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France: French Polynesia

Statistics

Occurrence records	116,895
Species level	81,639
Species	5,029
Taxa	7,373
Datasets	143
Time range	1823 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,700
No WoRMS match	3,945
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	249
No accepted name available	659

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	59,222	25,171
eventDate	26,398	0
maximumDepthInMeters	93,167	823
minimumDepthInMeters	90,407	0
occurrenceStatus	60,170	0
scientificName	1,703	0
scientificNameID	32,160	35

Spatial issues

Records on land	15,389
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	3,632

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Observatoire Pelagis aerial surveys 2002-2021 Published 2022-01-20	22,099
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	18,760
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	15,203
Reef Life Survey (RLS) around New Zealand region: Reef fish dataset Published 2018-08-08	8,837
Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection Published 2022-06-08	4,257
SPC PROCFish/C Fish Observations French Polynesia 2003, 2004 and 2006 Published 2020-03-04	3,965
SPC PROCFish/C Invertebrates Observations French Polynesia 2003, 2004 and 2006 Published 2020-03-05	3,836
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	3,784
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-24	3,684
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	2,918

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
Gygis alba microrhyncha Saunders, 1876 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	11,135
Anous Stephens, 1826 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2,417
Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2,322
Onychoprion Wagler, 1832 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,713
Procellariidae Vigors, 1825 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,175
Ophiuroidea Gray, 1840 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	1,086
Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	914
Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	867
Brachyura Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	788
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	498

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Plectranthias polygonius Shepherd, Phelps, Pinheiro, Rocha & Rocha, 2020 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2019
Plectranthias hinano Shepherd, Phelps, Pinheiro, Rocha & Rocha, 2020 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2019
Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2017
Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2017
Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2017
Arctocephalus australis (Zimmermann, 1783) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2016
Gambierdiscus carpenteri Kibler, Litaker, M.A.Faust, W.C.Holland, Vandersea & P.A.Tester, 2009 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2	2016
Reinhardorhynchus hexacornutus Jouk, Diez, Reygel & Artois, 2021 Phylum Platyhelminthes	1	2016
Gambierdiscus caribaeus Vandersea, Litaker, M.A.Faust, Kibler, W.C.Holland & P.A.Tester, 2009 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	3	2015
Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	20	2015

Data providers

Name	Records
Duke University	22,756
Observatoire Pelagis UMS 3462, University La Rochelle - CNRS	22,182
Observatoire PELAGIS, UMS 3462, University La Rochelle-CNRS	22,182
Florida Museum of Natural History	18,760
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	15,203
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	10,527
University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies	10,199
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	8,199
Pacific Community	7,801
Direction des ressources marines et minières (DRMM)	7,801