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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pisces, July, 2013

Dataset ID: NOAA_PC-13-03
Database Version: 20260416-1
Data Provider: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Data Contact: Reed, John: jreed12@fau.edu

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: 29.94568
Maximum Latitude: 34.46402
Minimum Longitude: -80.28432
Maximum Longitude: -75.89418

Overview

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

Number of records: 1,817
Number of coral records: 799
Number of sponge records: 1,018
Records with images: 1817
Record type(s): still image | video observation
Minimum depth (meters): 44
Maximum depth (meters): 168
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 351
Time frame: 2013 to 2013

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, July 2013. The surveys were to designed to survey marine protected areas (MPAs) within the subtropical North Atlantic off the east coast of Florida. 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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Link: https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/16447

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Data Set Level Citation

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. Observation date range: 2013 to 2013. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Harter, Stacey: stacey.harter@noaa.gov. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_PC-13-03. Database version: 20260416-1.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
PC-13-03	Pisces R/V	Super Phantom ROV	ROV	still image \| video observation

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 799

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
class	11 %
order	16 %
family	13 %
genus	25 %
species	36 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 1,018

Taxon rank	Percent of all sponge records
phylum	0 %
class	54 %
subclass	2 %
order	3 %
family	21 %
genus	15 %
species	5 %

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
Anthomastus	125285	Scleralcyonacea	Coralliidae	1
Antipatharia	22549	Antipatharia	NA	103
Antipathes atlantica	283882	Antipatharia	Antipathidae	1
Bebryce	125308	Malacalcyonacea	Acanthogorgiidae	1
Chironephthya caribaea	418846	Malacalcyonacea	Siphonogorgiidae	2
Clavulariidae	125270	Malacalcyonacea	Clavulariidae	45
Diodogorgia	206386	Scleralcyonacea	Spongiodermidae	108
Ellisella	125298	Scleralcyonacea	Ellisellidae	32
Ellisellidae	125274	Scleralcyonacea	Ellisellidae	37
Iciligorgia schrammi	290178	Malacalcyonacea	Melithaeidae	1
Leptogorgia	125302	Malacalcyonacea	Gorgoniidae	12
Madrepora oculata	135209	Scleractinia	Madreporidae	4
Malacalcyonacea	1609357	Malacalcyonacea	NA	6
Muricea	177745	Malacalcyonacea	Plexauridae	17
Nicella	125299	Scleralcyonacea	Ellisellidae	27
Octocorallia	1341	NA	NA	86
Oculina varicosa	287102	Scleractinia	Oculinidae	16
Phyllangia americana	346430	Scleractinia	Caryophylliidae	3
Plexauridae	125277	Malacalcyonacea	Plexauridae	15
Primnoidae	125278	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	2
Scleractinia	1363	Scleractinia	NA	16
Stichopathes luetkeni	1287835	Antipatharia	Antipathidae	191
Stylasteridae	22805	Anthoathecata	Stylasteridae	1
Swiftia exserta	286416	Malacalcyonacea	Plexauridae	2
Tanacetipathes hirta	291175	Antipatharia	Myriopathidae	65
Titanideum frauenfeldii	291226	Scleralcyonacea	Spongiodermidae	5

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Agelas	131771	Agelasida	Agelasidae	12
Aiolochroia crassa	169632	Verongiida	Aplysinidae	20
Aplysina	131975	Verongiida	Aplysinidae	3
Callyspongia	131825	Haplosclerida	Callyspongiidae	1
Chondrilla	132021	Chondrillida	Chondrillidae	10
Chondrosia	132022	Chondrosiida	Chondrosiidae	9
Clathria	131868	Poecilosclerida	Microcionidae	8
Cliona	132026	Clionaida	Clionaidae	1
Demospongiae	164811	NA	NA	546
Dictyoceratida	131595	Dictyoceratida	NA	2
Geodia	132005	Tetractinellida	Geodiidae	2
Halisarca	131822	Chondrillida	Halisarcidae	8
Haplosclerida	131598	Haplosclerida	NA	3
Heteroscleromorpha	607950	NA	NA	17
Ircinia	131751	Dictyoceratida	Irciniidae	72
Ircinia campana	165009	Dictyoceratida	Irciniidae	22
Ircinia strobilina	165051	Dictyoceratida	Irciniidae	7
Leiodermatium	132086	Tetractinellida	Azoricidae	22
Niphates	166770	Haplosclerida	Niphatidae	2
Poecilosclerida	131599	Poecilosclerida	NA	19
Porifera	558	NA	NA	2
Scopalina	131797	Scopalinida	Scopalinidae	2
Siphonodictyon coralliphagum	178378	Haplosclerida	Phloeodictyidae	1
Spirastrellidae	131674	Clionaida	Spirastrellidae	217
Tetillidae	131683	Tetractinellida	Tetillidae	1
Tetractinellida	597812	Tetractinellida	NA	4
Theonella	171248	Tetractinellida	Theonellidae	1
Zyzzya	167451	Poecilosclerida	Acarnidae	4

Fish Taxa Observed

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## No fish records in this data set.