Antigua and Barbuda - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Antigua and Barbuda

Statistics

Occurrence records	5,231
Species level	4,931
Species	746
Taxa	877
Datasets	50
Time range	1834 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	73
No WoRMS match	160
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	2

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,041	3,035
eventDate	898	0
maximumDepthInMeters	4,725	0
minimumDepthInMeters	4,731	0
occurrenceStatus	1,910	0
scientificName	51	0
scientificNameID	819	5

Spatial issues

Records on land	393
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	68

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
University of Liverpool seabird tracking in Anguilla 2012-2015 Published 2021-04-24	3,032
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	676
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	344
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Fisheries Log Book System (FLS) Commercial Pelagic Logbook Data Published 2021-08-25	279
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	190
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	141
SEFSC Caribbean Survey 1995 Published 2021-09-08	136
NOAA Southeast Fishery Science Center (SEFSC) Commercial Pelagic Observer Program (POP) Data Published	52
Delaware Museum of Nature and Science – Mollusks Published 2025-03-18	50
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	42

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
Fregata magnificens Mathews, 1914 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2,540
Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	484
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	133
Exocoetidae Risso, 1827 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	95
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	50
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	44
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	39
Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	24
Fregata de Lacepède, 1799 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	23
Centrobranchus nigroocellatus (Günther, 1873) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	13

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2017
Fregata magnificens Mathews, 1914 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2,540	2014
Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus, 1766 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	13	2014
Stenoplax purpurascens (C. B. Adams, 1845) Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora	2	2013
Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	3	2012
Gymnothorax miliaris (Kaup, 1856) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Mycteroperca venenosa (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR Phylum Chordata	3	2011
Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4	2010
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	3	2010

Data providers

Name	Records
Duke University	3,194
University of Liverpool	3,032
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	676
InvertEBase	394
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	349
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	344
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	299
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	294
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	232
NOAA, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Miami Laboratory	188