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NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP)

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Roger Revelle, September 2004

  • Dataset ID: NOAA_RR-04-07
  • Database Version: 20260416-1
  • Data Provider: NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
  • Data Contact: Stone, Robert:

Locator Map

Geographic Range

  • Ocean: North Pacific
  • Fishery Management Council Region(s): North Pacific
  • Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Aleutian Islands
  • Marine Ecoregion(s): Aleutian Islands

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

  • Minimum Latitude: 51.33037
  • Maximum Latitude: 51.90506
  • Minimum Longitude: -179.5863
  • Maximum Longitude: -173.78106

Overview

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

  • Number of records: 15,094
  • Number of coral records: 10,139
  • Number of sponge records: 4,955
  • Records with images: 0
  • Record type(s): video observation
  • Minimum depth (meters): 481
  • Maximum depth (meters): 2,875
  • Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
  • Time frame: 2004 to 2004

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, Roger Revelle, September 2004 and was provided by Stone, Robert: . 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, Alaska Fisheries Science Center records collected by ROV conducted from 2004-2004 in the Aleutian Islands. Further information can be found at: https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pp16.pdf

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
Link: https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pp16.pdf

Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center. Observation date range: 2004 to 2004. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Stone, Robert G.. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_RR-04-07. 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
JSII_Aleutian2004 Roger Revelle R/V Jason II ROV ROV video observation
KRUS03RR; JSII_Aleutian2004 Roger Revelle R/V Jason II ROV ROV video observation

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 10,139

Taxon rank Percent of all
coral records
class 33 %
order 8 %
family 10 %
genus 23 %
species 18 %
variety 0 %
NA 7 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 4,955

Taxon rank Percent of all
sponge records
class 90 %
genus 2 %
species 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
Acanthogorgia 125293 Malacalcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae 78
Antipatharia 22549 Antipatharia NA 83
Arthrogorgia 267238 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 336
Balticina 146534 Scleralcyonacea Balticinidae 17
Calcigorgia beringi 520678 Malacalcyonacea Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis 44
Callogorgia 125317 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 76
Chrysogorgiidae 125273 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 1
Crypthelia trophostega 285799 Anthoathecata Stylasteridae 4
Dendrobathypathes boutillieri 289787 Antipatharia Schizopathidae 14
Distichopora borealis 288320 Anthoathecata Stylasteridae 32
Heteropolypus 345446 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 415
Isidella tentaculum 582522 Scleralcyonacea Keratoisididae 4
Keratoisididae 1544106 Scleralcyonacea Keratoisididae 75
Keratoisis 125306 Scleralcyonacea Keratoisididae 94
Malacalcyonacea 1609357 Malacalcyonacea NA 41
Muriceides 125310 Malacalcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae 13
Muriceides nigra 286365 Malacalcyonacea Acanthogorgiidae 5
Nephtheidae 146762 Malacalcyonacea Nephtheidae 2
Octocorallia 1341 NA NA 3350
Paragorgia 125326 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 273
Paragorgia arborea var. pacifica 1647393 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 8
Parantipathes 103306 Antipatharia Schizopathidae 52
Pennatuloidea 1609360 Scleralcyonacea NA 752
Plumarella 177839 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 746
Plumarella aleutiana 574236 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 3
Plumarella profunda 574234 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 102
Radicipes stonei 1034980 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 1578
Radicipes verrilli 286163 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 1
Scleractinia 1363 Scleractinia NA 736
Stylaster 117246 Anthoathecata Stylasteridae 3
Stylasteridae 22805 Anthoathecata Stylasteridae 954
Swiftia 125314 Malacalcyonacea Plexauridae 239
Thouarella 125323 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 1
Trissopathes pseudotristicha 291243 Antipatharia Cladopathidae 7

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName AphiaID Order Family Records
Abyssocladia flagrum 864174 Poecilosclerida Cladorhizidae 1
Asbestopluma 131893 Poecilosclerida Cladorhizidae 12
Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) ramosa 133181 Poecilosclerida Cladorhizidae 36
Axoniderma corona 1466524 Poecilosclerida Cladorhizidae 18
Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) concrescens 168213 Poecilosclerida Cladorhizidae 114
Cladorhiza bathycrinoides 133190 Poecilosclerida Cladorhizidae 8
Demospongiae 164811 NA NA 387
Euchelipluma elongata 233109 Poecilosclerida Cladorhizidae 188
Farrea 132107 Sceptrulophora Farreidae 104
Hexactinellida 22612 NA NA 4082
Pinulasma fistulosum 723376 Sceptrulophora Euretidae 5

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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