Bass Strait - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Bass Strait

Statistics

Occurrence records	850,207
Species level	776,406
Species	6,158
Taxa	8,437
Datasets	189
Time range	1698 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	11,314
No WoRMS match	2,432
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	12,688
No accepted name available	6,500

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	65,230	34
eventDate	41,544	0
maximumDepthInMeters	612,979	0
minimumDepthInMeters	612,590	0
occurrenceStatus	19,951	0
scientificName	267	0
scientificNameID	6,614	2,493

Spatial issues

Records on land	19,936
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	15,653

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Victorian Biodiversity Atlas, Victoria, Australia (1900-2017) - marine records Published 2022-06-07	279,238
OEH Atlas of NSW Wildlife, - marine records Australia (1770 - 2017) Published 2022-06-07	143,112
Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection Published 2023-06-28	74,076
CSIRO, South East Fishery Habitat Ecosystem Study, Southeast Australia, 1993-1997 Published 2022-11-11	35,305
The Australian Phytoplankton Database (1844 onwards) Published 2023-08-11	29,512
eBird Australia - marine records (1901-2019) Published 2022-06-08	26,411
Year-round at-sea movements of fairy prions (Pachyptila turtur) from Kanowna Island, Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia (2017-2020) Published 2022-07-19	24,144
Global Kelp Timeseries from NCEAS/KEEN Working Group Published 2022-06-06	23,861
Home range and core range of little penguins in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia (2008 - 2012) Published 2023-07-04	22,199
South East Fishery (SEF) Ecosystem Study 1993-1996: Fish Diet Data. Australia (1993-1997) Published 2022-06-08	13,206

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
Eudyptula minor (Forster, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	55,184
Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	45,489
Sterna bergii Lichtenstein, 1823 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	27,819
Pachyptila turtur (Kuhl, 1820) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	25,026
Ecklonia radiata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1848 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	13,990
Pelagodroma marina (Latham, 1790) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	13,624
Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	13,309
Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck, 1835) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	12,412
Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	11,762
Larus novaehollandiae Stephens, 1826 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	11,541

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Heteroclinus nasutus (Günther, 1861) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2023
Lunella torquata (Gmelin, 1791) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	2	2023
Agetus typicus Krøyer, 1849 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1	2022
Thalassionema nitzschioides (Grunow) Mereschkowsky, 1902 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	3	2022
Centropages elegans Giesbrecht, 1896 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1	2022
Euchaeta marinella Bradford, 1974 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1	2022
Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg, 1839 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2020
Tripos setaceus (Jørgensen) F.Gómez, 2013 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2020
Tripos azoricus (Cleve) F.Gómez, 2013 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2019
Tripos schroeteri (B.Schröder) F.Gómez, 2013 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2019

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	811,167
Victoria State Government —Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning	279,238
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	209,521
NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH)	143,112
Museums Victoria	85,478
University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies	50,229
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	35,305
Deakin University	27,616
Cornell University	26,411
Boston University, Department of Biology	23,861