NOAA’s National Database for Deep-Sea Corals and Sponges: Data Set Dashboard (Cruise)

NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP)

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Point Sur, August 2011

  • Dataset ID: NOAA_PU-11-08
  • Database Version: 20260416-1
  • Data Provider: NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center
  • Data Contact: Yoklavich, Mary:

Locator Map

Geographic Range

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

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

  • Minimum Latitude: 40.31547
  • Maximum Latitude: 41.94259
  • Minimum Longitude: -124.92058
  • Maximum Longitude: -124.81099

Overview

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

  • Number of records: 14,504
  • Number of coral records: 12,861
  • Number of sponge records: 1,643
  • Records with images: 0
  • Record type(s): still image
  • Minimum depth (meters): 587
  • Maximum depth (meters): 798
  • Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
  • Time frame: 2014 to 2014

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, Point Sur, August 2011 and was provided by Yoklavich, Mary: . 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, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz records collected by towed camera conducted from 2014-2014 in the California Current. Further information can be found at: https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/14309

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
Link: https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/14309

Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center. Observation date range: 2014 to 2014. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Yoklavich, Mary. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_PU-11-08. Database version: 20260416-1.

Note: Individual records within a data set may have additional citations in the ‘Citation’ field.

Expedition Details

SurveyID Vessel VehicleName SamplingEquipment RecordType
Northern California Coral and Sponge Trawl Bycatch Cruise Pt. Sur R/V NMFS AFSC towed camera system towed camera still image

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 12,861

Taxon rank Percent of all
coral records
order 6 %
family 0 %
genus 51 %
species 42 %
variety 0 %
NA 0 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 1,643

Taxon rank Percent of all
sponge records
phylum 70 %
genus 1 %
subgenus 6 %
species 23 %

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 772
Bathypathes 103304 Antipatharia Schizopathidae 1
Callistephanus 1473059 Malacalcyonacea Gorgoniidae 2314
Callistephanus pacificus 1567760 Malacalcyonacea Gorgoniidae 2767
Clavularia 125286 Malacalcyonacea Clavulariidae 57
Funiculina 128490 Scleralcyonacea Funiculinidae 29
Gersemia 146953 Malacalcyonacea Alcyoniidae 1188
Heteropolypus ritteri 724715 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 2366
Isidella 125305 Scleralcyonacea Keratoisididae 18
Keratoisididae 1544106 Scleralcyonacea Keratoisididae 3
Malacalcyonacea 1609357 Malacalcyonacea NA 7
Paragorgia 125326 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 3015
Paragorgia arborea var. pacifica 1647393 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 8
Parastenella ramosa 290684 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 307
Pennatuloidea 1609360 Scleralcyonacea NA 4
Stylasteridae 22805 Anthoathecata Stylasteridae 5

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName AphiaID Order Family Records
Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) 171991 Lyssacinosida Rossellidae 93
Farrea occa 134391 Sceptrulophora Farreidae 296
Heterochone calyx 171636 Sceptrulophora Aphrocallistidae 87
Hexactinella 132110 Sceptrulophora Tretodictyidae 23
Porifera 558 NA NA 1144

Fish Taxa Observed

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

## No fish records in this data set.

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