Molukka Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Molukka Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	6,666
Species level	5,346
Species	1,424
Taxa	1,705
Datasets	68
Time range	1820 - 2021

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	31
No WoRMS match	318
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	4
No accepted name available	48

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	4,199	3
eventDate	3,170	0
maximumDepthInMeters	4,768	165
minimumDepthInMeters	5,249	6
occurrenceStatus	3,186	0
scientificName	196	0
scientificNameID	1,194	1

Spatial issues

Records on land	23
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	466

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Queensland Museum Corals Published 2023-06-28	895
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	852
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	754
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	692
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	653
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	518
Fish collection of National Museum of Nature and Science Published 2024-06-14	420
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific (DIPnet) Published	378
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	176
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-24	140

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	279
Acropora Oken, 1815 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	113
Acropora cerealis (Dana, 1846) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	97
Acropora gemmifera (Brook, 1892) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	91
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	88
Acropora loripes (Brook, 1892) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	82
Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	74
Acropora valida (Dana, 1846) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	72
Acropora solitaryensis Veron & Wallace, 1984 EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	71
Acropora secale (Studer, 1878) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	65

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2018
Halophila ovalis (R.Brown) J.D.Hooker, 1858 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	1	2016
Solenostomus paradoxus (Pallas, 1770) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2013
Lybia tessellata (Latreille in Milbert, 1812) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2013
Scarus psittacus Forsskål, 1775 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2013
Ptereleotris uroditaenia Randall & Hoese, 1985 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2013
Pardachirus pavoninus (Lacepède, 1802) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2013
Octopus bocki Adam, 1941 Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	2	2013
Eviota shimadai Greenfield & Randall, 2010 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2013

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	1,528
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	1,165
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	1,056
Museum of Tropical Queensland	895
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	884
Universidad Simon Bolivar	754
University of Kansas; Division of Invertebrate Zoology; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, KU Natural History Museum	754
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	752
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	729
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	726