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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Henry Bigelow, August, 2014

Dataset ID: NOAA_HB-14-04
Database Version: 20260416-1
Data Provider: NOAA, Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Data Contact: Nizinski, Martha: nizinski@si.edu

Locator Map

Geographic Range

Ocean: North Atlantic
Fishery Management Council Region(s): Mid-Atlantic
Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf
Marine Ecoregion(s): Virginian

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 37.31065
Maximum Latitude: 38.89541
Minimum Longitude: -74.4192
Maximum Longitude: -72.73119

Overview

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

Number of records: 11,427
Number of coral records: 3,234
Number of sponge records: 3,034
Records with images: 11427
Record type(s): still image
Minimum depth (meters): 205
Maximum depth (meters): 2,115
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 set contains records of deepwater corals and sponges observed on the specified cruise. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes.

Collection methodogy details:

See cruise report for methods
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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Northeast Fisheries Science Center. 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: Nizinski, Martha. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_HB-14-04. Database version: 20260416-1.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
HB1404	Henry B. Bigelow R/V	MISO TowCam	towed camera	still image

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 3,234

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
class	4 %
order	4 %
family	3 %
subfamily	4 %
genus	67 %
species	18 %
NA	0 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 3,034

Taxon rank	Percent of all sponge records
phylum	80 %
class	8 %
order	0 %
family	0 %
genus	10 %
species	1 %

Fishes

Number of fish records: 5,159

Taxon rank	Percent of all fish records
class	9 %
order	1 %
family	69 %
subfamily	1 %
genus	5 %
species	15 %

Coral Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Acanella	125303	Scleralcyonacea	Keratoisididae	153
Acanthogorgia	125293	Malacalcyonacea	Acanthogorgiidae	288
Anthomastinae	1510270	Scleralcyonacea	Coralliidae	144
Anthoptilum	128489	Scleralcyonacea	Anthoptilidae	6
Anthothela	125324	Malacalcyonacea	Alcyoniidae	37
Balticina	146534	Scleralcyonacea	Balticinidae	7
Balticinidae	1508602	Scleralcyonacea	Balticinidae	5
Bathypathes	103304	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	22
Chrysogorgia	125294	Scleralcyonacea	Chrysogorgiidae	15
Clavularia	125286	Malacalcyonacea	Clavulariidae	10
Desmophyllum dianthus	135159	Scleractinia	Caryophylliidae	301
Distichoptilum	128497	Scleralcyonacea	Protoptilidae	57
Flabellum (Ulocyathus) alabastrum	135194	Scleractinia	Flabellidae	135
Funiculina	128490	Scleralcyonacea	Funiculinidae	27
Keratoisididae	1544106	Scleralcyonacea	Keratoisididae	48
Keratoisis	125306	Scleralcyonacea	Keratoisididae	3
Kophobelemnon	128492	Scleralcyonacea	Kophobelemnidae	726
Nephtheidae	146762	Malacalcyonacea	Nephtheidae	1
Octocorallia	1341	NA	NA	125
Paragorgia	125326	Scleralcyonacea	Coralliidae	40
Paramuricea	125311	Malacalcyonacea	Acanthogorgiidae	108
Parantipathes	103306	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	2
Pennatula	128495	Scleralcyonacea	Pennatulidae	14
Pennatulidae	128484	Scleralcyonacea	Pennatulidae	48
Pennatuloidea	1609360	Scleralcyonacea	NA	1
Primnoa resedaeformis	125411	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	119
Protoptilum	128498	Scleralcyonacea	Protoptilidae	581
Radicipes	125297	Scleralcyonacea	Chrysogorgiidae	7
Scleractinia	1363	Scleractinia	NA	123
Solenosmilia variabilis	135168	Scleractinia	Caryophylliidae	18
Stichopathes	103308	Antipatharia	Antipathidae	1
Swiftia	125314	Malacalcyonacea	Plexauridae	46
Telopathes	740050	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	6
Thouarella	125323	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	4
Umbellula	1757986	Scleralcyonacea	Umbellulidae	6

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Asconema foliatum	172017	Lyssacinosida	Rossellidae	24
Cladorhizidae	131644	Poecilosclerida	Cladorhizidae	1
Demospongiae	164811	NA	NA	52
Hexactinellida	22612	NA	NA	201
Phakellia	131779	Bubarida	Bubaridae	2
Polymastia	132046	Polymastiida	Polymastiidae	306
Porifera	558	NA	NA	2442
Suberitida	845509	Suberitida	NA	6

Fish Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Alepocephalidae	125507	Alepocephaliformes	Alepocephalidae	11
Amblyraja	105760	Rajiformes	Rajidae	14
Anguilliformes	10295	Anguilliformes	NA	1
Antimora rostrata	126486	Gadiformes	Moridae	42
Bathyraja	105761	Rajiformes	Arhynchobatidae	3
Brosme brosme	126447	Gadiformes	Lotidae	14
Chlorophthalmus agassizi	126336	Aulopiformes	Chlorophthalmidae	73
Coryphaenoides	125748	Gadiformes	Macrouridae	87
Cottunculus	126167	Perciformes	Psychrolutidae	7
Cynoglossidae	125578	Pleuronectiformes	Cynoglossidae	3
Diplacanthopoma brachysoma	158994	Ophidiiformes	Bythitidae	1
Gadiformes	10313	Gadiformes	NA	1
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus	127136	Pleuronectiformes	Pleuronectidae	298
Halosauridae	125500	Notacanthiformes	Halosauridae	298
Halosaurus	125839	Notacanthiformes	Halosauridae	15
Harriotta	105735	Chimaeriformes	Rhinochimaeridae	3
Helicolenus dactylopterus	127251	Perciformes	Sebastidae	21
Hydrolagus	105734	Chimaeriformes	Chimaeridae	2
Laemonema	125767	Gadiformes	Moridae	20
Laemonema barbatulum	158979	Gadiformes	Moridae	37
Laemonema goodebeanorum	158980	Gadiformes	Moridae	1
Liparidae	234519	Perciformes	Liparidae	39
Lophius	125802	Lophiiformes	Lophiidae	83
Luciobrotula	158763	Ophidiiformes	Ophidiidae	1
Lycenchelys	126103	Perciformes	Zoarcidae	1
Lycodes esmarkii	127103	Perciformes	Zoarcidae	1
Macrouridae	125471	Gadiformes	Macrouridae	880
Macrourus	125752	Gadiformes	Macrouridae	2
Malacoraja senta	158554	Rajiformes	Rajidae	8
Merluccius	125762	Gadiformes	Merlucciidae	10
Nemichthyidae	125432	Anguilliformes	Nemichthyidae	47
Neocyttus helgae	127423	Zeiformes	Oreosomatidae	15
Nettastomatidae	125433	Anguilliformes	Nettastomatidae	4
Notacanthus	125840	Notacanthiformes	Notacanthidae	6
Ogcocephalidae	125495	Lophiiformes	Ogcocephalidae	8
Ophidiidae	125505	Ophidiiformes	Ophidiidae	42
Ophidiiformes	10314	Ophidiiformes	NA	1
Phycidae	125475	Gadiformes	Phycidae	13
Phycis chesteri	158988	Gadiformes	Phycidae	257
Pleuronectiformes	10331	Pleuronectiformes	NA	1
Rajidae	105711	Rajiformes	Rajidae	180
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	127144	Pleuronectiformes	Pleuronectidae	2
Scyliorhinus retifer	158516	Carcharhiniformes	Scyliorhinidae	2
Sebastinae	154407	Perciformes	Sebastidae	45
Squaliformes	10211	Squaliformes	NA	25
Synaphobranchidae	125436	Anguilliformes	Synaphobranchidae	1693
Teleostei	293496	NA	NA	467
Trachichthyidae	125459	Trachichthyiformes	Trachichthyidae	4
Urophycis	125774	Gadiformes	Phycidae	18
Zoarcidae	125575	Perciformes	Zoarcidae	352