France: Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

France: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Statistics

Occurrence records	21,159
Species level	16,515
Species	422
Taxa	618
Datasets	42
Time range	1753 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	89
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	58
No accepted name available	457

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	20,525	0
eventDate	3,073	0
maximumDepthInMeters	4,602	19
minimumDepthInMeters	7,798	1
occurrenceStatus	11,356	0
scientificNameID	4	112

Spatial issues

Records on land	334
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	43

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
DFO Newfoundland and Labrador Region Ecosystem Trawl Surveys Published 2013-10-28	8,116
DFO NL: The 1954-1993 Newfoundland cod-tagging database spatial-temporal distributions Published 2021-03-29	3,344
ECNASAP - East Coast North America Strategic Assessment Published 2021-04-06	2,981
BioChem: Sameoto zooplankton collection Published 2021-02-02	2,933
The CPR Survey Published 2025-03-20	1,976
PIROP Northwest Atlantic 1965-1992 Published 2021-04-24	421
CWS-EC Eastern Canada Seabirds at Sea (ECSAS) Published 2020-10-27	353
Observatoire Pelagis - Reseau National Echouage (French stranding network) strandings 1934-2020 Published 2022-01-20	245
CWS: Waterbird colony database (Atlantic region) Published 2021-04-16	223
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	147

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
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4,036
Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	728
Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	724
Pandalus Leach, 1814 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	589
Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	502
Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	495
Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	463
Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	349
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	348
Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	340

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Pleuromamma borealis Dahl F., 1893 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	3	2015
Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	6	2015
Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3	2015
Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	30	2014
Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	20	2014
Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	47	2014
Pleuromamma robusta (Dahl F., 1893) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1	2012
Rhizosolenia imbricata Brightwell, 1858 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2012
Artediellus uncinatus (Reinhardt, 1834) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2011
Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Cleve) Heiden, 1928 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	3	2011

Data providers

Name	Records
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre (DFO – NWAFC), Fisheries and Oceans Canada	11,460
Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Bedford Institute of Oceanography	9,610
OBIS Canada	2,933
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	1,980
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	1,976
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science	1,976
Canadian Wildlife Service - Quebec Region	774
Duke University	690
Canadian Wildlife Service - Atlantic Region	576
Duke University Marine Laboratory	421