Palmyra Atoll - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

United States: Palmyra Atoll

Statistics

Occurrence records	139,109
Species level	106,786
Species	1,133
Taxa	1,653
Datasets	45
Time range	1849 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	9
No WoRMS match	166
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	806

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	36,385	20
eventDate	1,815	0
maximumDepthInMeters	4,049	96
minimumDepthInMeters	3,920	0
occurrenceStatus	32,758	0
scientificName	29	0
scientificNameID	2,147	31

Spatial issues

Records on land	212
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	3,212

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	53,861
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	20,747
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	19,031
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessments of Coral Population in the Pacific Ocean 2007-2010 Published	16,346
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	7,524
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessment of Benthic Habitat Cover in the Pacific Ocean 2005-2010 Published	6,264
CRED Towed-Diver Fish Biomass Surveys in the Pacific Ocean 2000-2010 Published	4,552
CRED REA Algal Quadrate Images in the Pacific Ocean 2002-2008 Published	2,150
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	2,077
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	2,035

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
Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5,036
Fungia Lamarck, 1801 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	4,816
Porites vaughani Crossland, 1952 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	4,488
Porites lobata Dana, 1846 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	3,426
Pocillopora Lamarck, 1816 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	3,032
Pycnochromis margaritifer (Fowler, 1946) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2,846
Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2,798
Thalassoma quinquevittatum (Lay & Bennett, 1839) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2,445
Gomphosus varius Lacepède, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2,214
Goniastrea stelligera (Dana, 1846) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1,978

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Walteria flemmingii Schulze, 1886 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	1	2019
Anthomastus tahinodus d'Hondt, 1988 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	5	2019
Chrysogorgia flavescens Nutting, 1908 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2019
Acanella weberi Nutting, 1910 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	7	2019
Candidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	3	2019
Heteropathes americana (Opresko, 2003) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2	2019
Pheronemoides crustiformis Gong, Li & Lee, 2020 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	7	2019
Ijimalophus hawaiicus (Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000) Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	2	2019
Narella hawaiiensis Cairns & Bayer, 2008 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	3	2019
Parachrysogorgia chryseis (Bayer & Stefani, 1988) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	8	2019

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	86,250
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	86,244
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System	76,643
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	30,392
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Dole Street Office	29,942
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	19,033
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	7,524
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)	7,524
Berkeley Natural History Museums	880
VertNet	880