Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,594,484
Species level	1,357,040
Species	8,871
Taxa	12,158
Datasets	311
Time range	1847 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,173
No WoRMS match	7,252
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1,221
No accepted name available	5,317

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,660,193	31,174
eventDate	60,327	0
maximumDepthInMeters	732,802	47,894
minimumDepthInMeters	724,506	47,894
occurrenceStatus	468,342	0
scientificName	2,077	0
scientificNameID	108,703	37,531

Spatial issues

Records on land	106,336
More than 20 km from shore	1,018
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	8,598

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FSUGG Tags- Spawning migration patterns of the Atlantic Goliath Grouper Published 2024-01-10	328,319
Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) South Atlantic Published	176,162
Ecological Baseline Studies of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Option Year 1 Published 2022-06-07	99,362
Ecological Baseline Studies of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Option Year 2 Published 2022-06-07	78,464
Multi-decadal shifts in fish community diversity across a dynamic biogeographic transition zone Published 2025-03-20	69,553
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Fisheries Log Book System (FLS) Commercial Pelagic Logbook Data Published 2021-08-25	67,746
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	56,840
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	47,043
National Benthic Inventory Published 2019-10-29	42,791
NOAA Southeast Fishery Science Center (SEFSC) Commercial Pelagic Observer Program (POP) Data Published	40,657

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
Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	328,348
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	46,870
Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	38,853
Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	31,999
Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	22,193
Larus philadelphia (Ord, 1815) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	22,133
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	17,384
Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill, 1815) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	16,456
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	15,838
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	14,138

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Ampithoe ramondi Audouin, 1826 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	5	2022
Halophila ovalis (R.Brown) J.D.Hooker, 1858 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	2	2022
Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, 1881 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7	2022
Meandrina jacksoni Weil & Pinzón, 2011 CR Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2022
Sulculeolaria quadrivalvis de Blainville, 1830 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	24	2021
Halodule wrightii Ascherson, 1868 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	306	2021
Acanthophora spicifera (M.Vahl) Børgesen, 1910 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	61	2021
Syringodium filiforme Kützing, 1860 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	54	2021
Astrosphaera hexagonalis Haeckel, 1887 Phylum Radiozoa > Class Polycystina	28	2021
Hemiselmis rufescens Parke, 1949 Phylum Cryptophyta > Class Cryptophyceae	19	2021

Data providers

Name	Records
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission	397,947
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	367,873
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute	361,337
Georgia Department of Natural Resources	328,420
Georgia Aquarium	328,400
Ocean Tracking Network	328,394
Ocean Tracking Network	328,394
East Coast Biologists, Inc	328,392
Georgia Department of Natural Resources: Coastal Resources Division	328,392
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute	328,392