BISMaL
Biological Information System for Marine Life
NEWS
- 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.
- 2025/05/09
- Due to system maintenance, BISMaL will be unavailable from 9:00 to 12:00 on May 13, 2025. Sorry for the inconvenience.
- 2025/03/31
- New data (2,424 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.
- 2025/03/10
- New data (40 records) have been added to the following dataset:
Species list recorded by baited cameras at deep sea area in Japan
The dataset contains species list focused on demersal fish and scavenging animal recorded by the baited camera.
Please refer to the links for details.
- 2025/02/13
- The dataset of "Simultaneous surveys of littoral organisms in Osaka Bay in 2024" 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 2024.
BISMaL data at a glance
Number of registered taxon on BISMaL
Last Updated:2025/06/25
Total number of registered taxon:41,862
taxon with occurrence record(s):16,415
taxon with no occurrence record(s):25,447
Number of occurrences records in kingdom Animalia
Last Updated:2025/06/25
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).