West Central Australian Shelf - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

West Central Australian Shelf

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,995,939
Species level	348,935
Species	7,645
Taxa	11,941
Datasets	252
Time range	1837 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	336
No WoRMS match	302,199
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	33,026
No accepted name available	23,710

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	74,233	26
eventDate	29,431	0
maximumDepthInMeters	99,625	4
minimumDepthInMeters	98,154	0
occurrenceStatus	15,801	0
scientificName	1,147	0
scientificNameID	336,335	574

Spatial issues

Records on land	96,359
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	12,966

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine Microbes from the Rottnest Island National Reference Station (NRS), Western Australia, Australia (2015-2020) Published 2022-08-02	1,501,242
Fish sampling, Peel-Harvey Estuary, Western Australia (2009-2011) Published 2023-06-29	49,015
IMOS - Animal Tracking Facility - Acoustic Tracking - Quality Controlled Detections (2007 -2021) Published 2022-06-08	42,980
BRUVS data from Southwest Corner Marine Park, Western Australia (2020-2023) Published 2023-11-12	42,967
Marine Microbes from RV Southern Surveyor voyage SS2012_V04, Australia (2012) Published 2022-06-25	41,679
Marine Microbes from RV Southern Surveyor voyage SS2012_T06, Australia (2012) Published 2022-06-25	32,906
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Shark Bay, Western Australia (Australia): October 2022 Published 2024-12-08	26,909
Stereo-BRUVs and BOSS observations in the Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia (2021-2022) Published 2024-06-18	20,783
Historic whale catch data from Australian whaling stations (1925-1978) Published 2023-06-28	14,264
BRUVS observations at Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia (2019) Published 2023-06-20	12,161

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
Alphaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	348,465
Thermoplasmata Phylum Euryarchaeota > Class Thermoplasmata	222,022
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002 Phylum Cyanobacteria	155,829
Syndiniales Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	88,392
Bacteria	79,541
Pseudomonadales Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria	64,039
Flavobacteriaceae (Reichenbach, 1992) emend. Bernardet, Nakagawa & Holmes, 2002 Phylum Bacteroidetes > Class Flavobacteria	57,136
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	33,566
Amoebophrya Koeppen, 1894 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	32,803
Flavobacteriales Phylum Bacteroidetes > Class Flavobacteria	30,622

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Pagurus sinuatus (Stimpson, 1858) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2023
Calcinus minutus Buitendijk, 1937 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2023
Paguristes frontalis (H. Milne Edwards, 1836) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	6	2023
Chelidonura hirundinina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	2	2023
Cabestana spengleri (G. Perry, 1811) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	2	2023
Chelidonura pallida Risbec, 1951 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2023
Tylosurus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	95	2022
Yongeichthys criniger (Valenciennes, 1837) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	70	2022
Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther, 1859) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	123	2022
Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson, 1846) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	36	2022

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	1,931,441
University of Newcastle	1,501,242
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	202,969
The University of Western Australia	94,609
Murdoch University	49,701
Integrated Marine Observing System	42,980
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	26,910
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Government of Western Australia	26,909
Malgana Elder	26,909
The University of Western Australia	26,909