Dataset

Distribution and abundance of corals along the Kenyan coast

EurOBIS OBIS Kenya Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Tentative checklist of hermatypic coral species and distribution of coral genera along the Kenyan coast. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp.

Citation: Muthiga N.; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Kenya; (2016): Distribution and abundance of corals along the Kenyan coast. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5418) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/166

Published: September 17, 2025 at 09:08

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=corals_kenyan_coast

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute

282
occurrence records
133
taxa
104
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 170
60.3%
eventDate 282
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 282
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 282
100.0%
scientificNameID 1
0.4%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 282
100.0%
ON_LAND 110
39.0%
NO_MATCH 1
0.4%

Measurement types

DNA derived data