North Brazil Shelf

Statistics

Occurrence records 68,669
Species level 44,020
Species 3,186
Taxa 4,936
Datasets 138
Time range 1849 - 2021

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 1,374
No WoRMS match 1,718
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 3,485
No accepted name available 1,280

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 52,178 8,341
eventDate 14,150 0
maximumDepthInMeters 66,257 59
minimumDepthInMeters 62,472 0
occurrenceStatus 42,557 0
scientificName 2,139 0
scientificNameID 8,014 102

Spatial issues

Records on land 3,781
More than 20 km from shore 820
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 664

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Bacteria
2,772
Planctomycetaceae
Phylum Planctomycetes > Class Planctomycetacia
1,112
Deltaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Deltaproteobacteria
1,030
Gammaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria
721
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN
Phylum Chordata
701
Acidobacteriaceae
Phylum Acidobacteria > Class Acidobacteria
662
Sterna Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
540
Macrodon ancylodon (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
470
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
461
Acidobacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002
Phylum Acidobacteria > Class Acidobacteria
401

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii
2 2017
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii
1 2017
Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
3 2017
Clathria (Axosuberites) aurantia Annunziata, Cavalcanti, Santos & Pinheiro, 2019
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
1 2017
Suberites purpura Fortunato, Pérez & Lôbo-Hajdu, 2020
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2 2017
Hymeniacidon upaonassu Fortunato, Pérez & Lôbo-Hajdu, 2020
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2 2017
Myrmekioderma guajajara Sandes, Moraes, Pinheiro & Muricy, 2021
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2 2017
Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) alucia Moser, Moraes, Castello-Branco, Pequeno & Muricy, 2022
Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida
2 2017
Rhizosolenia fragilissima Bergon, 1903
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
34 2016
Tripos furca (Ehrenberg) F.Gómez, 2013
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
14 2016