France: Glorioso Islands - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

France: Glorioso Islands

Statistics

Occurrence records	3,039
Species level	1,994
Species	765
Taxa	986
Datasets	37
Time range	1849 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	24
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	11

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,516	311
eventDate	846	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,522	0
minimumDepthInMeters	2,553	0
occurrenceStatus	1,345	0
scientificName	4	0
scientificNameID	933	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	2
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	203

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	875
Ecoscope tuna observer data Published 2025-03-20	525
Cordio East Africa Reef Building Corals 2014 Published 2017-01-13	369
Observatoire Pelagis aerial surveys 2002-2021 Published 2022-01-20	307
Bigood Published 2025-03-20	279
The echinoderm collection (IE) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published 2025-03-20	146
Ecoscope tuna bycatch observer data Published 2025-03-20	109
Ecoscope Observation Database Published 2025-03-20	108
CeDAMar database for benthic biological sampling on the abyssal plains Published 2025-03-20	47
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	46

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
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	178
Onychoprion Wagler, 1832 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	157
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	147
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	109
Auxis rochei (Risso, 1810) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	68
Anous Stephens, 1826 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	56
Auxis thazard (Lacepède, 1800) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	40
Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	30
Ophiuroidea Gray, 1840 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	29
Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	28

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Prionocidaris pistillaris (Lamarck, 1816) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	2	2017
Stereocidaris indica Döderlein, 1901 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	3	2017
Echinocyamus crispus Mazzetti, 1893 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	4	2017
Echinocyamus scaber de Meijere, 1903 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	7	2017
Aspidodiadema tonsum A. Agassiz, 1879 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	7	2017
Histocidaris formosa Mortensen, 1928 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	3	2017
Micropyga tuberculata A. Agassiz, 1879 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	13	2017
Stereocidaris leucacantha A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	5	2017
Stylocidaris reini (Döderlein, 1887) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	3	2017
Bathysalenia phoinissa (A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1908) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	3	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
Florida Museum of Natural History	875
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement	751
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	461
Coastal Oceans Research and Development Indian Ocean	369
Duke University	341
Observatoire Pelagis UMS 3462, University La Rochelle - CNRS	315
Observatoire PELAGIS, UMS 3462, University La Rochelle-CNRS	315
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER, Centre de Brest	279
National Natural History Museum Paris	146
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	81