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Records of bamboo corals from the abyssal Pacific, Lapointe & Watling, 2015

Dataset ID: Lapointe_Watling_2015
Database Version: 20251001-0
Data Provider: Lapointe & Watling (2015)
Data Contact: Lapointe, Abby

Locator Map

Geographic Range

Ocean: Indian
Fishery Management Council Region(s):
Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Southeast Australian Shelf
Marine Ecoregion(s): Bassian

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: -45.376
Maximum Latitude: -45.3703
Minimum Longitude: 144.5754
Maximum Longitude: 144.5994

Overview

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

Number of records: 2
Number of coral records: 2
Number of sponge records: 0
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): specimen
Minimum depth (meters): 3,065
Maximum depth (meters): 3,950
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2009 to 2009

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. Data represent records of bamboo corals from the abyssal Pacific from Lapointe & Watling, 2015. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes.

Collection methodogy details:

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Link: https://bioone.org/journals/proceedings-of-the-biological-society-of-washington/volume-128/issue-2/0006-324X-128.2.125/Bamboo-corals-from-the-abyssal-Pacific-iBathygorgiai/10.2988/0006-324X-128.2.125.full

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Literature Citation

Lapointe A, Watling L (2015) Bamboo corals from the abyssal Pacific: Bathygorgia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 128:125-136

Data Set Level Citation

Lapointe & Watling (2015). Observation date range: 2009 to 2009. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). DSCRTP Dataset ID: Lapointe_Watling_2015. 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: 2

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
Bathygorgia abyssicola	883739	Scleralcyonacea	Keratoisididae	1
Bathygorgia tasmaniensis	883740	Scleralcyonacea	Keratoisididae	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.