Ceram Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Ceram Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	3,764
Species level	2,995
Species	1,141
Taxa	1,406
Datasets	62
Time range	1758 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	2
No WoRMS match	37
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	34

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,499	7
eventDate	1,007	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,942	73
minimumDepthInMeters	1,936	26
occurrenceStatus	2,019	0
scientificName	11	0
scientificNameID	476	5

Spatial issues

Records on land	62
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	78

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	560
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	413
Western Australian Museum Fish Collection - Marine records Published 2023-06-28	381
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	292
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific (DIPnet) Published	256
Ichthyology Collection - Royal Ontario Museum Published	241
Fish specimens Published	230
Tracking of Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) (2017-2021) Published 2022-12-08	162
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	152
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	133

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
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	162
Thyca crystallina (A. Gould, 1846) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	66
Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	61
Animalia	57
Trimma stobbsi Winterbottom, 2001 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	43
Trimma haimassum Winterbottom, 2011 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	38
Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	35
Trimma fangi Winterbottom & Chen, 2004 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	34
Lapemis hardwickii Gray, 1834 Phylum Chordata	30
Priolepis vexilla Winterbottom & Burridge, 1993 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	27

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	162	2019
Sueviota minersorum Greenfield, Erdmann & Utama, 2019 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2019
Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2018
Eviota lachdeberei Giltay, 1933 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Eviota gunawanae Greenfield, Tornabene & Erdmann in Greenfield, Tornabene, Erdmann & Pada, 2019 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2018
Eviota longirostris Tornabene, Greenfield & Erdmann, 2021 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2018
Eviota sigillata Jewett & Lachner, 1983 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2016
Eviota punyit Tornabene, Valdez, Erdmann & Pezold, 2016 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2014
Trimma pajama Winterbotton, Erdmann & Dita Cahyani, 2014 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2013
Siphamia papuensis Gon, Allen, Erdmann & Gouws, 2014 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2013

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	1,025
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	818
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	712
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	600
Royal Ontario Museum	471
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	430
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	430
Western Australian Museum	384
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	292
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific Network	256