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Statistics

Occurrence records 3,223,043
Species level 2,639,540
Species 14,360
Taxa 20,834
Datasets 568
Time range 1720 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 38,139
No WoRMS match 30,646
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 9,607
No accepted name available 120,526

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 4,990,739 216,570
eventDate 89,718 32
maximumDepthInMeters 2,147,024 493
minimumDepthInMeters 2,104,580 41
occurrenceStatus 381,043 0
scientificName 9,074 0
scientificNameID 62,997 13,376

Spatial issues

Records on land 1,447,796
More than 20 km from shore 82,790
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 41,851

Top datasets

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Mugil incilis Hancock, 1830
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		139,481
Penaeus notialis Pérez Farfante, 1967
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		129,398
Elops smithi McBride, Rocha, Ruiz-Carus & Bowen, 2010
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		114,502
Biota incertae sedis
104,004
Ariopsis canteri Acero P., Betancur-R. & Marceniuk, 2017
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		100,742
Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		93,639
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		90,628
Cathorops mapale Betancur-R. & Acero P., 2005 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		88,997
Anchovia clupeoides (Swainson, 1839)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		73,432
Eugerres plumieri (Cuvier, 1830)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		68,975

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Tringa flavipes (Gmelin, 1789) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		1 2024
Geothlypis aequinoctialis (Gmelin, 1789)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		1 2024
Troglodytes aedon Vieillot, 1809
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		1 2024
Clathria (Thalysias) reinwardti Vosmaer, 1880
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae 		51 2023
Florenciella parvula Eikrem, 2004
Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Dictyochophyceae 		45 2023
Sphoeroides parvus Shipp & Yerger, 1969
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		29 2023
Parasesarma asperum (Heller, 1865)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		34 2023
Phaenocelis medvedica Marcus, 1952
Phylum Platyhelminthes 		80 2023
Ramicrusta textilis Pueschel & G.W.Saunders, 2009
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae 		27 2023
Paramoeba branchiphila (Dyková, B.F.Nowak, Crosbie, I.Fiala, H.Pecková, M.B.Adams, Macháčková & Dvořáková) Feehan, Johnson-Mackinnon, Scheibling, Lauzon & A.G.B.Simpson, 2013
Phylum Amoebozoa > Class Discosea 		45 2023

Data providers

Name Records
Sistema de Información sobre Biodiversidad de Colombia - SiB Colombia 1,631,485
SiB Colombia 1,476,966
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras José Benito Vives de Andréis 1,389,232
Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible 1,381,117
Autoridad Nacional de Acuicultura y Pesca 1,371,797
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras José Benito Vives de AndréisEMAR 1,371,749
Agencia Internacional de Cooperación Alemana 1,370,423
Instituto Colombiano de Desarrollo Rural 1,370,423
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación 1,370,423
U.S. Geological Survey HQ 355,643