Sea of Okhotsk - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Sea of Okhotsk

Statistics

Occurrence records	13,749
Species level	9,732
Species	1,082
Taxa	1,421
Datasets	76
Time range	1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	150
No WoRMS match	332
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	131
No accepted name available	888

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	14,002	355
eventDate	1,727	0
maximumDepthInMeters	10,227	1
minimumDepthInMeters	8,962	9
occurrenceStatus	2,525	0
scientificName	89	0
scientificNameID	1,111	46

Spatial issues

Records on land	568
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1,312

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	3,212
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1,191
Arctic benthic invertebrate collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science Published 2019-10-01	1,117
Historical distribution of whales shown by logbook records 1785-1913 Published 2023-02-08	1,038
NMFS Turtle Tracking Published 2021-04-24	698
JODC Dataset Published 2024-06-14	660
NW pacific deep-sea benthos distribution and abundance (Beneficial Project) Published 2020-06-24	545
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	514
NW Pacific Deep-sea Benthos Biodiversity (Beneficial Project) Published 2022-04-22	498
COMARGIS: Information System on Continental Margin Ecosystems Published 2025-03-20	480

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
Animalia	1,793
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	712
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	698
Eubalaena japonica (Lacépède, 1818) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	325
Amphiodia craterodmeta H.L. Clark, 1911 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	175
Nassellaria Phylum Radiozoa > Class Polycystina	172
Ophiura sarsii Lütken, 1855 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	166
Parasagitta elegans (Verrill, 1873) Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	157
Malacocottus zonurus Bean, 1890 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	137
Eukrohnia hamata (Möbius, 1875) Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	135

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Upogebia major (De Haan, 1841) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	9	2022
Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2020
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2020
Desdimelita spicatimanus Labay, 2022 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2020
Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	14	2019
Eosymtes magnumoculis Labay, 2022 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Neopleustes pulchellus (Krøyer, 1846) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2018
Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4	2018
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	22	2018
Hendrycksopleustes neimanii Labay, 2021 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2018

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	3,238
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	3,238
Duke University	2,041
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	1,191
University of Alaska Fairbanks - School of Fisheries and Oceans	1,128
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	1,117
WCS Canada	1,038
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	845
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Dole Street Office	698
NOAA Pacific Islands Science Center	698