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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Deep-sea coral and sponge records from Okeanos Explorer cruise, April 2014

  • Dataset ID: NOAA_EX-14-02-L3
  • Database Version: 20260416-1
  • Data Provider: NOAA, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
  • Data Contact: Shuler, Andrew:

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): Floridian, Northern Gulf of Mexico

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

  • Minimum Latitude: 25.85431
  • Maximum Latitude: 27.33879
  • Minimum Longitude: -93.49366
  • Maximum Longitude: -84.7256

Overview

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

  • Number of records: 1,077
  • Number of coral records: 1,069
  • Number of sponge records: 8
  • Records with images: 1077
  • Record type(s): still image
  • Minimum depth (meters): 474
  • Maximum depth (meters): 2,835
  • Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
  • Time frame: 2014 to 2014

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data represent records of selected deep-sea corals and sponges observed from ROV video during a research cruise of the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, April 10 - May 1, 2014 in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. These records do not represent all corals observed on the surveys. 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://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1402/background/intro/welcome.html

Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. Observation date range: 2014 to 2014. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Lobecker, Elizabeth. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_EX-14-02-L3. 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
EX1402L3 Okeanos Explorer R/V Deep Discoverer ROV ROV still image

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 1,069

Taxon rank Percent of all
coral records
class 3 %
order 6 %
family 14 %
genus 59 %
species 17 %
NA 0 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 8

Taxon rank Percent of all
sponge records
class 100 %

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
Acanella 125303 Scleralcyonacea Keratoisididae 4
Acanthogorgia 125293 Malacalcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae 25
Anthomastus 125285 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 44
Anthoptilum 128489 Scleralcyonacea Anthoptilidae 2
Anthothela 125324 Malacalcyonacea Alcyoniidae 4
Antipatharia 22549 Antipatharia NA 13
Aquaumbridae 701654 Malacalcyonacea Aquaumbridae 5
Bathypathes 103304 Antipatharia Schizopathidae 32
Chelidonisis 125304 Scleralcyonacea Chelidonisididae 3
Chrysogorgia 125294 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 24
Clavularia 125286 Malacalcyonacea Clavulariidae 9
Coralliidae 125280 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 54
Desmophyllum 135093 Scleractinia Caryophylliidae 1
Desmophyllum pertusum 1245747 Scleractinia Caryophylliidae 180
Enallopsammia 135112 Scleractinia Dendrophylliidae 9
Iridogorgia 125295 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 16
Isidella 125305 Scleralcyonacea Keratoisididae 1
Keratoisididae 1544106 Scleralcyonacea Keratoisididae 78
Keratoisis 125306 Scleralcyonacea Keratoisididae 4
Leiopathes 103305 Antipatharia Leiopathidae 21
Lepidisis 125307 Scleralcyonacea Keratoisididae 85
Madrepora 135123 Scleractinia Madreporidae 1
Metallogorgia 125296 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 1
Muriceides 125310 Malacalcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae 44
Octocorallia 1341 NA NA 33
Paramuricea 125311 Malacalcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae 142
Parantipathes 103306 Antipatharia Schizopathidae 5
Pennatuloidea 1609360 Scleralcyonacea NA 5
Plexauridae 125277 Malacalcyonacea Plexauridae 9
Plumarella 177839 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 67
Primnoidae 125278 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 8
Scleractinia 1363 Scleractinia NA 56
Sibopathes 267837 Antipatharia Cladopathidae 2
Stauropathes 267854 Antipatharia Schizopathidae 9
Stichopathes 103308 Antipatharia Antipathidae 26
Stylaster 117246 Anthoathecata Stylasteridae 30
Stylasteridae 22805 Anthoathecata Stylasteridae 1
Stylopathes 267875 Antipatharia Stylopathidae 2
Swiftia 125314 Malacalcyonacea Plexauridae 4
Umbellula 1757986 Scleralcyonacea Umbellulidae 10

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName AphiaID Order Family Records
Hexactinellida 22612 NA NA 8

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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