Flores Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Flores Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	5,629
Species level	4,195
Species	1,485
Taxa	2,032
Datasets	62
Time range	1849 - 2021

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	9
No WoRMS match	150
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	9
No accepted name available	6

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	3,450	30
eventDate	1,951	0
maximumDepthInMeters	3,966	12
minimumDepthInMeters	3,918	7
occurrenceStatus	1,527	0
scientificName	105	0
scientificNameID	651	38

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	371

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Asia-Pacific Dataset Published 2024-06-14	2,325
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	591
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific (DIPnet) Published	323
Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection Published 2022-06-08	239
A checklist of Indonesian polychaete species Published	214
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	214
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	208
Marine data from the Bernice P. Bishop Museum Published 2023-03-20	195
Queensland Museum Corals Published 2023-06-28	191
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Ichthyology Collection - Marine records Published 2023-06-28	137

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
Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	63
Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	33
Thyca crystallina (A. Gould, 1846) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	33
Acropora loripes (Brook, 1892) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	30
Thalassia hemprichii (Ehrenberg) Ascherson, 1871 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	30
Acropora latistella (Brook, 1892) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	27
Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	27
Acropora microphthalma (Verrill, 1869) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	26
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	25
Animalia	24

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	3	2020
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2018
Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2018
Eviota rubrisparsa Greenfield & Randall, 2010 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2017
Eviota pictifacies Greenfield & Erdmann, 2017 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2017
Eviota maculosa Greenfield, Tornabene & Erdmann in Greenfield, Tornabene, Gomez-Buckley & Erdmann, 2018 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2017
Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4	2016
Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2013
Sepioteuthis lessoniana Lesson, 1831 Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	2	2013
Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	2	2013

Data providers

Name	Records
Frontier Research Center for Global Change/JAMSTEC	2,325
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	864
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	735
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	591
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific Network	323
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	300
Australian Museum	268
Pusat Penelitian Oseanografi. Lemabga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia	263
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	219
Universidad Simon Bolivar	214