Singapore Strait - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Singapore Strait

Statistics

Occurrence records	6,050
Species level	2,291
Species	909
Taxa	1,298
Datasets	70
Time range	1758 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	31
No WoRMS match	49
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	8
No accepted name available	221

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	4,269	12
eventDate	766	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,329	3
minimumDepthInMeters	2,336	0
occurrenceStatus	1,029	0
scientificName	16	0
scientificNameID	388	2

Spatial issues

Records on land	230
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	3,194
An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database Published 2022-06-08	477
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	381
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Malacology Collection - marine records Published 2023-06-28	323
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	229
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	169
Western Australian Museum Fish Collection - Marine records Published 2023-06-28	116
IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS Published	95
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	82
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Ichthyology Collection - Marine records Published 2023-06-28	78

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
Animalia	222
Mollusca Phylum Mollusca	147
Pisces Phylum Chordata	142
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	140
Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	140
Crustacea Brünnich, 1772 Phylum Arthropoda	118
Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	71
Hydroidolina Collins, 2000 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	71
Epitoniidae S. S. Berry, 1910 (1812) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	70
Tomopteridae Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	70

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Alveopora spongiosa Dana, 1846 VU Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2019
Favites pentagona (Esper, 1790) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2	2019
Acropora intermedia (Brook, 1891) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2	2018
Goniastrea favulus (Dana, 1846) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2018
Coelastrea aspera (Verrill, 1866) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2018
Mycedium elephantotus (Pallas, 1766) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2016
Echinopora pacifica Veron, 1990 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	6	2016
Lobophyllia recta (Dana, 1846) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2	2014
Lobophyllia valenciennesii (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2014
Centroderes impurus Sørensen, Gasiorowski, Randsø, Sánchez & Neves, 2016 Phylum Kinorhyncha > Class Cyclorhagida	1	2014

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	3,194
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	3,194
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	1,291
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	957
James Cook University, Townsville	477
Museum and Art Gallery, Northern Territory	401
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	381
Australian Museum	310
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	264
Florida Museum of Natural History	169