BISMaL
Biological Information System for Marine Life
NEWS
- 2026/02/04
- New data (2548 records) have been added to the dataset "A photographically-vouchered global citizen science dataset of sea slugs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) from the SEASLUG.WORLD platform since 2015".
This dataset includes occurrence records on sea slugs (Heterobranchia), collected from divers worldwide via the online platform "Sekai no Umiushi" (https://seaslug.world/) since 2015.
- 2026/01/20
Due to system maintenance, BISMaL will be unavailable from January 22 to 23, 2026. Sorry for the inconvenience.The system maintenance has been completed.
- 2025/12/23
- The dataset of "Ibaraki Nature Museum, Fish collection" has been published on BISMaL. It contains approximately 5,000 occurrence records of fish collected in Japan and overseas.
- 2025/12/18
- The dataset of "Simultaneous surveys of littoral organisms in Osaka Bay in 2025" has been published on BISMaL.
The dataset is the result of the survey conducted by the Osaka Bay Environmental Restoration Liaison Committee in cooperation with groups working along the Osaka Bay. This dataset is from the survey results conducted in 2025.
- 2025/11/14
- The dataset of "A literature review of the marine annelids of the Ryukyu Islands: still at the “early-bird” stage" has been published on BISMaL.
This dataset was generated based on the results of a review of 149 existing research studies.
BISMaL data at a glance
Number of registered taxon on BISMaL
Last Updated:2026/01/17
Total number of registered taxon:42,066
taxon with occurrence record(s):17,031
taxon with no occurrence record(s):25,035
Number of occurrences records in kingdom Animalia
Last Updated:2026/01/17
Number of occurrence records:4,080,802
Last Updated:2025/04/01
In FY2024, six datasets were newly added to BISMaL (see map above):
- Fixed Point Survey for Shorebirds of the family Scolopacidae and Charadriidae
- Rocky shore macrobiota of southeastern Osaka Bay: Results of surveys
- Endangered Species Listed in the Toba city Marine Red Data Book 2023
- Cetacean Stranding Data in Hokkaido
- Fish Collection of Hokkaido University
- Simultaneous surveys of littoral organisms in Osaka Bay in 2024
A total of 4,080,802 records were published in BISMaL (at April 1, 2025).
- Fixed Point Survey for Shorebirds of the family Scolopacidae and Charadriidae
- Rocky shore macrobiota of southeastern Osaka Bay: Results of surveys
- Endangered Species Listed in the Toba city Marine Red Data Book 2023
- Cetacean Stranding Data in Hokkaido
- Fish Collection of Hokkaido University
- Simultaneous surveys of littoral organisms in Osaka Bay in 2024
A total of 4,080,802 records were published in BISMaL (at April 1, 2025).