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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Fishery Resource Analysis and Monitoring Division Observations

Dataset ID: NOAA_NWFSC_FRAM
Database Version: 20251001-0
Data Provider: NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Data Contact: Everett, Meredith: meredith.everett@noaa.gov

Locator Map

Geographic Range

Ocean: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council Region(s): Pacific
Large Marine Ecosystem(s): California Current, Gulf of Alaska
Marine Ecoregion(s): Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Vancouver Coast and Shelf

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 34.56492
Maximum Latitude: 47.96666
Minimum Longitude: -125.65417
Maximum Longitude: -120.91284

Overview

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

Number of records: 382
Number of coral records: 382
Number of sponge records: 0
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): specimen
Minimum depth (meters): 30
Maximum depth (meters): 600
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 18
Time frame: 2007 to 2009

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data represent records of octocorals collected by NOAA’s West Coast Groundfish Observer Program and identified through genetic sequence data by the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, and morphological identification of voucher specimens by taxonomists. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes. Further information on the West Coast Groundfish Observer Program can be found at: https://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/research/divisions/fram/observation/pdf/Groundfish_Mortality_2016.pdf; Genetic techniques are reported in: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0165279

Collection methodogy details:

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Link: https://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/research/divisions/fram/observation/index.cfm

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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Observation date range: 2007 to 2009. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: McVeigh, Jon. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_NWFSC_FRAM. Database version: 20251001-0.

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Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 382

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
genus	57 %
species	43 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 0

## No sponge records in this data set.

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
Acanthoptilum gracile	289324	Scleralcyonacea	Virgulariidae	40
Anthoptilum grandiflorum	128504	Scleralcyonacea	Anthoptilidae	106
Balticina	146534	Scleralcyonacea	Balticinidae	192
Funiculina quadrangularis	128506	Scleralcyonacea	Funiculinidae	2
Pennatula phosphorea	128517	Scleralcyonacea	Pennatulidae	4
Ptilosarcus gurneyi	290947	Scleralcyonacea	Pennatulidae	10
Stachyptilum superbum	291109	Scleralcyonacea	Stachyptilidae	2
Umbellula	1757986	Scleralcyonacea	Umbellulidae	26

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

## No sponge records in this data set.

Fish Taxa Observed

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

## No fish records in this data set.