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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Deep Fish Habitat 35, 2018

Dataset ID: NOAA_FGBNMS_DFH-35
Database Version: 20260416-1
Data Provider: NOAA, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Data Contact: Blakeway, Raven: raven.walker@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: 27.78562
Maximum Latitude: 27.91071
Minimum Longitude: -92.9357
Maximum Longitude: -91.07782

Overview

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

Number of records: 1,557
Number of coral records: 1,480
Number of sponge records: 77
Records with images: 1550
Record type(s): still image
Minimum depth (meters): 62
Maximum depth (meters): 147
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2018 to 2018

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. This data represent records of deepwater corals and sponges observed or collected during ROV surveys on banks in the northern Gulf of Mexico in 2018. 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 Elvers Bank, Geyer Bank, East Flower Garden Bank, and Bright Bank Complex. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes.

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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Observation date range: 2018 to 2018. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Hickerson, Emma. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_FGBNMS_DFH-35. Database version: 20260416-1.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
DFH-35	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: 1,480

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
class	2 %
order	4 %
family	1 %
genus	55 %
species	37 %
subspecies	1 %
NA	0 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 77

Taxon rank	Percent of all sponge records
phylum	22 %
class	1 %
order	4 %
genus	4 %
species	69 %

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
Acanthopathes thyoides	289313	Antipatharia	Aphanipathidae	51
Antipatharia	22549	Antipatharia	NA	54
Antipathes furcata	103312	Antipatharia	Antipathidae	26
Aphanipathes pedata	283938	Antipatharia	Aphanipathidae	40
Bathyalcyon robustum delta	1343380	Scleralcyonacea	Coralliidae	16
Bebryce	125308	Malacalcyonacea	Acanthogorgiidae	27
Caliacis nutans	289550	Octocorallia incertae sedis	NA	1
Callogorgia	125317	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	35
Callogorgia gracilis	286489	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	16
Chironephthya caribaea	418846	Malacalcyonacea	Siphonogorgiidae	67
Diodogorgia	206386	Scleralcyonacea	Spongiodermidae	6
Elatopathes abietina	289886	Antipatharia	Aphanipathidae	253
Ellisella	125298	Scleralcyonacea	Ellisellidae	90
Hypnogorgia pendula	290166	Octocorallia incertae sedis	NA	1
Madracis	135125	Scleractinia	Pocilloporidae	2
Madrepora carolina	287092	Scleractinia	Madreporidae	12
Muriceides	125310	Malacalcyonacea	Acanthogorgiidae	7
Nicella	125299	Scleralcyonacea	Ellisellidae	185
Octocorallia	1341	NA	NA	27
Oxysmilia rotundifolia	290565	Scleractinia	Caryophylliidae	55
Paramuricea	125311	Malacalcyonacea	Acanthogorgiidae	5
Pennatuloidea	1609360	Scleralcyonacea	NA	6
Phanopathes	267729	Antipatharia	Aphanipathidae	1
Placogorgia	125312	Malacalcyonacea	Acanthogorgiidae	2
Plexauridae	125277	Malacalcyonacea	Plexauridae	13
Plumapathes pennacea	290831	Antipatharia	Myriopathidae	9
Scleracis	267830	Malacalcyonacea	Scleracidae	131
Scleracis guadalupensis	418854	Malacalcyonacea	Scleracidae	1
Stichopathes	103308	Antipatharia	Antipathidae	164
Swiftia	125314	Malacalcyonacea	Plexauridae	8
Tanacetipathes	267888	Antipatharia	Myriopathidae	153
Thesea	125315	Malacalcyonacea	Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis	2
Thesea rubra	418858	Malacalcyonacea	Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis	14

Sponge Taxa Observed

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ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Agelas clathrodes	164823	Agelasida	Agelasidae	25
Corallistes typus	171077	Tetractinellida	Corallistidae	18
Demospongiae	164811	NA	NA	1
Halisarca	131822	Chondrillida	Halisarcidae	1
Haplosclerida	131598	Haplosclerida	NA	3
Neofibularia	168318	Biemnida	Biemnidae	2
Porifera	558	NA	NA	17
Rhizaxinella clava	170819	Suberitida	Suberitidae	10

Fish Taxa Observed

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

## No fish records in this data set.