Gulf of Aqaba - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Gulf of Aqaba

Statistics

Occurrence records	28,733
Species level	16,847
Species	1,042
Taxa	1,676
Datasets	67
Time range	1758 - 2020

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	62
No WoRMS match	762
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	840
No accepted name available	66

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	14,699	121
eventDate	624	0
maximumDepthInMeters	26,350	0
minimumDepthInMeters	26,318	0
occurrenceStatus	11,714	0
scientificName	10	0
scientificNameID	1,167	280

Spatial issues

Records on land	14
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	26

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine invasive species: Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea Published 2024-11-06	13,986
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data Published	10,177
ARMS-MBON data on long-term monitoring of hard-bottom communities: 18S results from 2018-2020 Published 2024-07-10	702
ARMS-MBON data on long-term monitoring of hard-bottom communities: 18S results from 2018-2020 Published 2025-03-20	702
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	502
An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database Published 2022-06-08	339
ARMS-MBON data on long-term monitoring of hard-bottom communities: COI results from 2018-2020 Published 2024-07-16	298
ARMS-MBON data on long-term monitoring of hard-bottom communities: COI results from 2018-2020 Published 2025-03-20	298
Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations Published 2025-03-20	250
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	236

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
Siganus rivulatus Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	13,991
Alphaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	1,574
Gammaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria	1,148
Bacteria	1,129
Proteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria	664
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002 Phylum Cyanobacteria	513
Deferribacteres Garrity & Holt, 2002 Phylum Deferribacteres	481
Deltaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Deltaproteobacteria	363
Rhodobacteraceae Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	282
Flavobacteriaceae (Reichenbach, 1992) emend. Bernardet, Nakagawa & Holmes, 2002 Phylum Bacteroidetes > Class Flavobacteria	273

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Bathypathes thermophila Chimienti, 2022 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2	2020
Discias forsskali Anker, 2023 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2020
Notomastus latericeus Sars, 1851 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	16	2019
Pleurocladia lacustris A.Braun, 1855 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	10	2019
Diplacanthopoma brachysoma Günther, 1887 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	12	2019
Brachionichthys hirsutus (Lacepède, 1804) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	12	2019
Hololepida magna Moore, 1905 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	14	2019
Magellania joubini Blochmann, 1906 Phylum Brachiopoda > Class Rhynchonellata	14	2019
Bitectipora retepora (Gordon, 1989) Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata	10	2019
Cabestana spengleri (G. Perry, 1811) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	12	2019

Data providers

Name	Records
Ocean Tracking Network	13,986
Ben Gurion University and the Inter-University Institute for Marine Science	13,986
Ocean Tracking Network	13,986
Tel Aviv University	13,986
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	10,503
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	10,177
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	2,359
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	2,000
European Marine Biological Research Centre	2,000
National Institute of Biology; Marine Biological Station Piran	2,000