Kingdoms detected
7
Number of ASVs
15552
Families detected
411
Species detected
550
Report on site ‘Fiji’
What is this?
Map showing sampling locations as part of the 2024 Pacific Rally.
Map Tiles via Esri — National Geographic, Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, UNEP-WCMC, USGS, NASA, ESA, METI, NRCAN, GEBCO, NOAA, iPC.
What is this?
We display every species we detected here, sorted by IUCN Red List status. The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria are intended to be an easily and widely understood system for classifying species at high risk of global extinction. DD: Data deficient. LC: Least Concern. VU: Vulnerable. EN: Endangered. CR: Critically endangered.
Click on the image to open the relevant Atlas of Living Australia page.
From these samples we detected no species listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered, one as Endangered, no as Vulnerable, no as Near Threatened, one as Data Deficient, 14 as Least Concern, and 437 species that have not yet been assessed by the IUCN.
IUCN Endangered species
IUCN Data Deficient species
IUCN Least Concern species
Not pictured: Encrasicholina punctifer, Bolinichthys photothorax, Chromis weberi.
Species not assessed by IUCN
Not pictured: Pseudomonas, Oithona similis, Prochlorococcus MIT9313 marinus, Rhabdonella poculum, Crocosphaera watsonii, Trichodesmium IMS101 contortum, Trichodesmium IMS101 erythraeum, Photobacterium, Halomonas, Fabibacter misakiensis, Richelia HH01 intracellularis, Heliconoides inflatus, Trichodesmium IMS101 havanum, Abylopsis eschscholtzii, Photobacterium angustum, Calocalanus plumulosus, Vibrio azureus, Trichodesmium IMS101 thiebautii, Paracalanus indicus, Eutintinnus fraknoi, Lucicutia flavicornis, Vibrio sagamiensis, Gephyrocapsa oceanica, Pseudoalteromonas, Chelophyes appendiculata, Labrenzia alexandrii, Clausocalanus furcatus, Tenacibaculum litopenaei, Ferosagitta robusta, Pseudoalteromonas phenolica, Micrococcus, Enhydrobacter aerosaccus, Macrosetella gracilis, Haemophilus, Vibrio, Marinobacter flavimaris, Miracia efferata, Acartia negligens, Acrocalanus gracilis, Alcanivorax venustensis, Alcanivorax borkumensis, Nisaea nitritireducens, Notoplana australis, Chaetoceros elegans, Chromohalobacter, Gilvibacter sediminis, Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea, Paracalanus nanus, Clytia gracilis, Eutintinnus perminutus, Salinisphaera japonica, Phaeocystis cordata, Tepidicella xavieri, Doliolum nationalis, Sinistrostrombidium cupiformum, Alteromonas, Calocalanus curtus, Sapphirina scarlata, Cosmocalanus darwinii, Henriciella marina, Photobacterium leiognathi, Mecynocera clausi, Planktotalea frisia, Paracalanus denudatus, Idiomarina, Clausocalanus paululus, Paracalanus tropicus, Eutintinnus medius, Calocalanus minutus, Marinobacter, Lensia campanella, Aureitalea marina, Thalassospira, Centropages violaceus, Copilia mirabilis, Brevundimonas, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Chryseobacterium hominis, Penicillium rubens, Turicella otitidis, Clausocalanus arcuicornis, Emiliania huxleyi, Iridona iridescens, Haloptilus longicornis, Phaeocystis globosa, Vibrio fortis, Labrenzia marina, Paracalanus aff. denudatus PA0058.GOA, Centropages furcatus, Tropicibacter phthalicicus, Vibrio caribbeanicus, Firoloida desmarestia, Actinomyces, Temora discaudata, Chloropicon sieburthii, Sphaeronectes koellikeri, Euchaeta marina, Pontellina plumata, Oncaea scottodicarloi, Oithona attenuata, Chloropicon roscoffensis, Aidanosagitta regularis, Amphorellopsis quinquealata, Apiospora arundinis, Salinicola salarius, Salinicola socius, Salinicola, Rhodococcus, Psychrobacter namhaensis, Psychrobacter celer, Psychrobacter piscatorii, Leucobacter, Atlanta oligogyra, Eutintinnus apertus, Acrocalanus monachus, Xystonella longicauda, Psychrobacter, Prymnesium aff. polylepis, Acinetobacter, Penicillium citrinum, Psychrobacter marincola, Zoothamnium pelagicum, Ryocalanus squamatus, Oncaea media, Clausocalanus minor, Pseudoscourfieldia marina, Vampyrophrya pelagica, Thalassobius mediterraneus, Farranula gibbula, Pseudoalteromonas marina, Oncaea waldemari, Mameliella alba, Lentilitoribacter donghaensis, Ruegeria, Shimia, Thalia democratica, Tachidius triangularis, Shimia marina, Sulfitobacter pontiacus, Armandia bilobata, Diphyes chamissonis, Vibrio aestivus, Brevibacterium, Canthocalanus pauper, Pectinaria granulata, Microbacterium, Cobetia, Halomonas meridiana, Carnobacterium, Sphingobacterium faecium, Janthinobacterium lividum, Anomalocera patersoni, Polyophthalmus pictus, Vibrio ishigakensis, Brevibacterium yomogidense, Glutamicibacter, Salinisphaera, Janthinobacterium, Microbulbifer agarilyticus, Acinetobacter guillouiae, Sphingobium japonicum, Labidocera acuta, Chromohalobacter canadensis, Sanguibacter, Hanseniaspora opuntiae, Persicobacter diffluens, Pseudochrobactrum kiredjianiae, Aerococcus, Lactococcus, Brochothrix thermosphacta, Sphingobacterium, Grimontia, Chloroparvula pacifica, Loxomitra tetraorganon, Euphausia mutica, Chloropicon maureeniae, Pelagibius litoralis, Gephyrocapsa parvula, Euphausia vallentini, Paracalanus aculeatus, Acrocalanus longicornis, Sphingomonas panni, Scolecithricella longispinosa, Zea mays, Vibrio campbellii, Alteromonas australica, Oikopleura fusiformis, Paracalanus aff. denudatus PA0053.MED, Leuconostoc, Brachybacterium tyrofermentans, Erwinia piriflorinigrans, Rahnella aquatilis, Stenotrophomonas, Plantibacter, Duganella zoogloeoides, Agrobacterium, Ewingella americana, Methylobacterium, Sphingobium, Mesonia mobilis, Erwinia rhapontici, Parengyodontium album, Paracoccus, Salinicola zeshunii, Leucobacter luti, Kaistia, Atelocyanobacterium (UCYN-A) thalassa, Oikopleura albicans, Euchaeta rimana, Pseudoclavibacter, Providencia rettgeri, Citricoccus, Labidocera detruncata, Idiomarina loihiensis, Scolecithrix danae, Martelella endophytica, Canuella perplexa, Owenia fusiformis, Photobacterium rosenbergii, Vibrio harveyi, Sulfitobacter dubius, Alteromonas macleodii, Undinula vulgaris, Polaribacter dokdonensis, Alteromonas hispanica, Vibrio splendidus, Muricauda, Fangia hongkongensis, Clytia noliformis, Thalassotalea coralli, Photobacterium aphoticum, Gari maculosa, Geotrichum candidum, Spirotontonia grandis, Chrysopetalum debile, Vibrio panuliri, Flavobacterium, Romboutsia sedimentorum, Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides, Flammeovirga aprica, Calocalanus styliremis, Tenacibaculum, Climacocylis scalaroides, Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus, Pontella fera, Joostella marina, Maribacter, Alteromonas genovensis, Marinobacter manganoxydans, Idiomarina baltica, Dokdonia genika, Nanozoanthus harenaceus, Sphingomonas, Shewanella, Colwellia meonggei, Shewanella schlegeliana, Pantachogon haeckeli, Corynebacterium, Diphyes dispar, Pinctada maculata, Malleus albus, Rosacea flaccida, Cutibacterium, Kocuria, Hyphomonas adhaerens, Cycloclasticus, Vibrio ponticus, Labrenzia, Tenacibaculum amylolyticum, Corynebacterium pilbarense, Ferrimonas marina, Umbilicosphaera sibogae, Flammeovirga yaeyamensis, Ruegeria profundi, Syracosphaera pulchra, Vibrio coralliilyticus, Vibrio diabolicus, Helicosphaera carteri, Clausocalanus parapergens, Dokdonia, Lautropia mirabilis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Granulicatella, Vibrio gigantis, Halomonas sulfidaeris, Phyllodoce groenlandica, Forskalia asymmetrica, Roseomonas, Alcanivorax, Marinobacter oulmenensis, Scyphosphaera apsteinii, Oncaea mediterranea, Pseudomonas pachastrellae, Brachybacterium, Oceanicaulis stylophorae, Bestiolina similis, Epiplocyloides ralumensis, Oithona simplex, Clausocalanus farrani, Wukongibacter baidiensis, Paracalanus gracilis, Pterocirrus montereyensis, Nanomia bijuga, Candacia bipinnata, Geryonia proboscidalis, Pantoea, Mesoflavibacter sabulilitoris, Salpingacantha undata, Chaetoceros mannaii, Rothia mucilaginosa, Pachos punctatum, Mesorhizobium, Chloroparvula japonica, Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata, Chloropicon laureae, Clausocalanus jobei, Cephalothrix filiformis, Hyalophysa lwoffi, Algicola bacteriolytica, Strombidium cf. basimorphum, Pseudoalteromonas ruthenica, Vibrio penaeicida, Paracoccus oceanense, Oleibacter marinus, Hortaea werneckii, Chaetoceros rostratus, Strombidinopsis acuminata, Euplotes nobilii, Lynnella semiglobulosa, Sapphirina opalina, Bolinopsis aff. vitrea SBJ-2021, Thalassospira lucentensis, Alteromonas litorea, Skeletonema menzelii, Thalassolituus oleivorans, Micromonas pusilla, Erythrobacter, Curtobacterium, Corynebacterium minutissimum, Endozoicomonas atrinae, Pseudo-nitzschia sabit, Grimontia indica, Acartia amboinensis, Minutocellus polymorphus, Micromonas commoda, Clostridium sensu stricto 11, Bradyrhizobium, Clostridium sensu stricto 1, Actinomyces naeslundii, Photobacterium damselae, Candacia simplex, Vicia villosa, Marinobacter salsuginis, Idiomarina piscisalsi, Klebsiella, Creseis conica, Halomonas taeanensis, Clausocalanus pergens, Steenstrupiella steenstrupii, Clausocalanus ingens, Marinomonas communis, Halioglobus pacificus, Lentisphaera, Amphinome rostrata, Pinus contorta, Mesochaetopterus japonicus, Pleuromamma scutullata, Prymnesium polylepis, Acinetobacter lwoffii, Candacia truncata, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Mycobacterium, Pseudo-nitzschia cuspidata, Chloropicon mariensis, Pareucalanus attenuatus, Eucalanus pseudattenuatus, Chloropicon primus, Thalamita admete, Subeucalanus subcrassus, Triconia conifera, Neisseria, Alcanivorax marinus, Clytia linearis, Oikopleura parva, Pinctada nigra, Streptococcus salivarius, Vibrio chagasii, Klenkia terrae, Candacia ethiopica, Erwinia, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Candida metapsilosis, Styliola subula, Heterorhabdus papilliger, Candacia bispinosa, Gordonia, Stenosemella pacifica, Clytia hummelincki, Aurospio foodbancsia, Marinomonas gallaica, Eucampia groenlandica, Pseudo-nitzschia caciantha.
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What is this?
We compare pieces of DNA sampled from the environment with a reference database. This table lists every species we detected, along with how closely the DNA we found matches known species in the reference database. For each species we list the IUCN Red List status. The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria are intended to be an easily and widely understood system for classifying species at high risk of global extinction. DD: Data deficient. LC: Least Concern. VU: Vulnerable. EN: Endangered. CR: Critically endangered.
What is this?
Explore the types of organisms found in these samples. This interactive chart (Krona plot) lets you see which groups were most common — from broad categories like bacteria and animalia down to families and species of fishes. Click on individual segments to zoom in.
Krona Plot
What is this?
Below are alpha diversity metrices plotted for all samples taken within this area.
What is this?
We asked an AI (Claude’s Anthropic 3.7) which species it thinks are the most interesting detected in this site, and why they are interesting. We reproduce the answer below. We ask Claude only for validated species, i.e., species that are known to occur in the area.
Prochlorococcus marinus This tiny marine cyanobacterium is one of the most abundant photosynthetic organisms on Earth, found throughout tropical and subtropical oceans. Despite being invisible to the naked eye, Prochlorococcus plays a crucial role in global climate regulation by producing approximately 20% of the ocean’s oxygen through photosynthesis. It forms the foundation of marine food webs, supporting everything from small fish to whales, and helps remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, making it essential for combating climate change.
Trichodesmium species These colonial blue-green algae form visible floating mats in warm ocean waters and are among the most important nitrogen-fixing organisms in marine environments. Trichodesmium converts atmospheric nitrogen into forms that other marine life can use, essentially fertilizing vast areas of nutrient-poor tropical oceans. This process supports the entire marine food web in these regions and significantly influences global ocean productivity and carbon cycling.
Emiliania huxleyi This microscopic marine alga produces intricate calcium carbonate plates called coccoliths, making it one of the most important calcifying organisms in the ocean. When Emiliania huxleyi blooms, it can be seen from space as milky blue-green patches covering thousands of square kilometers. It plays a dual role in climate regulation by absorbing carbon dioxide during photosynthesis while releasing it during calcification, and its massive blooms significantly influence global carbon and sulfur cycles.
Vibrio species This diverse group of marine bacteria includes both beneficial and harmful species that significantly impact human health and marine ecosystems. While some Vibrio species cause serious foodborne illnesses like cholera and infections from contaminated seafood or water, others play important roles in marine nutrient cycling and serve as indicators of ocean health and climate change impacts on coastal waters.
Pseudoalteromonas species These versatile marine bacteria are increasingly valuable for biotechnology and medicine due to their ability to produce unique compounds in extreme ocean conditions. They contribute to the breakdown of organic matter in seawater and show promise for developing new antibiotics, anti-cancer drugs, and industrial enzymes, while also playing important roles in marine biogeochemical cycles.
Gephyrocapsa oceanica This coccolithophore produces calcium carbonate scales and is a major contributor to marine chalk deposits and limestone formation over geological time scales. It significantly influences ocean chemistry and carbon cycling, and its fossil remains help scientists understand past climate conditions and predict future ocean responses to climate change.
Phaeocystis species These colonial marine algae can form extensive blooms that dramatically alter ocean ecosystems and are visible from satellites. While Phaeocystis blooms contribute significantly to global carbon cycling and oxygen production, they can also disrupt local fisheries and tourism when they wash ashore as foam, making them important indicators of changing ocean conditions.
Chaetoceros species These diatoms are among the most productive primary producers in marine ecosystems, forming the base of food webs that support commercial fisheries worldwide. Their silicate cell walls contribute to ocean sediments over geological time, and their abundance directly influences fish populations and marine biodiversity, making them crucial for both ecosystem health and human food security.
Oithona species These small copepods are among the most abundant animals on Earth and serve as a critical link between microscopic algae and larger marine animals. They help transfer energy through ocean food webs and play important roles in carbon cycling by transporting organic matter from surface waters to the deep ocean through their daily migrations and waste production.
Calocalanus species These marine copepods are important components of ocean food webs, serving as primary food sources for larval fish, jellyfish, and other marine animals. Their abundance and distribution patterns help scientists monitor ocean health and climate change impacts, as these small crustaceans are sensitive indicators of changing water temperatures and ocean conditions.
Homo sapiens The presence of human DNA in marine samples indicates either direct human impact on marine environments or contamination during sample collection and processing. This finding highlights the extensive influence humans have on ocean ecosystems through activities like shipping, fishing, pollution, and climate change, making human genetic material an unexpected but telling component of modern marine biodiversity studies.
Thunnus alalunga (Albacore Tuna) This commercially important tuna species is prized for its high-quality meat and supports major fisheries worldwide. Albacore tuna are indicators of ocean health due to their position as top predators, and their migratory behavior helps scientists track changes in ocean temperature and productivity. Sustainable management of albacore populations is crucial for maintaining marine ecosystem balance and food security.
Stenella attenuata (Pantropical Spotted Dolphin) This highly intelligent marine mammal serves as an important indicator of ocean ecosystem health due to its position as a top predator. These dolphins face threats from fishing nets, pollution, and climate change, and their presence in marine samples (likely from environmental DNA) helps researchers monitor marine mammal populations and assess the impacts of human activities on ocean biodiversity.
What is this?
Samples in which Harmful Algal Bloom species or Non-Indigenous Species were detected. List of HABs/NIS species provided