Sea of Japan

Statistics

Occurrence records 120,116
Species level 101,433
Species 4,096
Taxa 5,017
Datasets 108
Time range 1700 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 276
No WoRMS match 10,888
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 1,443
No accepted name available 9,597

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 123,442 24
eventDate 4,687 0
maximumDepthInMeters 70,533 7,278
minimumDepthInMeters 69,312 7,615
occurrenceStatus 58,981 0
scientificName 419 0
scientificNameID 55,815 481

Spatial issues

Records on land 8,021
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 2,577

Top datasets

Dataset Records
World Ocean Database 2009
Published 2020-11-17
31,569
JODC Dataset
Published 2024-06-14
21,956
mabik_cr
Published 2024-12-18
10,324
mabik_na
Published 2024-12-18
10,225
mabik_al
Published 2024-12-18
8,107
mabik_pi
Published 2024-12-18
4,757
mabik_mo
Published 2024-12-18
4,261
Fixed Point Survey for Shorebirds of the family Scolopacidae and Charadriidae
Published 2024-05-16
3,546
mabik_iv
Published 2024-12-18
3,143
Kelp Dataset
Published 2024-06-14
3,009

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Animalia
2,459
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata
2,077
Bacillariophyceae Haeckel, 1878
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
1,858
Chaetognatha
Phylum Chaetognatha
1,201
Zonosagitta nagae (Alvariño, 1967)
Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea
1,141
Chaetoceros C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
1,076
Parasagitta elegans (Verrill, 1873)
Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea
1,000
Chaetoceros affinis Lauder, 1864
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
960
Saccharina japonica var. religiosa (Miyabe) N.Yotsukura, S.Kawashima, T.Kawai, T.Abe & L.D.Druehl, 2008
Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae
882
Chaetoceros decipiens Cleve, 1873
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
862

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Loimia medusa (Savigny, 1822)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
1 2024
Luciogobius guttatus Gill, 1859
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2024
Amphictene japonica (Nilsson, 1928)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
2 2024
Hesiospina aurantiaca (M. Sars, 1862)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
1 2024
Neptunea polycostata Scarlato, 1955
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2024
Elysia amakusana Baba, 1955
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
2 2024
Ctenoides lischkei (E. Lamy, 1930)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
1 2024
Hippocampus haema Han, Kim, Kai & Senou, 2017 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2024
Eumicrotremus uenoi Kai, Ikeguchi & Nakabo, 2017
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
7 2024
Delectopecten vitreus (Gmelin, 1791)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
6 2023

Data providers

Name Records
National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea 43,276
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington 31,649
U.S. Geological Survey HQ 31,649
Japan Oceanographic Data Center 21,956
Biodiversity Center of Japan, Ministry of the Environment 3,546
Hokkaido University 3,212
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 2,852
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO 2,588
Duke University 2,374
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Dole Street Office 2,063