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Red Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	26,361
Species level	19,063
Species	3,257
Taxa	4,013
Datasets	109
Time range	1766 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	21
No WoRMS match	1,077
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	4
No accepted name available	160

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	23,971	692
eventDate	9,671	0
maximumDepthInMeters	23,097	4
minimumDepthInMeters	15,683	0
occurrenceStatus	13,654	0
scientificName	195	0
scientificNameID	9,230	131

Spatial issues

Records on land	11
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	192

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	5,919
PANGAEA - Data from Tübingen University Published 2025-03-20	5,659
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1,699
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Published 2025-03-20	1,428
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	1,233
Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations Published 2025-03-20	940
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific (DIPnet) Published	896
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	872
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	648
Red Sea Cetacean Review - Sightings Published 2021-04-24	593

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
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	457
Trilobatus sacculifer (Brady, 1877) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	425
Globigerinita glutinata (Egger, 1893) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	396
Globigerinella siphonifera (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	278
Turborotalita quinqueloba (Natland, 1938) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	186
Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	186
Globigerinella calida (Parker, 1962) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	182
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny, 1839 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	165
Spiroloculina d'Orbigny, 1826 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Tubothalamea	153
Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	146

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Palaemonella jamila Anker & Benzoni, 2023 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2023
Paraxanthodes cumatodes (MacGilchrist, 1905) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2022
Enosteoides habibi Anker & Benzoni, 2023 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2022
Bathypathes thermophila Chimienti, 2022 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	3	2020
Petrolisthes pubescens Stimpson, 1858 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	4	2018
Aporobopyrus oviformis Shiino, 1934 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2018
Eunice vittata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	2016
Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2016
Chama lazarus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2016
Lamarcka ventricosa (Lamarck, 1819) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	3	2016

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	10,137
Florida Museum of Natural History	5,919
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen	5,659
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	2,984
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	1,699
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / IRD	1,233
California Academy of Sciences	1,192
Diveboard	940
Datafable	940
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific Network	896