France: Guadeloupe and Martinique - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

France: Guadeloupe and Martinique

Statistics

Occurrence records	109,706
Species level	47,192
Species	1,925
Taxa	2,657
Datasets	83
Time range	1848 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,360
No WoRMS match	575
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	2,779
No accepted name available	9,038

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	6,632	103,442
eventDate	2,065	0
maximumDepthInMeters	109,777	0
minimumDepthInMeters	107,230	0
occurrenceStatus	3,320	0
scientificName	76	0
scientificNameID	1,393	341

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,803
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	218

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Macrophytes occurrence data within French Mediterranen Lagoon since 2006 Published 2025-03-20	50,618
Dataset of French Observation and Monitoring program for Phytoplankton and Hydrology in coastal waters since 1987 Published 2025-03-20	50,287
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Published 2025-03-20	1,373
Observatoire Pelagis aerial surveys 2002-2021 Published 2022-01-20	1,019
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1,007
PANGAEA - Data from Tübingen University Published 2025-03-20	926
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	516
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	503
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	362
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	341

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
Pseudo-nitzschia H. Peragallo in H. Peragallo & M. Peragallo, 1900 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	2,266
Bacillariaceae Ehrenberg, 1831 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	2,106
Pennales Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	2,044
Chaetoceros C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	2,038
Gymnodinium F.Stein, 1878 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1,938
Gymnodiniales Lemmermann, 1910 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1,872
Thalassionema A. Grunow ex C. Mereschkowsky, 1902 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1,834
Gyrodinium Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1,698
Heterocapsa F.Stein, 1883 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1,594
Nitzschia A.H. Hassall, 1845 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1,526

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Platybelone argalus (Lesueur, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2022
Diplospinus multistriatus Maul, 1948 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2022
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2022
Lampadena luminosa (Garman, 1899) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2022
Epinephelus guttatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2022
Decapterus tabl Berry, 1968 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2022
Alexandrium minutum Halim, 1960 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	6	2021
Oxytoxum adriaticum Schiller, 1937 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	4	2021
Navicula bomboides A.W.F.Schmidt, 1874 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	6	2021
Cubiceps baxteri McCulloch, 1923 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	2021

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	104,009
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER, Centre de Brest	101,236
Cépralmar	50,618
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER, Centre de Nantes	50,287
Duke University	1,586
Observatoire Pelagis UMS 3462, University La Rochelle - CNRS	1,174
Observatoire PELAGIS, UMS 3462, University La Rochelle-CNRS	1,174
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	1,007
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen	926
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	896