Chile: Easter Island - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Chile: Easter Island

Statistics

Occurrence records	3,225
Species level	2,304
Species	406
Taxa	635
Datasets	67
Time range	1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	6
No WoRMS match	52
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1
No accepted name available	6

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,781	12
eventDate	499	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,104	0
minimumDepthInMeters	1,041	0
occurrenceStatus	735	0
scientificName	4	0
scientificNameID	456	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	791
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	36

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Reef Life Survey (RLS) around New Zealand region: Reef fish dataset Published 2018-08-08	784
Occurrence of Eukaryotes in the size fraction >300 micrometres, collected worldwide during the Tara Oceans expedition (2009-2013) using a Bongo net and analysed on a ZooScan imaging platform Published 2025-03-20	230
Anfípodos_IMO Published 2021-07-13	207
sarce_rockyshores Published 2019-12-16	199
Occurrence of Eukaryotes in the size fraction >300 micrometres, collected worldwide during the Tara Oceans expedition (2009-2013) using a Multinet and analysed on a ZooScan imaging platform Published 2025-03-20	171
Reef Life Survey (RLS) around New Zealand region: Invertebrates Published 2018-08-08	163
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	148
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	125
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	112
Reef Life Survey (RLS) around New Zealand region: Cryptic Fish Published 2018-08-08	102

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
Cirripectes alboapicalis (Ogilby, 1899) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	62
Ralfsia Berkeley, 1843 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	61
Ectocarpus Lyngbye, 1819 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	56
Acanthurus leucopareius (Jenkins, 1903) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	54
Diadema savignyi (Audouin, 1809) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	53
Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett, 1839) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	52
Pseudolabrus fuentesi (Regan, 1913) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	52
Itycirrhitus wilhelmi (Lavenberg & Yañez A., 1972) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	50
Chrysiptera rapanui (Greenfield & Hensley, 1970) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	49
Pterodroma magentae (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	46

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2024
Pseudoboletia maculata Troschel, 1869 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	2	2017
Ophidiaster agassizi Perrier, 1881 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	3	2017
Diadema paucispinum A. Agassiz, 1863 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	2	2017
Berthellina delicata (Pease, 1861) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2017
Plectranthias ahiahiata Shepherd, Phelps, Pinheiro, Pérez-Matus & Rocha, 2018 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2017
Chromis mamatapara Shepherd, Pinheiro, Phelps, Easton, Pérez-Matus & Rocha, 2020 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2017
Uokeaster ahi Mah, 2021 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	3	2017
Linckia profunda Mah, 2021 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	3	2017
Pseudanthias hangapiko Shepherd, Pinheiro, Phelps, Pérez-Matus & Rocha, 2021 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	1,098
University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies	1,049
Sorbonne Université	648
Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer	648
Tara Oceans Consortium	648
Station Biologique de Roscoff	468
European Molecular Biology Laboratory	468
Institut de la Mer de Villefranche	401
University of Bremen; Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences	401
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	313