Gulf of Boni - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Gulf of Boni

Statistics

Occurrence records	530
Species level	411
Species	149
Taxa	171
Datasets	24
Time range	1849 - 2021

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	3
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	3

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	349	0
eventDate	146	0
maximumDepthInMeters	131	21
minimumDepthInMeters	124	23
occurrenceStatus	294	0
scientificName	1	0
scientificNameID	87	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	259

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	159
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	80
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific (DIPnet) Published	58
Tracking of Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) (2017-2021) Published 2022-12-08	48
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	36
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	29
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	28
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	13
Queensland Museum Porifera Published 2023-06-28	13
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	11

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
Animalia	80
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	48
Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	20
Thyca crystallina (A. Gould, 1846) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	19
Truncatoflabellum paripavoninum (Alcock, 1894) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	16
Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	12
Lovenia gregalis Alcock, 1893 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	8
Himantura uarnak (Gmelin, 1789) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	7
Bathypectinura heros (Lyman, 1879) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	7
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) scobinosa Alcock, 1902 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	7

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	48	2019
Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2016
Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2015
Tortanus (Tortanus) forcipatus (Giesbrecht, 1889) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1	1999
Bathypectinura heros (Lyman, 1879) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	7	1909
Ophiura flagellata (Lyman, 1878) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	5	1909
Atolla wyvillei Haeckel, 1880 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Scyphozoa	6	1909
Ophiophthalmus relictus (Koehler, 1904) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	5	1909
Ophioplinthaca rudis (Koehler, 1897) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	6	1909
Lovenia gregalis Alcock, 1893 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	8	1909

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	201
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	188
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	98
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	90
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	90
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific Network	58
School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland	48
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	36
Norwegian Institute for Water Research	28
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	22