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NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP)

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Henry B. Bigelow, June, 2019

Locator Map

Geographic Range

  • Ocean: North Atlantic
  • Fishery Management Council Region(s): New England
  • Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf
  • Marine Ecoregion(s): Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

  • Minimum Latitude: 40.49146
  • Maximum Latitude: 44.10996
  • Minimum Longitude: -67.80936
  • Maximum Longitude: -66.38638

Overview

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

  • Number of records: 11,950
  • Number of coral records: 4,267
  • Number of sponge records: 7,683
  • Records with images: 11950
  • Record type(s): still image
  • Minimum depth (meters): 146
  • Maximum depth (meters): 1,368
  • Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
  • Time frame: 2019 to 2019

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data represent selected records of deepwater corals and sponges observed in the Gulf of Maine, USA, contributed by the NOAA, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, from observations aboard the R/V Henry B. Bigelow in June of 2019. The observations were from still images aquired with the sampling vehicle, ROPOS. The localities explored include the Western Jordan Basin, Outer Schoodic Ridge, Transboundary in Jordan Basin and Powell-Munson Intercanyon. The principle investigator was Nizinski, Martha. For more information on the related NOAA Exploration mission.https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1905/welcome.html.

Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Northeast Fisheries Science Center. Observation date range: 2019 to 2019. 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-19-03. 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
HB1903 Henry B. Bigelow R/V ROPOS ROV still image

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 4,267

Taxon rank Percent of all
coral records
class 0 %
order 2 %
family 7 %
subfamily 8 %
genus 54 %
species 29 %
NA 0 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 7,683

Taxon rank Percent of all
sponge records
phylum 70 %
class 11 %
order 0 %
family 19 %
genus 0 %
species 1 %

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 18
Acanthogorgia 125293 Malacalcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae 71
Anthomastinae 1510270 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 345
Anthoptilum 128489 Scleralcyonacea Anthoptilidae 1
Anthothela 125324 Malacalcyonacea Alcyoniidae 63
Antipatharia 22549 Antipatharia NA 6
Balticina 146534 Scleralcyonacea Balticinidae 24
Bathypathes 103304 Antipatharia Schizopathidae 6
Candidella imbricata 125406 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 1
Chrysogorgia 125294 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 1
Clavularia 125286 Malacalcyonacea Clavulariidae 34
Desmophyllum dianthus 135159 Scleractinia Caryophylliidae 507
Desmophyllum pertusum 1245747 Scleractinia Caryophylliidae 20
Funiculina 128490 Scleralcyonacea Funiculinidae 3
Keratoisididae 1544106 Scleralcyonacea Keratoisididae 284
Kophobelemnon 128492 Scleralcyonacea Kophobelemnidae 1
Lateothela 1045585 Malacalcyonacea Alcyoniidae 5
Leiopathes 103305 Antipatharia Leiopathidae 6
Malacalcyonacea 1609357 Malacalcyonacea NA 4
Nephtheidae 146762 Malacalcyonacea Nephtheidae 1
Octocorallia 1341 NA NA 2
Paragorgia 125326 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 41
Paramuricea 125311 Malacalcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae 1178
Parantipathes 103306 Antipatharia Schizopathidae 163
Pennatula 128495 Scleralcyonacea Pennatulidae 664
Pennatuloidea 1609360 Scleralcyonacea NA 2
Primnoa resedaeformis 125411 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 505
Protoptilum 128498 Scleralcyonacea Protoptilidae 29
Radicipes 125297 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 1
Scleractinia 1363 Scleractinia NA 85
Solenosmilia variabilis 135168 Scleractinia Caryophylliidae 188
Stauropathes 267854 Antipatharia Schizopathidae 3
Swiftia 125314 Malacalcyonacea Plexauridae 1
Telopathes 740050 Antipatharia Schizopathidae 2
Thouarella 125323 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 2

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName AphiaID Order Family Records
Asconema foliatum 172017 Lyssacinosida Rossellidae 40
Calcarea 559 NA NA 1
Demospongiae 164811 NA NA 17
Hexactinellida 22612 NA NA 809
Homoscleromorpha 131587 NA NA 1
Polymastia 132046 Polymastiida Polymastiidae 1
Polymastiidae 131673 Polymastiida Polymastiidae 1436
Porifera 558 NA NA 5376
Suberitida 845509 Suberitida NA 1
Vazella pourtalesii 172121 Lyssacinosida Rossellidae 1

Fish Taxa Observed

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## No fish records in this data set.

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