Occurrence records of Ascidians from Andaman & Nicobar Islands

URLhttp://ipt.iobis.org/indobis/resource?r=ascidians_zsi_anrc
Repository URL http://ipt.iobis.org/indobis/
Node IndOBIS
Published2022-12-14 08:34
Abstract

The present dataset comprises of spatial records of Reef Associated Ascidians recorded from entire Andaman and Nicobar Islands. These islands are one of the most pristine coral reef areas of India harbouring highest marine biodiversity.

CitationMondal J (2019): Occurrence records of Ascidians from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Indian Ocean Biodiversity Information System (IndOBIS).
RightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License
Keywords Occurrence, Ascidians, Andaman & Nicobar, Specimen, Occurrence
Contacts
Creator Johnny Konjarla
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology
Contact Jhimli Mondal
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology
Metadata Provider Jhimli Mondal
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology
Author Jhimli Mondal
Zoological Survey of India
Johnny Konjarla
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology
Point Of Contact Jhimli Mondal

Statistics

Occurrence records 583
Species level 583
Absence records 0
Event records 0
MoF records 0
Sequence records 0
Species 47
Taxa 47
Time range 2013 - 2017

This dataset has appeared in 217 downloads in 2025, with a total of 122,233 records.

Data quality

Dropped records

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

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 0
No accepted name available 0

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 583 0
maximumDepthInMeters 583 0
minimumDepthInMeters 583 0

Spatial issues

Records on land 103
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 0

Top taxa

IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Didemnum molle (Herdman, 1886)
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea
107
Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816)
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea
38
Eudistoma gilboviride (Sluiter, 1909)
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea
38
Polycarpa pigmentata (Herdman, 1906)
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea
38
Herdmania pallida (Heller, 1878)
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea
37
Phallusia arabica Savigny, 1816
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea
32
Phallusia mammillata (Cuvier, 1815)
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea
30
Clavelina moluccensis (Sluiter, 1904)
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea
23
Eusynstyela latericius (Sluiter, 1904)
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea
20
Perophora multiclathrata (Sluiter, 1904)
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea
18

Distribution

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Occurrences

scientificNameeventDatedecimalLongitudedecimalLatitudecollectionCodecatalogNumber