Checklist of terrestrial and marine species of Sint Maarten, Dutch Caribbean

Checklist
Latest version published by Netherlands Biodiversity Information Facility (NLBIF) on Sept 14, 2026 Netherlands Biodiversity Information Facility (NLBIF)
Publication date:
14 September 2026
License:
CC-BY-NC 4.0

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Description

Checklist compiling species of all taxa recorded and observed by the Nature Foundation Sint Maarten from a selection of research and management activities in Sint Maarten and its waters up till 2026. This checklist includes both native and introduced species, providing a broad representation of the island’s biodiversity.

Data Records

The data in this checklist resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 907 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Mariampillai-Bousquet S, Francisca R, Hickerson L (2026). Checklist of terrestrial and marine species of Sint Maarten, Dutch Caribbean. Version 1.0. Checklist dataset. https://tryout.nlbif.nl/resource?r=sxm_1&v=1.0

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Netherlands Biodiversity Information Facility (NLBIF). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: e25a28b9-f604-4fef-9513-ff8ed0475529.  Netherlands Biodiversity Information Facility (NLBIF) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Netherlands Biodiversity Information Facility.

Keywords

Checklist; Inventoryregional

Contacts

Roxanne-Liana Francisca
  • Originator
BQ
Stéphane Mariampillai-Bousquet
  • Originator
SX
Leslie Hickerson
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Director
Nature Foundation Sint Maarten
Cole Bay
SX
Nature Foundation Sint Maarten
Cole Bay
SX

Geographic Coverage

This checklist compiles species records collected through studies conducted across terrestrial and marine environments within the territorial boundaries of Sint Maarten, on the Dutch side of the island of Saint Martin.

Bounding Coordinates South West [17.806, -63.333], North East [18.065, -62.937]

Taxonomic Coverage

All observations were identified to their subspecies, species or genus level.

Kingdom Chromista, Plantae, Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda, Annelida, Chordata, Cyanobacteriophyta, Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Tracheophyta, Porifera, Bryoza, Foraminifera, Ochrophyta, Cnidaria
Class Holothuroidea, Hydrozoa, Anthozoa - Octocorallia, Polychaeta, Polypodiopsida, Florideophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Arachnida, Liliopsida, Aves, Reptilia, Bivalvia, Diplopoda, Mammalia, Anthozoa, Maxillopoda, Gastropoda, Cyanophyceae, Demospongiae, Globothalamea, Magnoliopsida, Actinopterygii, Anthozoa - Hexacorallia, Insecta, Gymnolaemata, Elasmobranchii, Ulvophyceae, Echinoidea, Polyplacophora, Scyphozoa, Cephalopoda, Ophiuroidea, Malacostraca, Asteroidea

Project Data

Compiling a species checklist of all taxa recorded by the Nature Foundation Sint Maarten from a selection of research and management activities in Sint Maarten and its waters up till 2026.

Title Mobilizing Biodiversity Data for Conservation Planning in Sint Maarten
Identifier nlbif2025.014
Funding This project was funded by the nlbif
Study Area Description Recorded species were observations in various terrestrial and marine habitats within the borders of Sint Maarten. All recorded observations were compiled up till 2026.

The personnel involved in the project:

Stéphane Mariampillai-Bousquet
  • Editor
Roxanne-Liana Francisca
  • Editor

Sampling Methods

The checklist contains species recorded as observations during the studies.

Study Extent The study area encompassed all terrestrial and marine habitats within the Dutch side of the island of Saint Martin (Sint Maarten). Species observations recorded within the French side of the island were excluded from the dataset and are therefore not represented in this checklist.
Quality Control To ensure the accuracy of observed species, experts and identification guides were consulted. Field work was carried out in groups to ensure more reliability in data recording.

Method step description:

  1. NA

Additional Metadata

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Getting Started
Purpose
Alternative Identifiers https://tryout.nlbif.nl/resource?r=sxm_1