Venezuela - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Venezuela

Statistics

Occurrence records	147,583
Species level	103,246
Species	5,932
Taxa	7,541
Datasets	186
Time range	1822 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,000
No WoRMS match	4,428
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1,874
No accepted name available	4,390

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	139,065	4,188
eventDate	5,821	0
maximumDepthInMeters	96,085	66
minimumDepthInMeters	90,917	0
occurrenceStatus	51,062	0
scientificName	246	0
scientificNameID	5,933	1,822

Spatial issues

Records on land	15,830
More than 20 km from shore	259
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1,435

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
cariaco-phytoplankton Published 2021-09-28	18,534
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data Published	17,077
Benthic macroalgae from the coasts of Venezuela 1822-2021 Published 2022-11-04	10,435
Universidad Simon Bolivar Museum of Natural Sciences Published	10,113
Zooplankton of Morrocoy National Park 2000-2002 Published 2022-11-01	8,066
Crustaceos del Museo de Ciencias naturales de la Universidad Simón Bolívar Published 2017-11-29	7,351
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Published 2025-03-20	5,857
Inventario de Peces y Macroinvertebrados asociados a plataformas y gasoductos en el Golfo de Venezuela Published 2023-02-21	5,628
NaGISA Project Published 2018-03-21	5,409
Morrocoy Gastropods Amphipods Published	4,728

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
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	3,683
Bacteria	2,253
Acanthurus tractus Poey, 1860 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,614
Cnidaria Hatschek, 1888 Phylum Cnidaria	1,272
Emiliania W.W.Hay & H.P.Mohler, 1967 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	1,121
Apohyale media (Dana, 1853) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1,079
Hyale pygmaea Ruffo, 1950 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1,017
Planctomycetaceae Phylum Planctomycetes > Class Planctomycetacia	864
Ampelisca paria Barnard & Agard, 1986 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	846
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	705

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Lutjanus campechanus (Poey, 1860) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2021
Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	373	2021
Acanthurus nigroris Valenciennes, 1835 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	2021
Paralabrax dewegeri (Metzelaar, 1919) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2021
Acanthurus tractus Poey, 1860 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,614	2021
Spiroloculina ornata d'Orbigny, 1839 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Tubothalamea	1	2020
Lagenammina difflugiformis (Brady, 1879) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Monothalamea	91	2020
Gayliella fimbriata (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) T.O.Cho & S.M.Boo, 2008 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	2	2020
Spiroloculina angulata Cushman, 1917 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Tubothalamea	2	2020
Anchihauerina arta McCulloch, 1981 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Tubothalamea	2	2020

Data providers

Name	Records
Universidad Simon Bolivar	58,005
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	38,189
Universidad Central de Venezuela	24,384
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg	23,181
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	17,077
Universidad de Carabobo	10,726
Escritora, Creadora y Curadora de Contenidos Digitales	10,435
Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela	8,066
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	7,696
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	6,073