France: Amsterdam Island and Saint Paul Island - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

France: Amsterdam Island and Saint Paul Island

Statistics

Occurrence records	18,151
Species level	5,595
Species	499
Taxa	840
Datasets	69
Time range	1813 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	7
No WoRMS match	79
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	13
No accepted name available	6,915

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	16,622	745
eventDate	1,884	0
maximumDepthInMeters	16,801	0
minimumDepthInMeters	16,374	0
occurrenceStatus	4,237	0
scientificName	19	0
scientificNameID	137	7

Spatial issues

Records on land	151
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	268

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in French Austral Lands and Seas (France): December 2022 and April 2023 Published 2024-12-08	12,334
The Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking (Standardised) Data from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Published 2024-10-23	1,834
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	1,006
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	942
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	568
Taxonomically comprehensive assessment of biodiversity of animal plankton throughout the world ocean Published	212
SIO Marine Bird and Mammal Survey 2003 Published 2021-04-24	196
Historical distribution of whales shown by logbook records 1785-1913 Published 2023-02-08	129
Seabird observations in Australian waters and the Southern Ocean from voyages of the fisheries patrol vessel Oceanic Viking (2005-2007) Published 2023-08-10	75
Killer whale (Orcinus orca) interactions with blue-eye trevalla (Hyperoglyphe antarctica) longline fisheries , Australia and Amsterdam/St. Paul Islands (2010-2016) Published 2023-08-11	74

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Biota incertae sedis	6,836
Animalia	1,147
Chordata Haeckel, 1874 Phylum Chordata	1,065
Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	707
Phoebetria fusca (Hilsenberg, 1822) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	640
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	493
Otariidae Gray, 1825 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	478
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	331
Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	263
Arctocephalus Cuvier, 1827 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	161

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	9	2023
Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton & Parke, 1960 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	10	2023
Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenberg) Reimann & J.C.Lewin, 1964 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	22	2023
Colaconema daviesii (Dillwyn) Stegenga, 1985 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	10	2023
Florenciella parvula Eikrem, 2004 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Dictyochophyceae	12	2023
Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	11	2023
Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann, 1783) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	27	2023
Bathycoccus prasinos Eikrem & Throndsen, 1990 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	12	2023
Corallina ferreyrae E.Y.Dawson, Acleto & Foldvik, 1964 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	11	2023
Chloroparvula pacifica Lopes dos Santos, Noël & Eikrem, 2017 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Chloropicophyceae	38	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	12,334
Centre national de la recherche scientifique - CNRS, France	12,334
Les Terres australes et antarctiques françaises - TAAF, France	12,334
UNESCO-IOC	12,334
UNESCO-WHC	12,334
Université de Bourgogne, France	12,334
British Antarctic Survey	1,939
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen	1,924
Australian Antarctic Division	1,859
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania	1,859