Table 8. Number of species reported exclusively for the five subregions of South America from the OBIS database.
SUBREGION | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Tropical East Pacific | 2452 | 674 | 218 | 74 | 28 |
Humboldt Current | 1691 | 1540 | 453 | 182 | 28 |
Tropical West Atlantic | 896 | 642 | 372 | 157 | 28 |
Brazilian Shelves | 3921 | 995 | 358 | 173 | 28 |
Patagonian Shelf | 1351 | 1167 | 459 | 166 | 28 |
TOTAL | 10311 | 2509 | 620 | 188 | 28 |