Eritrea

Statistics

Occurrence records 1,743
Species level 1,414
Species 582
Taxa 704
Datasets 57
Time range 1766 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 2
No WoRMS match 48
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 2
No accepted name available 1

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,295 106
eventDate 636 0
maximumDepthInMeters 1,044 7
minimumDepthInMeters 1,468 0
occurrenceStatus 1,229 0
scientificName 9 0
scientificNameID 305 1

Spatial issues

Records on land 617
More than 20 km from shore 4
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 37

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN
Phylum Chordata
87
Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
25
Tursiops Gervais, 1855
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
23
Cypraea pantherina [Lightfoot], 1786
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
20
Reteporella Busk, 1884
Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata
12
Stenella Gray, 1866
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
11
Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea
11
Aphaniops dispar (Rüppell, 1829)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
11
Celleporaria Lamouroux, 1821
Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata
10
Oliva Bruguière, 1789
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
10

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR
Phylum Chordata
2 2010
Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1 2010
Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2009
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN
Phylum Chordata
87 2008
Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2007
Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2007
Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
2 2004
Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1 2001
Charybdis (Charybdis) meteor Spiridonov & Türkay, 2001
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
2 2001
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
2 2000

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