Rio de La Plata

Statistics

Occurrence records 1,618
Species level 650
Species 347
Taxa 595
Datasets 39
Time range 1849 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 43
No WoRMS match 104
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 187
No accepted name available 36

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,609 2
eventDate 477 0
maximumDepthInMeters 1,626 35
minimumDepthInMeters 1,622 35
occurrenceStatus 1,556 0
scientificName 6 0
scientificNameID 447 1

Spatial issues

Records on land 1,764
More than 20 km from shore 1,503
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 10

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
123
Gammaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria
90
Bacteria
67
Alphaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria
66
Flavobacteriaceae (Reichenbach, 1992) emend. Bernardet, Nakagawa & Holmes, 2002
Phylum Bacteroidetes > Class Flavobacteria
30
Euryarchaeota
Phylum Euryarchaeota
28
Proteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria
25
Rhodobacteraceae
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria
23
Flavobacteriales
Phylum Bacteroidetes > Class Flavobacteria
20
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002
Phylum Cyanobacteria
19

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata
2 2011
Dinophysis caudata Saville-Kent, 1881
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
1 2010
Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata (Takano) Takano, 1995
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
1 2009
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN
Phylum Chordata
1 2008
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU
Phylum Chordata
1 2006
Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing, 1846
Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae
1 2004
Falsimargarita iris (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2004
Provocator corderoi Carcelles, 1947
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2004
Delicata krammeri D. Metzeltin, H. Lange-Bertalot & F. García-Rodríguez, 2005
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
1 2003
Eunotia pseudosudetica D. Metzeltin, H. Lange-Bertalot & F. García-Rodríguez, 2005
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
2 2002