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OBIS species-level records

OBIS — Ocean Biodiversity Information System

178M
records · 2026-11-09
S-curve
best-fit model
342M
projected 2027
122M195M269M342M20262027342M 2027
Logistic (S-curve) fitbest fit (AICc)N(t) = L / (1 + e^{−k(t − t₀)})
carrying capacity L 9.4Bsteepness k 0.898 / yrmidpoint t₀ 2031R² 0.8266forecast 342M by 2027

Forecast = 10% of the 0-yr record. ⚠ No saturation yet, so the carrying capacity L is poorly constrained — treat the logistic curve as a lower-bound scenario.

OBIS records resolved to species level — taxonomic-metadata completeness for marine occurrences.

SourceOBIS — Ocean Biodiversity Information System
Update cadenceweekly
Live endpointhttps://api.obis.org/v3/statistics
Parsejson · specieslevel
Daterecords
2026-11-09177,710,331
2026-11-02177,565,794
2026-10-26149,237,473
2026-10-19145,709,545
2026-10-12149,188,904
2026-10-05156,270,848
2026-09-28151,475,893
2026-09-21150,211,626
2026-09-14148,110,987
2026-09-07144,130,684
2026-08-24142,592,990
2026-08-17142,589,825
2026-08-10142,582,084
2026-08-03133,901,656
2026-07-27127,316,289
2026-07-20122,786,635
2026-07-13122,237,042
2026-07-06121,969,875
2026-06-25121,923,028

Machine-readable: /api/research-data?metric=obis-species · back to all metrics

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