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Arafura Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	584,171
Species level	457,950
Species	6,768
Taxa	9,630
Datasets	206
Time range	1827 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,332
No WoRMS match	17,006
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1,701
No accepted name available	3,373

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	31,512	33
eventDate	25,537	0
maximumDepthInMeters	181,387	90
minimumDepthInMeters	182,809	0
occurrenceStatus	16,302	0
scientificName	716	0
scientificNameID	20,806	274

Spatial issues

Records on land	23,612
More than 20 km from shore	3
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	5,776

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
CSIRO, Cruises, Vertebrate and Invertebrate Fishery Bycatch, North Australia, 1997 Published 2022-11-11	208,755
Marine Microbes from RV Southern Surveyor voyage SS2012_T07, Australia (2012) Published 2022-06-25	44,669
North Marine Region demersal fish and invertebrate collection records (DEW collation), Australia (1980 - 1997) Published 2022-06-08	39,308
Marine Microbes from RV Southern Surveyor voyage SS2013_T03, Australia (2013) Published 2022-06-25	25,164
CSIRO, Soviet Fishery Data, Australia, 1965-1978 Published 2022-09-13	24,936
The Australian Zooplankton Database (1938 onwards) Published 2023-06-28	18,850
Four Decades of Seagrass Spatial Data from Torres Strait and Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia (1986-2022) Published 2023-06-22	18,117
Fauna Atlas N.T. - marine records, Northern Territory, Australia Published 2022-06-08	16,168
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	12,623
IMOS - Animal Tracking Facility - Acoustic Tracking - Quality Controlled Detections (2007 -2021) Published 2022-06-08	11,142

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
Alphaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	15,747
Photolateralis moretoniensis (Ogilby, 1912) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	10,236
Selaroides leptolepis (Cuvier, 1833) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	9,042
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002 Phylum Cyanobacteria	8,856
Carcharhinus tilstoni (Whitley, 1950) Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	8,758
Photopectoralis bindus (Valenciennes, 1835) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	8,661
Halodule uninervis (Forsskål) Ascherson, 1882 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	8,363
Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Crocodylia	8,135
Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7,908
Jaydia poeciloptera (Cuvier, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6,506

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Linckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	4	2021
Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål, 1775) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2021
Apogon doryssa (Jordan & Seale, 1906) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	8	2021
Chromis atripectoralis Welander & Schultz, 1951 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2021
Sargocentron caudimaculatum (Rüppell, 1838) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	2021
Parapercis clathrata Ogilby, 1910 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	8	2021
Neopomacentrus bankieri (Richardson, 1846) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2021
Echinaster luzonicus (Gray, 1840) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	5	2021
Echinostrephus aciculatus A. Agassiz, 1863 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	4	2021
Halichoeres erdmanni Randall & Allen, 2010 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2021

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	559,359
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	111,948
University of Technology, Sydney	69,833
CSIRO Oceans and Atmospheric Research, Brisbane	65,432
Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville	24,500
James Cook University, Townsville	18,849
Northern Territory Department of Land Resource Management	16,168
CSIRO Dutton Park, Brisbane	15,800
Museum and Art Gallery, Northern Territory	13,040
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	12,623