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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Deep Fish Habitat 30, 2016

Dataset ID: NOAA_DFH-30
Database Version: 20260416-1
Data Provider: NOAA, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Data Contact: Sterne, Travis: travis.sterne@noaa.gov

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: 27.82024
Maximum Latitude: 28.0767
Minimum Longitude: -92.9433
Maximum Longitude: -92.0035

Overview

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

Number of records: 495
Number of coral records: 469
Number of sponge records: 26
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): still image
Minimum depth (meters): 62
Maximum depth (meters): 186
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2016 to 2016

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data represent records of deepwater corals and sponges observed or collected during ROV surveys on banks in the northern Gulf of Mexico in 2016. Surveys were conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary with support from the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program. Banks surveyed included Parker, Bryant, Bouma, Rezak, and Sidner Banks. 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:

Collection methodogy details:

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Link: https://nmsflowergarden.blob.core.windows.net/flowergarden-prod/media/archive/doc/reports/2016researchreport.pdf

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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Observation date range: 2016 to 2016. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Nuttall, Marissa. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_DFH-30. Database version: 20260416-1.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
DFH30	Manta R/V	Mohawk ROV	ROV	still image

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 469

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
family	11 %
genus	51 %
species	37 %
subspecies	1 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 26

Taxon rank	Percent of all sponge records
phylum	73 %
species	27 %

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	103302	Antipatharia	Antipathidae	73
Antipathes furcata	103312	Antipatharia	Antipathidae	27
Aphanipathes pedata	283938	Antipatharia	Aphanipathidae	14
Bathyalcyon robustum delta	1343380	Scleralcyonacea	Coralliidae	6
Caliacis	267283	Octocorallia incertae sedis	NA	24
Caliacis nutans	289550	Octocorallia incertae sedis	NA	2
Callogorgia gracilis	286489	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	16
Chironephthya caribaea	418846	Malacalcyonacea	Siphonogorgiidae	12
Elatopathes abietina	289886	Antipatharia	Aphanipathidae	50
Ellisella	125298	Scleralcyonacea	Ellisellidae	27
Hypnogorgia pendula	290166	Octocorallia incertae sedis	NA	16
Leptogorgia	125302	Malacalcyonacea	Gorgoniidae	3
Madracis brueggemanni	287105	Scleractinia	Pocilloporidae	7
Madrepora carolina	287092	Scleractinia	Madreporidae	8
Nicella	125299	Scleralcyonacea	Ellisellidae	40
Oculinidae	135078	Scleractinia	Oculinidae	15
Oxysmilia rotundifolia	290565	Scleractinia	Caryophylliidae	20
Placogorgia	125312	Malacalcyonacea	Acanthogorgiidae	7
Plexauridae	125277	Malacalcyonacea	Plexauridae	35
Plumapathes pennacea	290831	Antipatharia	Myriopathidae	1
Stichopathes	103308	Antipatharia	Antipathidae	23
Swiftia	125314	Malacalcyonacea	Plexauridae	2
Tanacetipathes	267888	Antipatharia	Myriopathidae	39
Thelogorgia stellata	291213	Octocorallia incertae sedis	NA	2

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Agelas clathrodes	164823	Agelasida	Agelasidae	4
Porifera	558	NA	NA	19
Xestospongia muta	166894	Haplosclerida	Petrosiidae	3

Fish Taxa Observed

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

## No fish records in this data set.