Fiji

Statistics

Occurrence records 289,471
Species level 131,552
Species 6,715
Taxa 8,750
Datasets 159
Time range 1840 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 1,437
No WoRMS match 213,778
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 2,117
No accepted name available 19,518

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 448,797 366
eventDate 21,958 0
maximumDepthInMeters 449,712 330
minimumDepthInMeters 449,625 304
occurrenceStatus 45,528 0
scientificName 657 0
scientificNameID 240,040 1,159

Spatial issues

Records on land 92,900
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 6,206

Distribution

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Records

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Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Animalia
29,050
Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Maxillopoda
13,164
Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843
Phylum Arthropoda
11,170
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
8,955
Hydrozoa Owen, 1843
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
4,951
Biota incertae sedis
4,520
Demospongiae Sollas, 1885
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
3,184
Ascidiacea Blainville, 1824
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea
2,705
Ascomycota Whittaker, 1959
Phylum Ascomycota
2,479
Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål, 1775)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2,455

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Notodelphys prasina Thorell, 1859
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
1 2024
Sphaerospora testicularis Sitjà-Bobadilla & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1990
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Myxozoa
1 2024
Proceraea gigantea Nygren & Gidholm, 2001
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
1 2024
Saccostrea malabonensis (Faustino, 1932)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
2 2024
Ectopsocopsis cryptomeriae (Enderlein, 1907)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Hexapoda
1 2024
Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
26 2023
Gyratrix hermaphroditus Ehrenberg, 1831
Phylum Platyhelminthes
67 2023
Lysiosquilla maculata (Fabricius, 1793)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
34 2023
Prorocentrum emarginatum Y.Fukuyo, 1981
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
96 2023
Gymnodinium microreticulatum C.J.S.Bolch, Negri & G.M.Hallegraeff, 1999
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
30 2023

Data providers

Name Records
University of the South Pacific 186,558
UNESCO 185,757
Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne 25,536
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 13,583
Pacific Community 10,979
Ministry of Fisheries 10,979
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO 10,313
California Academy of Sciences 9,078
California Academy of Sciences 7,955
Royal Ontario Museum 7,552