France: Northern Saint-Martin - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

France: Northern Saint-Martin

Statistics

Occurrence records	19,465
Species level	17,504
Species	1,173
Taxa	1,525
Datasets	36
Time range	1849 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	84
No WoRMS match	137
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	34
No accepted name available	171

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	3,360	15,662
eventDate	734	0
maximumDepthInMeters	19,503	0
minimumDepthInMeters	19,503	0
occurrenceStatus	3,866	0
scientificName	27	0
scientificNameID	3,080	42

Spatial issues

Records on land	910
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	18

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
University of Liverpool seabird tracking in Anguilla 2012-2015 Published 2021-04-24	14,075
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	2,792
Macrophytes occurrence data within French Mediterranen Lagoon since 2006 Published 2025-03-20	706
Dataset of French Observation and Monitoring program for Phytoplankton and Hydrology in coastal waters since 1987 Published 2025-03-20	706
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	622
Observatoire Pelagis aerial surveys 2002-2021 Published 2022-01-20	139
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	73
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	69
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	60
SEFSC Caribbean Survey 1995 Published 2021-09-08	29

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
Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	9,261
Fregata magnificens Mathews, 1914 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2,593
Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,308
Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	827
Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus, 1766 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	115
Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	58
Gymnodinium F.Stein, 1878 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	36
Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	35
Neonesidea Maddocks, 1969 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	34
Nitzschia A.H. Hassall, 1845 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	34

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Gyrodinium fusiforme Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2	2021
Pronoctiluca pelagica Fabre-Domergue, 1889 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2	2021
Heterocapsa lanceolata Iwataki & Fukuyo, 2002 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2	2021
Lebouridinium glaucum (Lebour) F.Gómez, H.Takayam, D.Moreira & P.López-García, 2016 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2	2021
Grammatophora marina (Lyngbye) Kützing, 1844 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	4	2020
Chaetoceros diversus Cleve, 1873 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	4	2020
Pseudo-nitzschia galaxiae N.Lundholm & Ø.Moestrup, 2002 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	4	2020
Chaetoceros laeve G.Leuduger-Fortmorel, 1892 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	6	2020
Phalacroma oxytoxoides (Kofoid) F.Gomez, P.Lopez-Garcia & D.Moreira, 2011 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	4	2020
Tripos teres (Kofoid) F.Gómez, 2013 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	4	2020

Data providers

Name	Records
Duke University	14,261
University of Liverpool	14,075
Florida Museum of Natural History	2,792
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	1,459
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER, Centre de Brest	1,412
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER, Centre de Nantes	706
Cépralmar	706
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	622
Observatoire Pelagis UMS 3462, University La Rochelle - CNRS	147
Observatoire PELAGIS, UMS 3462, University La Rochelle-CNRS	147