Humboldt Current - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Humboldt Current

Statistics

Occurrence records	963,996
Species level	833,434
Species	5,108
Taxa	7,144
Datasets	230
Time range	1822 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	186
No WoRMS match	21,098
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	11,810
No accepted name available	61,453

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	679,830	131,078
eventDate	11,436	0
maximumDepthInMeters	407,614	28,208
minimumDepthInMeters	373,132	27,705
occurrenceStatus	121,593	0
scientificName	714	0
scientificNameID	8,707	21,631

Spatial issues

Records on land	24,940
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	2,621

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	494,346
Movement patterns of Peruvian Boobies off Isla Lobos de Afuera 2007 Published 2021-04-24	156,333
Movement patterns of Peruvian Boobies off Isla Lobos de Tierra 2006 Published 2021-04-24	130,879
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data Published	49,304
Argos PTT Tracking Database Published	23,880
PANGAEA - Data from Climate variability and El Niño Southern Oscillation (CENSOR) Published 2025-03-20	15,953
Phytoplankton Universidad Arturo Prat Published	13,988
The Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking (Standardised) Data from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Published 2024-10-23	9,433
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Published 2025-03-20	8,265
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	5,344

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
Sula variegata (Tschudi, 1843) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	287,231
Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	16,716
Animalia	14,972
Biota	14,284
Tripos furca (Ehrenberg) F.Gómez, 2013 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	11,970
Coscinodiscus sol C.G.Wallich, 1860 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	9,781
Coscinodiscus perforatus Ehrenberg, 1844 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	9,440
Protoperidinium depressum (Bailey, 1854) Balech, 1974 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	9,409
Bacteria	9,181
Tripos muelleri Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1826 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	8,258

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Pterodroma mollis (Gould, 1844) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4	2023
Fregetta tropica (Gould, 1844) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2023
Cephalorhynchus eutropia Gray, 1846 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3	2020
Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus, 1753 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Ulvophyceae	4	2018
Capreolia implexa Guiry & Womersley, 1993 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	10	2018
Gelidium chilense (Montagne) Santelices & Montalva, 1983 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	2	2018
Taliepus dentatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2018
Karlodinium conicum Salas, 2008 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2	2018
Pyropia orbicularis M.E.Ramírez, L.Contreras Porcia & M.-L.Guillemin, 2014 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Bangiophyceae	25	2018
Jehlius cirratus (Darwin, 1854) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Thecostraca	19	2018

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	494,504
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	494,504
Duke University	289,673
Universidad Científica del Sur	287,212
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	100,261
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	49,304
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	37,497
Australian Antarctic Division	33,404
University of Southampton Southampton Oceanography Centre	15,953
Universidad Arturo Prat	13,988