BISMaL
Biological Information System for Marine Life
NEWS
- 2025/10/02
- Two new datasets have been published on BISMaL:
"Marine fish data in the coastal area of Yokohama City."
"Marine seagrasses and seaweeds data in the coastal area of Yokohama City."
These datasets are generated from the publications of "Yokohama's rivers and sea creatures (in Japanese)" by the Yokohama Environmental Science Research Institute.
Please refer to the links for details.
Learn more about the dataset, here (in Japanese).
- 2025/09/30
- New data (678 records) have been added to the dataset "Marine Biological Sample Database, JAMSTEC".
This dataset contains data of biological samples which were collected during scientific missions of JAMSTEC ships (NATSUSHIMA, KAIYO, YOKOSUKA, KAIREI and MIRAI) and submersibles.
- 2025/09/10
- The dataset of "A photographically-vouchered global citizen science dataset of sea slugs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) from the SEASLUG.WORLD platform since 2015" has been published on BISMaL.
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.
- 2025/08/12
- The dataset of "Mitrella martensi specimens collected in Akkeshi-ko estuary" has been published on BISMaL.
This dataset includes data of a columbellid gastropod Mitrella martensi (Lischke, 1871) collected in Akkeshi-ko estuary, eastern Hokkaido, Japan in 2023 and 2024.
- 2025/05/26
- The dataset of "Observation records of heterobranch sea slugs in southeastern Osaka Bay" has been published on BISMaL.
This data set is the result of an observation conducted by the Society for Observation of Sea Slugs in Osaka Bay in the rocky coast of the southeastern part of Osaka Bay.
BISMaL data at a glance
Number of registered taxon on BISMaL
Last Updated:2025/10/01
Total number of registered taxon:41,917
taxon with occurrence record(s):16,667
taxon with no occurrence record(s):25,250
Number of occurrences records in kingdom Animalia
Last Updated:2025/10/01
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).