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NOAA_RL-19-05_ROV | Reuben Lasker FSV | RL1905 | ROV | 2019

  • Dataset ID: NOAA_RL-19-05_ROV
  • Database Version: 20260416-1
  • Data Provider: Laidig, Tom
  • Data Contact: Watters, Diana

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, Southern California Bight

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

  • Minimum Latitude: 33.17976
  • Maximum Latitude: 46.56636
  • Minimum Longitude: -124.82636
  • Maximum Longitude: -118.4578

Overview

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

  • Number of records: 11,835
  • Number of coral records: 2,374
  • Number of sponge records: 4,450
  • Records with images: 0
  • Record type(s): video observation
  • Minimum depth (meters): 129
  • Maximum depth (meters): 1,247
  • Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
  • Time frame: 2019 to 2019

Data Set Description: This biological occurence dataset was provided by Laidig, Tom to NOAA’s Deep-sea Coral Research and Technology Program. Observations were from the vessel(s), Reuben Lasker FSV, using the platform(s): Yogi ROV. Observation dates range from 2019-10-09 to 2019-11-05. Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) explored include: Oregon, Washington, Vancouver Coast and Shelf; Northern California; Southern California Bight. Localities explored include: Willapa_Canyon; Daisy_Bank; Sponge_Bycatch; Wind_Farm_North; CBNMS_Deep; CBNMS_South; Cabrillo_Canyon; Carmel_Canyon_West; Sur_Slot_Canyons; Santa_Lucia_Bank; Santa_Cruz_Island_South; Anacapa_South; Catalina_Basin; Wind_Farm_South. Changes to the originally submitted dataset may have been made to conform to the standards of NOAA’s National Database for Deep-sea Corals and Sponges. Please reach out to: Watters, Diana or Clarke, Liz | Laidig, Tom | Caldow, Chris for specific questions about this dataset. Link(s) for more information: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/19express/background/express/express.html | https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/50942/noaa_50942_DS1.pdf; https://doi.org/10.25923/nx2y-2j39 | https://montereybay.noaa.gov/research/techreports/trlaidig2019.html

Data Set Level Citation

Laidig, Tom. Observation date range: 2019 to 2019. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Clarke, Liz | Laidig, Tom | Caldow, Chris. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_RL-19-05_ROV. 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
RL1905 Reuben Lasker FSV Yogi ROV ROV video observation

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 2,374

Taxon rank Percent of all
coral records
order 0 %
family 15 %
genus 11 %
species 24 %
variety 1 %
NA 49 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 4,450

Taxon rank Percent of all
sponge records
phylum 65 %
genus 10 %
subgenus 20 %
species 6 %

Fishes

Number of fish records: 5,011

Taxon rank Percent of all
fish records
order 0 %
family 6 %
genus 43 %
subgenus 2 %
species 49 %
NA 0 %

Coral Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName AphiaID Order Family Records
Acanthogorgia 125293 Malacalcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae 4
Anthoptilum grandiflorum 128504 Scleralcyonacea Anthoptilidae 7
Antipatharia 22549 Antipatharia NA 1
Antipathes dendrochristos 283893 Antipatharia Antipathidae 12
Balticina californica 1392940 Scleralcyonacea Balticinidae 7
Bathypathes 103304 Antipatharia Schizopathidae 7
Calcigorgia japonica 517641 Malacalcyonacea Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis 78
Callistephanus pacificus 1567760 Malacalcyonacea Gorgoniidae 69
Chromoplexaura cordellbankensis 1347589 Malacalcyonacea Gorgoniidae 1
Clavularia 125286 Malacalcyonacea Clavulariidae 40
Desmophyllum dianthus 135159 Scleractinia Caryophylliidae 2
Funiculina 128490 Scleralcyonacea Funiculinidae 13
Gersemia 146953 Malacalcyonacea Alcyoniidae 90
Heteropolypus ritteri 724715 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 173
Isididae 125276 Malacalcyonacea Isididae 4
Narella 125319 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 5
Paragorgia 125326 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 109
Paragorgia arborea var. pacifica 1647393 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 14
Paragorgia stephencairnsi 286608 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 3
Parastenella ramosa 290684 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 18
Pennatulidae 128484 Scleralcyonacea Pennatulidae 254
Pennatuloidea 1609360 Scleralcyonacea NA 1159
Placogorgia 125312 Malacalcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae 1
Plexauridae 125277 Malacalcyonacea Plexauridae 104
Plumarella longispina 287671 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 2
Umbellula lindahli 128531 Scleralcyonacea Umbellulidae 197

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName AphiaID Order Family Records
Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) dawsoni 171980 Lyssacinosida Rossellidae 4
Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) 171991 Lyssacinosida Rossellidae 564
Asbestopluma 131893 Poecilosclerida Cladorhizidae 182
Farrea occa 134391 Sceptrulophora Farreidae 82
Haliclona (Gellius) 131922 Haplosclerida Chalinidae 299
Heterochone calyx 171636 Sceptrulophora Aphrocallistidae 123
Hexactinella 132110 Sceptrulophora Tretodictyidae 7
Hyalonema (Corynonema) populiferum 171425 Amphidiscosida Hyalonematidae 4
Latrunculia (Latrunculia) 231637 Poecilosclerida Latrunculiidae 9
Mycale 131907 Poecilosclerida Mycalidae 82
Poecillastra 132016 Tetractinellida Vulcanellidae 15
Polymastia 132046 Polymastiida Polymastiidae 172
Porifera 558 NA NA 2874
Rhizaxinella gadus 170824 Suberitida Suberitidae 3
Thenea muricata 134106 Tetractinellida Theneidae 30

Fish Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName AphiaID Order Family Records
Agonidae 125588 Perciformes Agonidae 44
Alepocephalus tenebrosus 272849 Alepocephaliformes Alepocephalidae 7
Anarrhichthys ocellatus 279605 Perciformes Anarhichadidae 1
Anoplopoma fimbria 159463 Perciformes Anoplopomatidae 12
Antimora 125763 Gadiformes Moridae 4
Bathyagonus nigripinnis 254505 Perciformes Agonidae 7
Bathyraja interrupta 271515 Rajiformes Arhynchobatidae 1
Bathyraja trachura 271538 Rajiformes Arhynchobatidae 6
Beringraja rhina 1461133 Rajiformes Rajidae 4
Bothrocara brunneum 279397 Perciformes Zoarcidae 2
Caliraja stellulata 1803740 Rajiformes Rajidae 1
Cataetyx rubrirostris 272767 Ophidiiformes Bythitidae 57
Eptatretus 206895 Myxiniformes Myxinidae 159
Facciolella equatorialis 271907 Anguilliformes Nettastomatidae 4
Glyptocephalus zachirus 274287 Pleuronectiformes Pleuronectidae 68
Hydrolagus colliei 271406 Chimaeriformes Chimaeridae 2
Icelinus 269476 Perciformes Cottidae 4
Idiacanthus antrostomus 275151 Stomiiformes Stomiidae 1
Liparidae 234519 Perciformes Liparidae 6
Lycenchelys crotalinus 254592 Perciformes Zoarcidae 119
Lycodes cortezianus 274097 Perciformes Zoarcidae 32
Lycodes diapterus 254597 Perciformes Zoarcidae 52
Lyopsetta exilis 281452 Pleuronectiformes Pleuronectidae 4
Macrouridae 125471 Gadiformes Macrouridae 41
Merluccius productus 272458 Gadiformes Merlucciidae 31
Microstomus bathybius 305684 Pleuronectiformes Pleuronectidae 68
Microstomus pacificus 274294 Pleuronectiformes Pleuronectidae 403
Myctophidae 125498 Myctophiformes Myctophidae 20
Nezumia stelgidolepis 272428 Gadiformes Macrouridae 3
Ophiodon elongatus 240745 Perciformes Hexagrammidae 7
Osteichthyes 152352 NA NA 2
Paricelinus hopliticus 282147 Perciformes Jordaniidae 1
Pleuronectiformes 10331 Pleuronectiformes NA 10
Psychrolutes phrictus 274678 Perciformes Psychrolutidae 1
Raja 105766 Rajiformes Rajidae 2
Rajiformes 10216 Rajiformes NA 1
Scyliorhinidae 105693 Carcharhiniformes Scyliorhinidae 7
Sebastes 126175 Perciformes Sebastidae 7
Sebastes (Sebastosomus) 1043739 Perciformes Sebastidae 90
Sebastes alutus 254573 Perciformes Sebastidae 1
Sebastes aurora 274774 Perciformes Sebastidae 20
Sebastes brevispinis 274778 Perciformes Sebastidae 4
Sebastes chlorostictus 274781 Perciformes Sebastidae 1
Sebastes crameri 274785 Perciformes Sebastidae 21
Sebastes diploproa 274787 Perciformes Sebastidae 158
Sebastes elongatus 274788 Perciformes Sebastidae 3
Sebastes entomelas 274791 Perciformes Sebastidae 2
Sebastes helvomaculatus 274799 Perciformes Sebastidae 228
Sebastes melanostomus 274819 Perciformes Sebastidae 72
Sebastes paucispinis 274833 Perciformes Sebastidae 2
Sebastes phillipsi 274835 Perciformes Sebastidae 4
Sebastes pinniger 274836 Perciformes Sebastidae 17
Sebastes proriger 274838 Perciformes Sebastidae 1
Sebastes ruberrimus 274844 Perciformes Sebastidae 5
Sebastes rubrivinctus 274845 Perciformes Sebastidae 1
Sebastes rufus 274847 Perciformes Sebastidae 7
Sebastes simulator 274854 Perciformes Sebastidae 3
Sebastes wilsoni 274868 Perciformes Sebastidae 73
Sebastes zacentrus 274869 Perciformes Sebastidae 531
Sebastolobus 270859 Perciformes Sebastidae 1998
Sebastolobus alascanus 282740 Perciformes Sebastidae 36
Sebastolobus altivelis 282741 Perciformes Sebastidae 337
Squalus suckleyi 299224 Squaliformes Squalidae 4
Tetronarce californica 845703 Torpediniformes Torpedinidae 1
Xeneretmus leiops 283172 Perciformes Agonidae 1
Zaniolepis frenata 283208 Perciformes Zaniolepididae 4
Zoarcidae 125575 Perciformes Zoarcidae 185

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