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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pisces, August, 2016

Dataset ID: NOAA_PC-16-05
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): South Atlantic
Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf, Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf
Marine Ecoregion(s): Carolinian

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 34.95663
Maximum Latitude: 35.28846
Minimum Longitude: -75.20603
Maximum Longitude: -74.88232

Overview

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

Number of records: 465
Number of coral records: 373
Number of sponge records: 92
Records with images: 465
Record type(s): still image
Minimum depth (meters): 729
Maximum depth (meters): 1,860
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2016 to 2016

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:

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Link: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/16carolina/welcome.html | https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/coris/library/NOAA/DSCRTP/Other/Nizinski2016_Pisces_Cruise_Report.pdf

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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Northeast Fisheries Science Center. Observation date range: 2016 to 2016. 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_PC-16-05. Database version: 20260416-1.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
PC-1605	Pisces R/V	Sentry AUV	AUV	still image

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 373

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
class	89 %
order	2 %
family	2 %
subfamily	0 %
genus	6 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 92

Taxon rank	Percent of all sponge records
phylum	93 %
class	7 %

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
Anthomastinae	1510270	Scleralcyonacea	Coralliidae	1
Antipatharia	22549	Antipatharia	NA	3
Balticina	146534	Scleralcyonacea	Balticinidae	1
Bathypathes	103304	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	1
Desmophyllum	135093	Scleractinia	Caryophylliidae	1
Octocorallia	1341	NA	NA	333
Pennatulidae	128484	Scleralcyonacea	Pennatulidae	2
Scleractinia	1363	Scleractinia	NA	6
Umbellula	1757986	Scleralcyonacea	Umbellulidae	18
Umbellulidae	1758274	Scleralcyonacea	Umbellulidae	7

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Demospongiae	164811	NA	NA	3
Hexactinellida	22612	NA	NA	3
Porifera	558	NA	NA	86

Fish Taxa Observed

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

## No fish records in this data set.