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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pisces, April 2010

Dataset ID: NOAA_PC-10-02
Database Version: 20260416-1
Data Provider: NOAA, Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary
Data Contact: Sedberry, George: george.sedberry@noaa.gov

Locator Map

Geographic Range

Ocean: North Atlantic
Fishery Management Council Region(s): South Atlantic
Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf
Marine Ecoregion(s): Carolinian

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 32.04503
Maximum Latitude: 32.79041
Minimum Longitude: -79.01819
Maximum Longitude: -78.06271

Overview

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

Number of records: 773
Number of coral records: 158
Number of sponge records: 615
Records with images: 773
Record type(s): video and still images
Minimum depth (meters): 165
Maximum depth (meters): 408
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2010 to 2010

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data was acquired for the National Database from the research cruise National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pisces, April 2010 and was provided by Sedberry, George: george.sedberry@noaa.gov. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes. This is a collection of NOAA, Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary records collected by ROV conducted from 2010-2010 in the Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf. Further information can be found at: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/missions/2010coral_east/mission_summary.html

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
Link: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/missions/2010coral_east/mission_summary.html

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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary. Observation date range: 2010 to 2010. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Sedberry, George. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_PC-10-02. Database version: 20260416-1.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
PC10-02. Iceberg Scours on the Continental Slope of the Southeast U.S.: Habitat for Deep-Sea Corals and Associated Fishes.	Pisces R/V	Phantom DS4 ROV	ROV	video and still images

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 158

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
order	1 %
family	1 %
genus	63 %
species	34 %
NA	1 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 615

Taxon rank	Percent of all sponge records
class	27 %
subclass	0 %
order	8 %
family	3 %
genus	59 %
species	3 %

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
Antipatharia	22549	Antipatharia	NA	1
Antipathes	103302	Antipatharia	Antipathidae	2
Desmophyllum pertusum	1245747	Scleractinia	Caryophylliidae	22
Diodogorgia nodulifera	288872	Scleralcyonacea	Spongiodermidae	1
Ellisella	125298	Scleralcyonacea	Ellisellidae	3
Ellisella elongata	520722	Scleralcyonacea	Ellisellidae	16
Nidalia occidentalis	290487	Malacalcyonacea	Nidaliidae	1
Pennatuloidea	1609360	Scleralcyonacea	NA	2
Plumarella	177839	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	93
Primnoidae	125278	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	1
Scleractinia	1363	Scleractinia	NA	1
Tanacetipathes	267888	Antipatharia	Myriopathidae	1
Tanacetipathes barbadensis	291173	Antipatharia	Myriopathidae	2
Titanideum frauenfeldii	291226	Scleralcyonacea	Spongiodermidae	1
Virgularia presbytes	286712	Scleralcyonacea	Virgulariidae	11

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Aiolochroia crassa	169632	Verongiida	Aplysinidae	7
Aphrocallistes beatrix	134380	Sceptrulophora	Aphrocallistidae	2
Axinellidae	131629	Axinellida	Axinellidae	1
Azoricidae	171053	Tetractinellida	Azoricidae	1
Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata	166205	Haplosclerida	Callyspongiidae	3
Chondrilla	132021	Chondrillida	Chondrillidae	1
Chondrosia	132022	Chondrosiida	Chondrosiidae	2
Cinachyra	132092	Tetractinellida	Tetillidae	1
Cliona	132026	Clionaida	Clionaidae	5
Corallistes	132080	Tetractinellida	Corallistidae	23
Corallistidae	131679	Tetractinellida	Corallistidae	2
Demospongiae	164811	NA	NA	4
Dictyoceratida	131595	Dictyoceratida	NA	18
Erylus	132004	Tetractinellida	Geodiidae	2
Farrea	132107	Sceptrulophora	Farreidae	81
Geodia	132005	Tetractinellida	Geodiidae	44
Halisarca	131822	Chondrillida	Halisarcidae	24
Haplosclerida	131598	Haplosclerida	NA	21
Heteroscleromorpha	607950	NA	NA	2
Hexactinella	132110	Sceptrulophora	Tretodictyidae	1
Hexactinellida	22612	NA	NA	163
Holopsamma	167829	Poecilosclerida	Microcionidae	5
Hymedesmia	131950	Poecilosclerida	Hymedesmiidae	16
Ircinia	131751	Dictyoceratida	Irciniidae	19
Ircinia campana	165009	Dictyoceratida	Irciniidae	4
Leiodermatium	132086	Tetractinellida	Azoricidae	92
Oceanapia	131852	Haplosclerida	Phloeodictyidae	1
Pachastrellidae	131665	Tetractinellida	Pachastrellidae	10
Plakortis	131983	Homosclerophorida	Plakinidae	5
Poecilosclerida	131599	Poecilosclerida	NA	1
Pseudoceratina	169698	Verongiida	Pseudoceratinidae	17
Raspailiidae	131642	Axinellida	Raspailiidae	6
Scopalina	131797	Scopalinida	Scopalinidae	2
Tetractinellida	597812	Tetractinellida	NA	9
Zyzzya	167451	Poecilosclerida	Acarnidae	20

Fish Taxa Observed

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

## No fish records in this data set.