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Bermuda Natural History Museum

Dataset ID: BNHM
Database Version: 20260121-0
Data Provider: Bermuda Museum of Natural History
Data Contact: Smith, Struan R.: srsmith@gov.bm

Locator Map

Geographic Range

Ocean: North Atlantic
Fishery Management Council Region(s):
Large Marine Ecosystem(s):
Marine Ecoregion(s): Bermuda

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 32.24357
Maximum Latitude: 32.38767
Minimum Longitude: -64.95641
Maximum Longitude: -64.33528

Overview

Note: The numbers below only reflect published records. Additional records may be retained by the Program for further review.

Number of records: 3
Number of coral records: 3
Number of sponge records: 0
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): specimen
Minimum depth (meters): 110
Maximum depth (meters): 785
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2003 to 2008

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data set contains records of deepwater coral specimens in the Bermuda Natural History Museum. The Museum has identified Struan R Smith (srsmith@gov.bm) as the point of contact for these records. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes. Further information can be found at: https://environment.bm/natural-history-collection/

Collection methodogy details:

Specimens were collected using a variety of methods and gears.
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Data Set Level Citation

Bermuda Museum of Natural History. Observation date range: 2003 to 2008. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). DSCRTP Dataset ID: BNHM. Database version: 20260121-0.

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Taxonomic Summary

Percent of coral, sponge, and fish records by lowest taxonomic rank.

Corals

Number of coral records: 3

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
genus	33 %
species	67 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 0

## No sponge records in this data set.

Fishes

Number of fish records: 0

## No fish records in this data set.

Coral Taxa Observed

Note: Nothing will appear here if no coral taxa were observed.

ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Antipathes atlantica	283882	Antipatharia	Antipathidae	1
Parantipathes tetrasticha	283954	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	1
Stichopathes	103308	Antipatharia	Antipathidae	1

Sponge Taxa Observed

Note: Nothing will appear here if no sponge taxa were observed.

## No sponge records in this data set.

Fish Taxa Observed

Note: Nothing will appear here if no fish taxa were observed.

## No fish records in this data set.