Celebes Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Celebes Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	12,341
Species level	10,549
Species	2,855
Taxa	3,712
Datasets	98
Time range	1849 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	89
No WoRMS match	598
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	6
No accepted name available	40

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	6,980	20
eventDate	4,379	0
maximumDepthInMeters	8,620	51
minimumDepthInMeters	8,141	6
occurrenceStatus	7,234	0
scientificName	312	0
scientificNameID	3,345	16

Spatial issues

Records on land	346
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	490

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1,393
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-24	1,144
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	972
Queensland Museum Corals Published 2023-06-28	952
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	849
Diversity and community structure of pelagic cnidarians in south-east Asian tropical marginal Seas Published 2024-06-14	585
Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations Published 2025-03-20	557
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	543
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	469
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific (DIPnet) Published	454

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

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
Acropora Oken, 1815 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	110
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	79
Acropora solitaryensis Veron & Wallace, 1984 EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	78
Animalia	76
Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	63
Acropora donei Veron & Wallace, 1984 EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	58
Thyca crystallina (A. Gould, 1846) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	57
Acropora subglabra (Brook, 1891) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	57
Acropora hyacinthus (Dana, 1846) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	56
Acropora florida (Dana, 1846) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	56

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Pyrodinium bahamense L.Plate, 1906	50	2020
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	29	2019
Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	5	2018
Caloria indica (Bergh, 1896) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	6	2018
Halgerda batangas Carlson & Hoff, 2000 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	4	2018
Thuridilla gracilis (Risbec, 1928) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	5	2018
Colpodaspis thompsoni G. H. Brown, 1979 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	4	2018
Phyllidia ocellata Cuvier, 1804 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	5	2018
Hypselodoris tryoni (Garrett, 1873) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	4	2018
Pteraeolidia semperi (Bergh, 1870) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	5	2018

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	2,512
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	1,959
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	1,726
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	1,528
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	1,393
California Academy of Sciences	1,323
California Academy of Sciences	1,144
Museum of Tropical Queensland	952
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	943
Universidad Simon Bolivar	849