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Bayer, 1958

Dataset ID: Bayer_1958
Database Version: 20251001-0
Data Provider: Xavier et al. (2015)
Data Contact: Joana Xavier jxavier@ciimar.up.pt

Locator Map

Geographic Range

Ocean: North Atlantic
Fishery Management Council Region(s): Gulf (formerly Gulf of Mexico)
Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Gulf of Mexico
Marine Ecoregion(s): Northern Gulf of Mexico

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 29.68333
Maximum Latitude: 29.68333
Minimum Longitude: -87.18333
Maximum Longitude: -87.18333

Overview

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

Number of records: 1
Number of coral records: 1
Number of sponge records: 0
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): specimen
Minimum depth (meters): 183
Maximum depth (meters): 183
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 1958 to 1958

Data Set Description: Xavier et al. (2015). Observations from 1958. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). DSCRTP Dataset ID: Bayer_1958. DSCRTP Accession ID: 20240219_New_Records_THourigan_126744. Record type: specimen. Vessel(s): Oregon R/V. Sampling vehicle: NA. Survey ID: NA. Principle investigator: NA. Data contact: Joana Xavier jxavier@ciimar.up.pt. Reporter: Hourigan, T.F.. Repository: NA. Web site [last accessed on 2024-04-01]: DOI: 10.1017/S0025315415000685.

Collection methodogy details:

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Link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-marine-biological-association-of-the-united-kingdom/article/on-a-hexactinellid-sponge-aggregation-at-the-great-meteor-seamount-northeast-atlantic/C82F9D53DFEAD0979DBD1FA1E0372D5A

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Literature Citation

Bayer FM (1958) Additional records of western Atlantic octocorals. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 47:379-390

Data Set Level Citation

Xavier et al. (2015). Observation date range: 1958 to 1958. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). DSCRTP Dataset ID: Bayer_1958. Database version: 20251001-0.

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Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 1

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
species	100 %

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
Acanthoptilum agassizii	289321	Scleralcyonacea	Virgulariidae	1

Sponge Taxa Observed

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## No sponge records in this data set.

Fish Taxa Observed

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## No fish records in this data set.