Kuroshio Current - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Kuroshio Current

Statistics

Occurrence records	899,963
Species level	497,959
Species	10,587
Taxa	14,144
Datasets	178
Time range	1849 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,998
No WoRMS match	119,263
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	8,923
No accepted name available	107,832

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,407,507	383
eventDate	37,563	0
maximumDepthInMeters	729,173	19,759
minimumDepthInMeters	718,896	19,968
occurrenceStatus	53,651	0
scientificName	1,053	0
scientificNameID	144,383	3,326

Spatial issues

Records on land	40,850
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	9,159

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Plankton image dataset from a cabled observatory system (JEDI System/OCEANS) deployed at coastal area of Oshima island, Tokyo, Japan Published 2023-12-31	213,263
JODC Dataset Published 2024-06-14	189,164
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	176,139
FRA-PLANKTON DATASET Published 2024-06-14	59,778
A Record of the Intertidal Malacofauna of Cape Bansho, Wakayama, Japan, from 1985 to 2010 Published 2024-06-14	45,450
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	29,791
Rocky shore macrobiota of southeastern Osaka Bay: Results of surveys Published 2024-07-18	22,197
Data on coral species occurrences in Japan since 1929 Published 2024-05-31	21,768
Marine Biological Sample Database, JAMSTEC Published 2024-09-30	17,965
Fixed Point Survey for Shorebirds of the family Scolopacidae and Charadriidae Published 2024-05-16	14,860

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
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	101,039
Bacillariophyceae Haeckel, 1878 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	60,955
Crustacea Brünnich, 1772 Phylum Arthropoda	43,666
Animalia	20,396
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	9,730
Skeletonema costatum (Greville) Cleve, 1873 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	8,830
Chaetoceros C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	8,259
Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	7,638
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	5,305
Metridia pacifica Brodsky, 1950 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	5,198

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Carex kobomugi Ohwi Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	3	2024
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2023
Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	2	2023
Hemigrapsus takanoi Asakura & Watanabe, 2005 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	19	2023
Clithon retropictum (E. von Martens, 1878) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	11	2023
Raphanus raphanistrum L. Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	9	2023
Salsola komarovii Iljin Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	11	2023
Angelica japonica A.Gray Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	8	2023
Glehnia littoralis (A.Gray) F.Schmidt ex Miq. Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	9	2023
Vitex rotundifolia L.f. Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	6	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology	213,263
Japan Oceanographic Data Center	189,164
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	176,547
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	176,547
Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency	59,778
Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University	54,556
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	29,791
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka	24,646
JAMSTEC Tokyo Office	24,024
Osaka Museum of Natural History	22,742