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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pisces, September, 2017

Dataset ID: NOAA_PC-17-04
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
Marine Ecoregion(s): Carolinian, Virginian

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 34.80487
Maximum Latitude: 35.73871
Minimum Longitude: -75.36306
Maximum Longitude: -74.65101

Overview

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

Number of records: 1,364
Number of coral records: 1,276
Number of sponge records: 88
Records with images: 1364
Record type(s): still image
Minimum depth (meters): 911
Maximum depth (meters): 1,985
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2017 to 2017

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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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Northeast Fisheries Science Center. Observation date range: 2017 to 2017. 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 S.. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_PC-17-04. Database version: 20260416-1.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
PC-17-04	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: 1,276

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
order	13 %
family	8 %
subfamily	1 %
genus	77 %
NA	1 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 88

Taxon rank	Percent of all sponge records
phylum	5 %
class	95 %

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
Acanthogorgia	125293	Malacalcyonacea	Acanthogorgiidae	91
Anthomastinae	1510270	Scleralcyonacea	Coralliidae	13
Antipatharia	22549	Antipatharia	NA	2
Bathypathes	103304	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	10
Keratoisididae	1544106	Scleralcyonacea	Keratoisididae	8
Paramuricea	125311	Malacalcyonacea	Acanthogorgiidae	4
Parantipathes	103306	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	2
Pennatulidae	128484	Scleralcyonacea	Pennatulidae	96
Pennatuloidea	1609360	Scleralcyonacea	NA	8
Radicipes	125297	Scleralcyonacea	Chrysogorgiidae	20
Scleractinia	1363	Scleractinia	NA	167
Swiftia	125314	Malacalcyonacea	Plexauridae	1
Umbellula	1757986	Scleralcyonacea	Umbellulidae	854

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Hexactinellida	22612	NA	NA	84
Porifera	558	NA	NA	4

Fish Taxa Observed

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

## No fish records in this data set.