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Sulu Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	187,828
Species level	32,172
Species	4,918
Taxa	5,852
Datasets	104
Time range	1849 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	299
No WoRMS match	1,367
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	153
No accepted name available	115,748

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	180,662	215
eventDate	13,635	0
maximumDepthInMeters	180,108	21
minimumDepthInMeters	180,824	6
occurrenceStatus	18,356	0
scientificName	664	0
scientificNameID	5,410	38

Spatial issues

Records on land	269
More than 20 km from shore	6
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	983

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (Philippines): April 2023 Published 2024-12-08	163,054
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	6,078
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	3,293
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	2,668
2018 Saving Philippine Reefs: A Coral Reef Monitoring Expedition to Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Philippines April 21-27, 2018 Published 2023-10-02	2,218
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	1,172
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	857
Fish Specimen Collection of National Museum, Philippines Published 2025-01-01	833
Tubbataha Management Office: Fishes/Megavertebrates Checklist Published 2023-10-03	777
Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection Published 2022-06-08	655

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
Biota incertae sedis	115,610
Chordata Haeckel, 1874 Phylum Chordata	11,594
Animalia	8,275
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1,249
Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin, 1964 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1,125
Florideophyceae Cronquist, 1960 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1,073
Actinopteri Phylum Chordata	803
Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda	763
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	614
Hipposcarus longiceps (Valenciennes, 1840) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	434

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Clausocalanus furcatus (Brady, 1883) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	100	2023
Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin, 1964 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1,125	2023
Phaeocystis globosa Scherffel, 1899 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	127	2023
Florenciella parvula Eikrem, 2004 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Dictyochophyceae	100	2023
Caesio lunaris Cuvier, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	89	2023
Gephyrocapsa huxleyi (Lohmann) P.Reinhardt, 1972 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	154	2023
Macrophiothrix lorioli A.M. Clark, 1968 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	81	2023
Hipposcarus longiceps (Valenciennes, 1840) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	426	2023
Hypoatherina celebesensis Sasaki & Kimura, 2012 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	145	2023
Pseudo-nitzschia sabit S.T. Teng, H.C. Lim, P.T. Lim & C.P. Leaw, 2015 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	87	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	166,063
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Philippines	163,054
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines	163,054
Environmental Legal Action Center - ELAC, Philippines	163,054
LGU- Cagayancillo, Philippines	163,054
LGU-Kalayaan Group of Island, Philippines	163,054
Philippine Coast Guard, Philippines	163,054
Philippine Navy, Philippines	163,054
Tubbataha Management Office, Philippines	163,054
UNESCO-IOC	163,054