Six hundred new species for Bonaire
Six hundred new species for Bonaire
The Bonaire Estafette Expeditie (BEE), organised by Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, The Netherlands...
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DCSR revitalized: hundreds of new species recorded
DCSR revitalized: hundreds of new species recorded
Ever since the creation of the Dutch Caribbean Species Register, somewhere in 2017, there has been an...
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Two new species of land mollusks on Sint Maarten
Two new species of land mollusks on Sint Maarten
In follow-up of a species list of Sint Maarten, Anguilla and St. Barts published in 2020, the first author...
State of affairs
9.841
Species occurring in Dutch Caribbean, of which
| 5.325 | marine |
| 4.570 | terrestrial/freshwater/brackish water |
| 559 | introduced species |
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Species per island2.455 Aruba 3.128 (Klein) Bonaire 5.264 (Klein) Curaçao 2.193 Saba 839 Saba Bank 2.947 St. Eustatius 2.410 St. Maarten -
917 Dutch names -
5.714 English names
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2.923 Papiamento names
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1.595 Literature references -
69 Photographers -
1.288 (Sub)species with photos -
5.527 Photos -
83 Identification specialists
Recently added picture
Triops longicaudatus
- Photographer Michiel Oversteegen
- Picture date 8 October 2022
- Validator Martin Soesbergen
- Location California lighthouse, Aruba