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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Deep Fish Habitat 37, 2018

  • Dataset ID: NOAA_FGBNMS_DFH-37
  • Database Version: 20260416-1
  • Data Provider: NOAA, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
  • Data Contact: Blakeway, Raven:

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: 27.91516
  • Maximum Latitude: 28.08208
  • Minimum Longitude: -92.46269
  • Maximum Longitude: -91.95369

Overview

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

  • Number of records: 1,968
  • Number of coral records: 1,864
  • Number of sponge records: 104
  • Records with images: 1968
  • Record type(s): still image
  • Minimum depth (meters): 60
  • Maximum depth (meters): 131
  • 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 Alderdice Bank, Parker Bank, Sidner Bank, Rezak Bank, and Bouma Bank. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes.

Collection methodogy details:

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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-37. Database version: 20260416-1.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID Vessel VehicleName SamplingEquipment RecordType
DFH-37 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: 1,864

Taxon rank Percent of all
coral records
class 0 %
order 5 %
family 1 %
genus 59 %
species 35 %
subspecies 0 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 104

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

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 79
Antipatharia 22549 Antipatharia NA 88
Antipathes 103302 Antipatharia Antipathidae 71
Antipathes furcata 103312 Antipatharia Antipathidae 103
Aphanipathes pedata 283938 Antipatharia Aphanipathidae 28
Bathyalcyon robustum delta 1343380 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 8
Bebryce 125308 Malacalcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae 69
Callogorgia 125317 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 61
Callogorgia gracilis 286489 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 13
Chironephthya caribaea 418846 Malacalcyonacea Siphonogorgiidae 56
Diodogorgia 206386 Scleralcyonacea Spongiodermidae 26
Elatopathes abietina 289886 Antipatharia Aphanipathidae 234
Ellisella 125298 Scleralcyonacea Ellisellidae 39
Hypnogorgia pendula 290166 Octocorallia incertae sedis NA 28
Leptogorgia 125302 Malacalcyonacea Gorgoniidae 1
Madracis 135125 Scleractinia Pocilloporidae 11
Madracis brueggemanni 287105 Scleractinia Pocilloporidae 9
Madrepora 135123 Scleractinia Madreporidae 1
Madrepora carolina 287092 Scleractinia Madreporidae 14
Muriceides 125310 Malacalcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae 13
Nicella 125299 Scleralcyonacea Ellisellidae 300
Octocorallia 1341 NA NA 8
Oculina 135124 Scleractinia Oculinidae 5
Oxysmilia rotundifolia 290565 Scleractinia Caryophylliidae 61
Placogorgia 125312 Malacalcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae 1
Plexauridae 125277 Malacalcyonacea Plexauridae 11
Plumapathes pennacea 290831 Antipatharia Myriopathidae 14
Scleracis 267830 Malacalcyonacea Scleracidae 95
Scleracis guadalupensis 418854 Malacalcyonacea Scleracidae 3
Stichopathes 103308 Antipatharia Antipathidae 154
Swiftia 125314 Malacalcyonacea Plexauridae 12
Tanacetipathes 267888 Antipatharia Myriopathidae 174
Thesea 125315 Malacalcyonacea Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis 63
Thesea rubra 418858 Malacalcyonacea Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis 11

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName AphiaID Order Family Records
Agelas clathrodes 164823 Agelasida Agelasidae 3
Aiolochroia crassa 169632 Verongiida Aplysinidae 1
Chondrilla 132021 Chondrillida Chondrillidae 1
Corallistes typus 171077 Tetractinellida Corallistidae 45
Ectyoplasia ferox 168021 Axinellida Raspailiidae 1
Ircinia felix 165020 Dictyoceratida Irciniidae 1
Neofibularia 168318 Biemnida Biemnidae 5
Rhizaxinella clava 170819 Suberitida Suberitidae 25
Xestospongia 131849 Haplosclerida Petrosiidae 22

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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