Vanuatu

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Statistics

Occurrence records 55,078
Species level 41,353
Species 5,230
Taxa 6,641
Datasets 109
Time range 1836 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 369
No WoRMS match 1,393
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 26
No accepted name available 245

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 38,684 2,684
eventDate 16,839 0
maximumDepthInMeters 28,852 529
minimumDepthInMeters 28,851 530
occurrenceStatus 20,888 0
scientificName 1,035 0
scientificNameID 4,327 7

Spatial issues

Records on land 5,128
More than 20 km from shore 1
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 4,513

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Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Idas Jeffreys, 1876
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia 		761
Triphoridae J. E. Gray, 1847
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		504
Ophiuroidea Gray, 1840
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea 		395
Holothuria atra Jaeger, 1833
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		326
Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea 		282
Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia 		236
Pectinodonta Dall, 1882
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		233
Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		232
Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		226
Asteroidea de Blainville, 1830
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea 		215

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		1 2024
Cymodocea rotundata Ascherson & Schweinfurth, 1870
Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida 		10 2017
Halodule uninervis (Forsskål) Ascherson, 1882
Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida 		13 2017
Halophila ovalis (R.Brown) J.D.Hooker, 1858
Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida 		4 2017
Thalassia hemprichii (Ehrenberg) Ascherson, 1871
Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida 		11 2017
Enhalus acoroides (Linnaeus f.) Royle, 1839
Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida 		12 2017
Syringodium isoetifolium (Ascherson) Dandy, 1939
Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida 		4 2017
Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		4 2014
Gygis alba (Sparrman, 1786)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		4 2014
Hydroides uniformis Imajima & Ten Hove, 1986
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		8 2014

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