Persian Gulf

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Statistics

Occurrence records 46,127
Species level 23,466
Species 1,771
Taxa 2,224
Datasets 114
Time range 1706 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 1
No WoRMS match 330
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 9
No accepted name available 1,989

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 38,636 18
eventDate 1,223 0
maximumDepthInMeters 18,341 2
minimumDepthInMeters 11,755 2
occurrenceStatus 2,164 0
scientificName 22 0
scientificNameID 785 21

Spatial issues

Records on land 108
More than 20 km from shore 4
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 23

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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
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN
Phylum Chordata 		6,432
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea 		2,895
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		2,500
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		2,135
Oncaea Philippi, 1843
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		1,785
Ostracoda Latreille, 1802
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda 		1,325
Decapoda Latreille, 1802
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1,278
Corycaeus Dana, 1849
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		1,272
Oikopleura Mertens, 1830
Phylum Chordata > Class Appendicularia 		1,223
Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		965

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		1 2022
Austruca iranica (Pretzmann, 1971)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		16 2022
Aeginellopsis arabica Arimoto, 1970
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2021
Urothoe platydactyla Rabindranath, 1971
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2021
Pilumnus parvusi Fahimi, Zolgharnein, Keykhosravi & Naderloo, 2021
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2021
Eurycarcinus orientalis A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		20 2020
Metopograpsus messor (Forskål, 1775)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		27 2019
Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen, 1839)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		4 2019
Ericthonius forbesii Hughes & Lowry, 2006
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2019
Grandidierella gilesi Chilton, 1921
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2019

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