Equatorial Guinea

Statistics

Occurrence records 15,314
Species level 14,776
Species 995
Taxa 1,087
Datasets 71
Time range 1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 162
No WoRMS match 1,513
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 18
No accepted name available 22

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 9,460 7,048
eventDate 7,605 0
maximumDepthInMeters 16,611 0
minimumDepthInMeters 15,194 0
occurrenceStatus 8,123 0
scientificName 1,323 0
scientificNameID 7,591 49

Spatial issues

Records on land 513
More than 20 km from shore 36
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 48

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
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2,000
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,736
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,444
Auxis thazard (Lacepède, 1800)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
152
Auxis rochei (Risso, 1810)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
144
Auxis Cuvier, 1829
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
142
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
134
Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
134
Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii
121
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
114

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
1 2012
Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
1 2012
Conus ermineus Born, 1778
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2012
Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2012
Hastula aciculina (Lamarck, 1822)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2012
Hexaplex rosarium (Röding, 1798)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2012
Thais nodosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2012
Coralliophila adansoni (Kosuge & F. Fernandes, 1989)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2012
Arca bouvieri P. Fischer, 1874
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
2 2012
Cardiocardita tankervillii (W. Wood, 1828)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
3 2012

Data providers

Name Records
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 6,860
Swedish Museum of Natural History 5,787
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 1,490
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 387
University of Bremen Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences 375
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO 269
Duke University 187
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / IRD 121
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research 117
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research 113