South Brazil Shelf - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

South Brazil Shelf

Statistics

Occurrence records	197,888
Species level	158,961
Species	4,567
Taxa	6,081
Datasets	172
Time range	1648 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	2,201
No WoRMS match	10,778
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	249
No accepted name available	12,231

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	181,224	620
eventDate	7,975	0
maximumDepthInMeters	107,771	166
minimumDepthInMeters	92,241	185
occurrenceStatus	94,363	0
scientificName	39,533	0
scientificNameID	19,233	326

Spatial issues

Records on land	35,022
More than 20 km from shore	701
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	14,970

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
ReefSYN \| Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset VI: Santa Catarina reef fish monitoring Published 2024-12-15	26,299
ReefSYN \| Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset I: Fish communities from the Brazilian province Published 2024-07-03	24,579
Spatial distribution of plankton in the Cabo Frio Upwelling System in the South Brazilian Shelf Published 2025-03-20	20,924
SE_BrazilRockyShores Published 2021-07-02	12,725
SINBIOTA Marine Data Published 2021-07-02	12,661
Previous Fisheries REVIZEE Program Published 2021-07-02	11,133
ReefSYN \| Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset X: Alcatrazes monitoring Published 2024-07-03	7,223
Biological dataset for Pagrus pagrus fished along Southern Brazil Published 2025-03-20	5,801
Centro de Estudos do Mar - CEM, UFPR Published 2021-07-02	5,365
Marine Biodiversity in Ilha Grande Bay Rio de Janeiro State - Southwest Brazil Published 2021-07-02	5,231

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
Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Maxillopoda	10,911
Calanoida Sars G.O., 1903 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	7,408
Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6,132
Stegastes fuscus (Cuvier, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4,426
Tetraclita stalactifera (Lamarck, 1818) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Thecostraca	3,988
Haemulon aurolineatum Cuvier, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3,724
Diplodus argenteus (Valenciennes, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3,686
Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3,656
Mytilaster solisianus (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	3,269
Echinolittorina lineolata (A. d'Orbigny, 1841) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	3,086

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2024
Balaenoptera brydei Olsen, 1913 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	7	2023
Caranx lugubris Poey, 1860 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2022
Antholoba fabiani Durán-Fuentes, González-Muñoz, Daly & Stampar, 2024 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2022
Malacoctenus zaluari Carvalho-Filho, Gasparini & Sazima, 2020 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	19	2021
Biarmifer nesiotes Cunha, Fonseca & Amaral, 2023 Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea	2	2020
Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Terrazoanthus silveirai Vaga, Migotto & Kitahara, 2021 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2019
Puelche orensanzi Barnard & Clark, 1982 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	10	2018
Scolelepis gaucha (Orensanz & Gianuca, 1974) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	6	2018

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	60,397
Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental (CRIA)	53,115
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	51,764
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	50,878
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Campus Sao Paolo	49,782
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro	46,210
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense	32,712
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	32,712
IRD	31,802
Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira - IEAPM	28,111