United States: Wake Island - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

United States: Wake Island

Statistics

Occurrence records	36,249
Species level	26,599
Species	817
Taxa	1,070
Datasets	42
Time range	1846 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	39
No WoRMS match	68
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	5

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	8,440	18
eventDate	473	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,197	5
minimumDepthInMeters	1,161	5
occurrenceStatus	8,417	0
scientificName	10	0
scientificNameID	724	5

Spatial issues

Records on land	42
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	2,073

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	16,238
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	5,418
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	4,260
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessment of Benthic Habitat Cover in the Pacific Ocean 2005-2010 Published	3,253
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessments of Coral Population in the Pacific Ocean 2007-2010 Published	2,419
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	1,041
CRED REA Algal Quadrate Images in the Pacific Ocean 2002-2008 Published	927
CRED Towed-Diver Fish Biomass Surveys in the Pacific Ocean 2000-2010 Published	771
Marine data from the Bernice P. Bishop Museum Published 2023-03-20	705
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	565

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

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	1,195
Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett, 1839) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,061
Scarus forsteni (Bleeker, 1861) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	803
Pycnochromis acares (Randall & Swerdloff, 1973) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	774
Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus Randall & Clements, 2001 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	744
Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	715
Pycnochromis agilis (Smith, 1960) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	697
Plectroglyphidodon fasciolatus (Ogilby, 1889) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	620
Halichoeres ornatissimus (Garrett, 1863) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	607
Centropyge flavissima (Cuvier, 1831) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	593

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Macolor macularis Fowler, 1931 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2017
Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2017
Ptereleotris evides (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2017
Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2017
Anampses melanurus Bleeker, 1857 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2017
Farrea occa Bowerbank, 1862 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	50	2016
Chrysogorgia geniculata (Wright & Studer, 1889) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	51	2016
Candidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	109	2016
Calibelemnon symmetricum Nutting, 1908 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	125	2016
Ramuligorgia militaris (Nutting, 1908) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	48	2016

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	27,032
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	26,964
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System	22,697
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	7,452
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Dole Street Office	7,418
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	4,260
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)	4,260
Berkeley Natural History Museums	715
Bishop Museum	705
Technical Innovations, Inc.	705