Yemen - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Yemen

Statistics

Occurrence records	229,388
Species level	91,511
Species	2,265
Taxa	3,041
Datasets	111
Time range	1753 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	156
No WoRMS match	1,496
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	611
No accepted name available	25,902

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	228,148	1,224
eventDate	9,357	0
maximumDepthInMeters	51,477	5
minimumDepthInMeters	27,181	0
occurrenceStatus	5,563	0
scientificName	60	0
scientificNameID	1,808	546

Spatial issues

Records on land	10,460
More than 20 km from shore	4
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1,181

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	177,036
PANGAEA - Data from Tübingen University Published 2025-03-20	19,174
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): June 2023 Published 2024-12-08	15,040
Taxonomically comprehensive assessment of biodiversity of animal plankton throughout the world ocean Published	3,526
PANGAEA - Data from Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel Published 2025-03-20	1,889
Ecoscope Observation Database Published 2025-03-20	1,812
Senckenberg's collection management system Published 2025-03-20	1,273
PANGAEA - Data from various sources Published 2025-03-20	1,261
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Published 2025-03-20	1,074
IFREMER/Kélonia satellite tracked late juvenile loggerhead sea turtles from Réunion Island 2008-2012 Published 2021-04-24	856

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
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	16,108
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	15,889
Oncaea Philippi, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	13,153
Oikopleura Mertens, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Appendicularia	8,100
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	7,982
Biota incertae sedis	7,839
Corycaeus Dana, 1849 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	7,616
Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	6,791
Ostracoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	6,314
Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana, 1849-1852) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	4,330

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	34	2023
Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton & Parke, 1960 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	32	2023
Phaeocystis globosa Scherffel, 1899 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	19	2023
Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker, 1854) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	29	2023
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacepède, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	44	2023
Plicomugil labiosus (Valenciennes, 1836) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	106	2023
Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	20	2023
Pelagomonas calceolata R.A.Andersen & G.Saunders, 1993 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Pelagophyceae	22	2023
Bellerochea polymorpha Hargraves & Guillard, 1974 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	39	2023
Planiliza macrolepis (Smith, 1846) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	47	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	177,257
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	177,040
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	28,000
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen	19,174
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	15,721
Department of Land Research Unit/EPA Socotra	15,040
Department of Research, Marine Studies and Marine Reserves/EPA Socotra	15,040
Director of Biodiversity Department/EPA Socotra	15,040
EPA Qlansiah branch	15,040
EPA Socotra	15,040