Agulhas Current - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Agulhas Current

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,831,547
Species level	1,276,247
Species	12,225
Taxa	16,009
Datasets	229
Time range	1706 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,462
No WoRMS match	11,295
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	362
No accepted name available	51,453

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,787,213	21,368
eventDate	139,569	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,671,112	44
minimumDepthInMeters	1,668,138	0
occurrenceStatus	1,516,687	0
scientificName	4,910	0
scientificNameID	28,366	463

Spatial issues

Records on land	588,306
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	11,500

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (AfrOBIS) Published 2020-12-02	1,244,428
Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (AfrOBIS) Published 2020-12-02	88,295
UNESCO eDNA expedition in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa): April 2023 Published 2024-12-08	75,958
Ecoscope tuna bycatch observer data Published 2025-03-20	66,385
Animal Demography Unit - South African Bird Ringing Unit (SAFRING) Published 2020-12-02	36,766
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	35,149
Ecoscope tuna observer data Published 2025-03-20	31,418
Marine and Coastal Management - Copepod Surveys Published 2020-12-02	30,914
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	23,307
Natal Museum - Mollusc Collection Published 2020-12-02	21,651

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
Loligo reynaudii A. d'Orbigny, 1841 Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	187,894
Argyrosomus De la Pylaie, 1835 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	142,063
Merluccius Rafinesque, 1810 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	100,075
Argyrozona argyrozona (Valenciennes, 1830) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	95,957
Cheimerius nufar (Valenciennes, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	66,488
Selachii Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	64,591
Chrysoblephus puniceus (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	60,531
Pterogymnus laniarius (Valenciennes, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	51,825
Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	49,796
Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	49,261

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Paracalanus indicus Wolfenden, 1906 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	30	2023
Clytia gracilis (M. Sars, 1851) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	54	2023
Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton & Parke, 1960 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	633	2023
Phaeocystis globosa Scherffel, 1899 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	176	2023
Herposiphonia prorepens (Harvey) F.Schmitz, 1895 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	32	2023
Pelagomonas calceolata R.A.Andersen & G.Saunders, 1993 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Pelagophyceae	138	2023
Pseudo-nitzschia cuspidata (Hasle) Hasle, 1993 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	46	2023
Bellerochea polymorpha Hargraves & Guillard, 1974 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	226	2023
Pseudo-nitzschia sabit S.T. Teng, H.C. Lim, P.T. Lim & C.P. Leaw, 2015 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	59	2023
Chloroparvula pacifica Lopes dos Santos, Noël & Eikrem, 2017 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Chloropicophyceae	62	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS	1,443,016
Marine and Coastal Management; Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	1,363,710
Marine and Coastal Management Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	1,275,415
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement	104,895
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	75,958
iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority, South Africa	75,958
UNESCO-IOC	75,958
UNESCO-WHC	75,958
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	60,728
University of Cape Town; Department of Zoology	39,452