East Brazil Shelf - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

East Brazil Shelf

Statistics

Occurrence records	313,192
Species level	187,357
Species	5,929
Taxa	7,275
Datasets	158
Time range	1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	435
No WoRMS match	13,067
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	273
No accepted name available	66,541

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	302,238	434
eventDate	10,956	0
maximumDepthInMeters	179,668	5,386
minimumDepthInMeters	151,161	5,352
occurrenceStatus	76,563	0
scientificName	138,345	0
scientificNameID	20,421	2,800

Spatial issues

Records on land	11,493
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	3,776

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves (Brazil): November 2022 Published 2024-12-08	78,117
ReefSYN \| Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset II: Abrolhos Bank monitoring Published 2024-07-03	59,701
ReefSYN \| Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset XII: Benthic communities’ monitoring in Abrolhos Bank Published 2024-07-03	21,525
ReefSYN \| Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset I: Fish communities from the Brazilian province Published 2024-07-03	19,650
Long-term Ecological Monitoring Research Brazilian Oceanic Islands (reef fish) Published 2022-02-02	16,264
ReefSYN \| Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset XI: Rio Grande do Norte monitoring Published 2024-07-03	12,788
Spatial distribution of plankton in the Cabo Frio Upwelling System in the South Brazilian Shelf Published 2025-03-20	8,344
ReefSYN \| Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset XVI: Benthic communities from Rio Grande do Norte Published 2024-07-03	7,082
Benthic biodiversity along the central coast in the Brazilian EEZ (OBIS South America, BRAZIL) Published 2021-07-02	5,439
ReefSYN \| Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset VII: Fish assemblages from Guarapari Published 2024-07-03	5,111

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
Biota incertae sedis	56,965
Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	9,376
Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Maxillopoda	8,176
Sparisoma axillare (Steindachner, 1878) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6,623
Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6,135
Chordata Haeckel, 1874 Phylum Chordata	6,001
Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5,833
Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch, 1791) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5,457
Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5,403
Animalia	4,814

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton & Parke, 1960 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	129	2022
Phaeocystis globosa Scherffel, 1899 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	68	2022
Harengula jaguana Poey, 1865 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	209	2022
Albula goreensis Valenciennes, 1847 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	30	2022
Pelagomonas calceolata R.A.Andersen & G.Saunders, 1993 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Pelagophyceae	103	2022
Bellerochea polymorpha Hargraves & Guillard, 1974 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	133	2022
Chloropicon roscoffensis Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem, 2017 Phylum Chlorophyta	43	2022
Stylocheilus polyomma (Mörch, 1863) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	42	2022
Hypanus berthalutzae Petean, Naylor & Lima, 2020 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	44	2022
Chloropicon sieburthii Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem, 2017 Phylum Chlorophyta	170	2022

Data providers

Name	Records
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense	131,139
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Campus Sao Paolo	129,205
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	80,914
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio)	78,131
UNESCO-IOC	78,117
UNESCO-WHC	78,117
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	71,438
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro	42,130
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	42,022
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	39,584