Statistics

Occurrence records 354,201
Species level 251,980
Species 1,593
Taxa 2,136
Datasets 22
Time range 1957 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Not marine 467
No WoRMS match 1,217
No coordinates 681
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 456
No accepted name available 1,012

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 370,001 0
decimalLatitude 681 0
decimalLongitude 681 0
eventDate 2,188 605
maximumDepthInMeters 30,205 0
minimumDepthInMeters 24,789 0
occurrenceStatus 2,216 0
scientificName 619 0
scientificNameID 942 584

Spatial issues

Records on land 37,659
More than 20 km from shore 149
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 27,947

Distribution

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Florideophyceae Cronquist, 1960
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae
30,915
Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) EN
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
22,544
Orbicella faveolata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
17,027
Dictyota J.V.Lamouroux, 1809
Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae
15,161
Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) EN
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
12,633
Pocillopora capitata Verrill, 1864 EN
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
9,143
Halimeda J.V.Lamouroux, 1812
Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Ulvophyceae
8,486
Siderastrea siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) CR
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
8,280
Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
8,172
Agaricia tenuifolia Dana, 1846 CR
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
8,134