Ecuador: all

Statistics

Occurrence records 171,715
Species level 144,361
Species 3,375
Taxa 4,688
Datasets 161
Time range 1834 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 612
No WoRMS match 1,996
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 176
No accepted name available 352

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 159,668 613
eventDate 11,254 0
maximumDepthInMeters 162,441 171
minimumDepthInMeters 159,973 49
occurrenceStatus 22,881 0
scientificName 662 0
scientificNameID 12,410 1,353

Spatial issues

Records on land 13,153
More than 20 km from shore 38
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 1,480

Top datasets

Dataset Records
Galapagos Subtidal Biodiversity
Published 2024-01-04
92,553
HMAP Dataset 14: Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador II
Published 2025-03-20
14,630
HMAP Dataset 13: Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador I
Published 2025-03-20
14,284
HMAP Dataset 15: Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador III
Published 2025-03-20
10,566
FishNet2 Marine Data
Published 2023-12-19
6,294
CAS Ichthyology (ICH)
Published 2025-03-24
3,474
World Ocean Database 2009
Published 2020-11-17
3,402
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Published 2025-03-20
2,732
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Published
2,204
Marine mammal sightings off Galápagos
Published 2021-04-24
1,896

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Isostichopus fuscus (Ludwig, 1875) EN
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea
11,925
Panulirus penicillatus (Olivier, 1791)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
10,949
Panulirus gracilis Streets, 1871
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
6,984
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
2,827
Mycteroperca olfax (Jenyns, 1840) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2,654
Bodianus diplotaenia (Gill, 1862)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2,007
Epinephelus labriformis (Jenyns, 1840)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2,000
Stegastes beebei (Nichols, 1924)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,950
Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,883
Halichoeres dispilus (Günther, 1864)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,839

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Amphidinium carterae Hulburt, 1957
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
1 2023
Callistephanus pacificus Nutting, 1912
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia
2 2023
Bostrychia radicans (Montagne) Montagne, 1842
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae
1 2022
Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2022
Naso brevirostris (Cuvier, 1829)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2022
Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2022
Ophioderma teres (Lyman, 1860)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea
1 2022
Herdmania pallida (Heller, 1878)
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea
1 2022
Amathia verticillata (delle Chiaje, 1822)
Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata
2 2022
Tedania (Tedania) tropicalis Aguilar-Camacho, Carballo & Cruz-Barraza, 2018
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
3 2022

Data providers

Name Records
Charles Darwin Foundation 93,415
Caribbean OBIS 92,553
Caribbean OBIS Node 92,553
Fundación Charles Darwin 40,119
University of Hull, Oceans Past Initiative 39,480
The University of Dublin, Trinity College 39,480
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 6,294
Duke University 4,959
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 4,515
California Academy of Sciences 3,820