Djibouti

Statistics

Occurrence records 11,484
Species level 4,977
Species 746
Taxa 1,116
Datasets 55
Time range 1776 - 2020

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 5
No WoRMS match 99
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 15
No accepted name available 606

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 11,249 6
eventDate 1,382 0
maximumDepthInMeters 2,541 0
minimumDepthInMeters 2,475 0
occurrenceStatus 2,152 0
scientificName 26 0
scientificNameID 1,225 11

Spatial issues

Records on land 379
More than 20 km from shore 1
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 7

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
655
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea
594
Oncaea Philippi, 1843
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
585
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
567
Corycaeus Dana, 1849
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
400
Oikopleura Mertens, 1830
Phylum Chordata > Class Appendicularia
353
Ostracoda Latreille, 1802
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda
250
Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
194
Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
175
Polychaeta Grube, 1850
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
169

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Polyonyx socialis Werding & Hiller, 2019
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
2 2020
Phestilla chaetopterana (Ekimova, Deart & Schepetov, 2017)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
3 2020
Holothuria (Thymiosycia) impatiens (Forsskål, 1775)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea
6 2012
Isognomon legumen (Gmelin, 1791)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
5 2012
Trapezia cymodoce (Herbst, 1801)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
6 2012
Polyonyx pedalis Nobili, 1906
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
13 2012
Culcita coriacea Müller & Troschel, 1842
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea
11 2012
Macrophiothrix propinqua (Lyman, 1861)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea
6 2012
Ophionereis porrecta Lyman, 1860
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea
10 2012
Phyllidiella pustulosa (Cuvier, 1804)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
8 2012