Uruguay

Statistics

Occurrence records 8,487
Species level 4,644
Species 1,193
Taxa 1,829
Datasets 106
Time range 1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 222
No WoRMS match 416
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 513
No accepted name available 115

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 8,275 42
eventDate 2,077 0
maximumDepthInMeters 7,621 0
minimumDepthInMeters 7,245 0
occurrenceStatus 7,374 0
scientificName 173 0
scientificNameID 1,891 18

Spatial issues

Records on land 4,906
More than 20 km from shore 1,751
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 108

Distribution

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Records

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Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
604
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
345
Gammaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria
230
Bacteria
208
Alphaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria
163
Deontostoma Filipjev, 1916
Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea
142
Deontostoma coptochilus Hope, 1977
Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea
119
Flavobacteriaceae (Reichenbach, 1992) emend. Bernardet, Nakagawa & Holmes, 2002
Phylum Bacteroidetes > Class Flavobacteria
111
Bacteroidetes
Phylum Bacteroidetes
85
Proteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria
84

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Prorocentrum scutellum Schröder, 1900
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
1 2020
Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing, 1846
Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae
2 2019
Puelche orensanzi Barnard & Clark, 1982
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
10 2018
Excirolana armata (Dana, 1853)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
14 2018
Chiriscus giambiagiae (Torti & Bastida, 1972)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
4 2018
Emerita brasiliensis Schmitt, 1935
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
2 2018
Bathyporeiapus ruffoi Escofet, 1971
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
3 2018
Atlantorchestoidea brasiliensis (Dana, 1853)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
2 2018
Hemipodia californiensis (Hartman, 1938)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
5 2018
Scolelepis gaucha (Orensanz & Gianuca, 1974)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
6 2018