France: Wallis and Futuna - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

France: Wallis and Futuna

Statistics

Occurrence records	16,525
Species level	13,073
Species	1,140
Taxa	1,286
Datasets	46
Time range	1849 - 2020

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1
No WoRMS match	103
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	3
No accepted name available	9

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	5,871	4,534
eventDate	3,844	0
maximumDepthInMeters	10,252	0
minimumDepthInMeters	10,523	0
occurrenceStatus	4,107	0
scientificName	54	0
scientificNameID	141	2

Spatial issues

Records on land	493
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	2,999

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Observatoire Pelagis aerial surveys 2002-2021 Published 2022-01-20	4,421
SPC PROCFish/C Fish Observations Wallis and Futuna 2005 Published 2020-03-04	3,973
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	1,495
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1,262
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	1,121
Benthic species from the tropical Pacific surrounding New Caledonia Published 2025-03-20	1,026
The echinoderm collection (IE) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) in the southwest Pacific region Published 2018-08-08	471
The echinoderm collection (IE) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published 2025-03-20	467
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	450
Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands Published 2018-08-08	429

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 (Sparrman, 1786) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,238
Onychoprion Wagler, 1832 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	717
Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	561
Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	521
Ophiuridae Müller & Troschel, 1840 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	327
Puffinus Brisson, 1760 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	322
Anous Stephens, 1826 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	307
Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	184
Conotrochus brunneus (Moseley, 1880) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	145
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) abrupta Cairns, 1999 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	134

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2019
Fascaplysinopsis ronquinni Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2023 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2018
Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2015
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	22	2014
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	19	2014
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	16	2014
Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	16	2014
Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	9	2014
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	12	2014
Indopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	10	2014

Data providers

Name	Records
Duke University	4,443
Observatoire Pelagis UMS 3462, University La Rochelle - CNRS	4,434
Observatoire PELAGIS, UMS 3462, University La Rochelle-CNRS	4,434
Pacific Community	3,973
Direction du Service d'Etat de l'Agriculture, de la Forêt et de la Pêche des îles Wallis et Futuna	3,973
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	1,997
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	1,870
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	1,309
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	1,262
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre de Nouméa	1,026