Gulf of Oman - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Gulf of Oman

Statistics

Occurrence records	26,793
Species level	11,459
Species	1,677
Taxa	2,642
Datasets	100
Time range	1766 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	2
No WoRMS match	335
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	8
No accepted name available	1,192

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	25,977	33
eventDate	1,096	0
maximumDepthInMeters	7,264	55
minimumDepthInMeters	7,034	0
occurrenceStatus	6,378	0
scientificName	31	0
scientificNameID	4,155	19

Spatial issues

Records on land	229
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	57

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	17,988
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	3,481
Discovery Collections Midwater Database Published 2021-12-14	1,005
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	392
Biogeographic data from BODC - British Oceanographic Data Centre Published 2025-03-20	384
Distribution dataset of brachyuran crab species in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman (2017-2023) Published 2024-05-27	366
Gulf Green Turtle Project 2016-2019 Published 2023-01-30	310
Ichthyology Collection - Royal Ontario Museum Published	247
PANGAEA - Data from Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel Published 2025-03-20	209
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	175

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
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	1,865
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1,514
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1,460
Oncaea Philippi, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1,340
Oikopleura Mertens, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Appendicularia	1,046
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	777
Ostracoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	676
Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	545
Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	430
Corycaeus Dana, 1849 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	425

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Pavona explanulata (Lamarck, 1816) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	7	2022
Clibanarius signatus Heller, 1861 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2022
Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	3	2022
Swainsonia fissurata (Lamarck, 1811) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	3	2022
Psammocora albopicta Benzoni, 2006 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	3	2022
Psammocora stellata (Verrill, 1866) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	4	2022
Acanthastrea hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	3	2022
Porites annae Crossland, 1952 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	4	2022
Porites profundus Rehberg, 1892 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	4	2022
Booneostrea subucula (Jousseaume, 1925) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	4	2022

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	18,006
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	18,006
Florida Museum of Natural History	3,481
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton	1,005
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	1,005
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung	590
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	583
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	544
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	392
British Oceanographic Data Centre	384