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NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP)

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration & Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Tully, July 2008

  • Dataset ID: NOAA_DFO_TU-08-07
  • Database Version: 20260416-1
  • Data Provider: NOAA, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
  • Data Contact: Antrim, Liam: | Research Coordinator:

Locator Map

Geographic Range

  • Ocean: North Pacific
  • Fishery Management Council Region(s): Pacific
  • Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Gulf of Alaska
  • Marine Ecoregion(s): Oregon, Washington, Vancouver Coast and Shelf

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

  • Minimum Latitude: 48.11562
  • Maximum Latitude: 48.18323
  • Minimum Longitude: -125.37392
  • Maximum Longitude: -125.09007

Overview

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

  • Number of records: 24,269
  • Number of coral records: 16,534
  • Number of sponge records: 7,735
  • Records with images: 0
  • Record type(s): video observation
  • Minimum depth (meters): 38
  • Maximum depth (meters): 349
  • Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 13
  • Time frame: 2008 to 2008

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data represent records of deep-sea corals and sponges recorded in ROV video collected during a partnership research cruise in Olympic COast National Marine Sanctuary. The 2008 cruise was conducted on the R/V Tully by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 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://data.nodc.noaa.gov/coris/library/NOAA/CRCP/other/other_crcp_publications/DeepSeaCoralRT/OCNMS_2010_DSCsurvey.pdf

Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Observation date range: 2008 to 2008. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Bowlby, Ed. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_DFO_TU-08-07. Database version: 20260416-1.

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

Expedition Details

SurveyID Vessel VehicleName SamplingEquipment RecordType
OCNMS200807 Tully R/V Ropos DSR/V ROV video observation

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 16,534

Taxon rank Percent of all
coral records
genus 91 %
species 9 %
NA 0 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 7,735

Taxon rank Percent of all
sponge records
phylum 25 %
subclass 0 %
order 2 %
genus 0 %
subgenus 72 %
species 0 %

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
Calcigorgia 378315 Malacalcyonacea Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis 6238
Callistephanus pacificus 1567760 Malacalcyonacea Gorgoniidae 1430
Callistephanus spauldingi 1608732 Malacalcyonacea Gorgoniidae 26
Desmophyllum 135093 Scleractinia Caryophylliidae 264
Desmophyllum pertusum 1245747 Scleractinia Caryophylliidae 1
Leptogorgia 125302 Malacalcyonacea Gorgoniidae 33
Paragorgia 125326 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 269
Pennatula 128495 Scleralcyonacea Pennatulidae 1
Pennatuloidea 1609360 Scleralcyonacea NA 2
Plumarella 177839 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 101
Primnoa pacifica 286539 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 53
Ptilosarcus gurneyi 290947 Scleralcyonacea Pennatulidae 2
Stylaster 117246 Anthoathecata Stylasteridae 8114

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName AphiaID Order Family Records
Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) 171972 Lyssacinosida Rossellidae 1
Aphrocallistes 132099 Sceptrulophora Aphrocallistidae 3
Farrea occa 134391 Sceptrulophora Farreidae 16
Hamacantha 131902 Merliida Hamacanthidae 15
Heteroscleromorpha 607950 NA NA 1
Isodictya 131905 Poecilosclerida Isodictyidae 1
Latrunculia (Latrunculia) 231637 Poecilosclerida Latrunculiidae 5597
Porifera 558 NA NA 1966
Sceptrulophora 605841 Sceptrulophora NA 135

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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