France: French Guiana - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

France: French Guiana

Statistics

Occurrence records	30,211
Species level	11,812
Species	856
Taxa	1,634
Datasets	59
Time range	1880 - 2020

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	2,845
No WoRMS match	953
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	3,220
No accepted name available	978

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	24,956	8,369
eventDate	9,215	0
maximumDepthInMeters	32,973	0
minimumDepthInMeters	32,961	0
occurrenceStatus	24,828	0
scientificName	646	0
scientificNameID	8,704	2

Spatial issues

Records on land	4,901
More than 20 km from shore	824
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	110

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data Published	13,807
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	4,413
Macrophytes occurrence data within French Mediterranen Lagoon since 2006 Published 2025-03-20	2,759
Dataset of French Observation and Monitoring program for Phytoplankton and Hydrology in coastal waters since 1987 Published 2025-03-20	2,759
Observatoire Pelagis aerial surveys 2002-2021 Published 2022-01-20	2,512
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1,431
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	681
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	327
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	277
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	252

Distribution

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

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
Bacteria	2,743
Planctomycetaceae Phylum Planctomycetes > Class Planctomycetacia	1,110
Deltaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Deltaproteobacteria	1,018
Gammaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria	710
Acidobacteriaceae Phylum Acidobacteria > Class Acidobacteria	645
Sterna Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	528
Acidobacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002 Phylum Acidobacteria > Class Acidobacteria	395
Proteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria	346
Alphaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	346
Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	345

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	2	2017
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	3	2017
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	8	2017
Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3	2017
Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2017
Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2017
Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	4	2017
Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3	2017
Sterna maxima Boddaert, 1783 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4	2017
Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	14,712
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	13,807
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	5,555
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER, Centre de Brest	5,518
Swedish Museum of Natural History	4,413
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER, Centre de Nantes	2,759
Cépralmar	2,759
Duke University	2,665
Observatoire Pelagis UMS 3462, University La Rochelle - CNRS	2,634
Observatoire PELAGIS, UMS 3462, University La Rochelle-CNRS	2,634