Solomon Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Solomon Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	75,030
Species level	56,261
Species	4,689
Taxa	6,589
Datasets	116
Time range	1840 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	222
No WoRMS match	1,111
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	86
No accepted name available	889

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	39,589	1,198
eventDate	19,347	0
maximumDepthInMeters	38,858	55
minimumDepthInMeters	32,724	16
occurrenceStatus	16,103	0
scientificName	625	0
scientificNameID	4,961	8

Spatial issues

Records on land	464
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	5,639

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Reef shark prey abundances from 46 sites in the Solomon Islands (2015) Published 2023-10-31	18,378
The molluscs collection (IM) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) in the southwest Pacific region Published 2020-06-07	7,564
SPC PROCFish/C Fish Observations Solomon Islands 2006 Published 2019-01-16	5,887
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Published 2025-03-20	4,611
SPC PROCFish/C Invertebrates Observations Solomon Islands 2006 Published 2020-02-15	4,170
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	3,903
The crustaceans collection (IU) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) in the southwest Pacific region Published 2018-08-08	3,504
SPC PROCFish/C Fish Observations Papua New Guinea 2006 Published 2019-02-11	2,743
The echinoderm collection (IE) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) in the southwest Pacific region Published 2018-08-08	2,327
The echinoderm collection (IE) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published 2025-03-20	2,320

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
Pterocaesio pisang (Bleeker, 1853) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4,848
Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2,461
Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,850
Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,053
Ophiuroidea Gray, 1840 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	1,027
Idas Jeffreys, 1876 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	758
Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	708
Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	604
Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	596
Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	548

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Hazeus paucisquamatus Allen, Erdmann & Brooks, 2024 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2023
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2019
Siphamia corallicola Allen, 1993 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2019
Siphamia papuensis Gon, Allen, Erdmann & Gouws, 2014 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2019
Eviota amphipora Greenfield & Erdmann, 2020 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2019
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	2	2018
Eviota teresae Greenfield & Randall, 2016 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Siphamia arnazae Allen & Erdmann, 2019 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Centrophorus longipinnis White, Ebert & Naylor, 2017 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	4	2017
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	12	2016

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	24,876
Curtin University	18,378
Pacific Community	15,104
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / IRD	14,519
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR)	10,057
Southwestern Pacific OBIS Node	7,564
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	6,329
The Nature Conservancy	5,887
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	5,315
PNG National Fisheries Authority (NFA)	5,047