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NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP)

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Museum of A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia

  • Dataset ID: MIMB
  • Database Version: 20251001-0
  • Data Provider: Dautova (2018)
  • Data Contact: Dautova, Tatiana N. ()

Locator Map

Geographic Range

  • Ocean: North Pacific
  • Fishery Management Council Region(s):
  • Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Oyashio Current, Sea of Okhotsk
  • Marine Ecoregion(s): Oyashio Current, Sea of Okhotsk

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

  • Minimum Latitude: 46.14833
  • Maximum Latitude: 48.09083
  • Minimum Longitude: 145.99
  • Maximum Longitude: 151.5975

Overview

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

  • Number of records: 17
  • Number of coral records: 17
  • Number of sponge records: 0
  • Records with images: 0
  • Record type(s): specimen
  • Minimum depth (meters): 2,267
  • Maximum depth (meters): 3,366
  • Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
  • Time frame: 2015 to 2015

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 corals from the Museum of A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia. For additional information on the marine invertebrate collection of the Museum see: http://www.imb.dvo.ru/index.php/en

Collection methodogy details:

Specimens were collected using a variety of methods and gears.
Link: http://www.imb.dvo.ru/index.php/en

Data Set Level Citation

Dautova (2018). Observation date range: 2015 to 2015. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). DSCRTP Dataset ID: MIMB. Database version: 20251001-0.

Note: Individual records within a data set may have additional citations in the ‘Citation’ field.

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 17

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
Aspera rosea 1388094 Octocorallia incertae sedis NA 4
Ignis rubeus 1388096 Octocorallia incertae sedis Haimeidae 3
Radicipes sakhalinensis 1388092 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 10

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.

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