Bismarck Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Bismarck Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	58,617
Species level	27,429
Species	5,132
Taxa	7,472
Datasets	94
Time range	1824 - 2020

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	103
No WoRMS match	1,071
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	80
No accepted name available	362

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	42,873	757
eventDate	13,849	0
maximumDepthInMeters	33,999	172
minimumDepthInMeters	34,205	5
occurrenceStatus	25,362	0
scientificName	424	0
scientificNameID	8,026	31

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,009
More than 20 km from shore	42
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1,637

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
The molluscs collection (IM) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) in the southwest Pacific region Published 2020-06-07	16,298
The crustaceans collection (IU) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) in the southwest Pacific region Published 2018-08-08	9,316
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	3,265
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	2,738
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	2,388
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	2,218
Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection Published 2022-06-08	1,498
Western Australian Museum Fish Collection - Marine records Published 2023-06-28	1,273
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	1,268
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) Published 2025-03-17	1,162

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
Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	720
Conus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	543
Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	428
Terebridae Mörch, 1852 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	403
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	382
Costellariidae MacDonald, 1860 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	376
Fissurellidae J. Fleming, 1822 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	337
Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	323
Cardiidae Lamarck, 1809 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	322
Pyramidellidae J. E. Gray, 1840 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	312

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	11	2018
Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2015
Hydroides albiceps (Grube, 1870) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2	2015
Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2015
Hydroides longispinosa Imajima, 1976 [original] Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	2015
Pista kimberliensis Hutchings & Glasby, 1990 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	2015
Euterpina acutifrons (Dana, 1848) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	18	2014
Canthocalanus pauper (Giesbrecht, 1888) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	6	2014
Delius nudus (Sewell, 1929) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	7	2014
Ancylomenes holthuisi (Bruce, 1969) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	11	2014

Data providers

Name	Records
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / IRD	26,706
Southwestern Pacific OBIS Node	16,298
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	9,380
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	8,502
Australian Museum	4,928
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	3,739
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	3,265
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	2,809
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	2,743
Florida Museum of Natural History	2,738