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NOAA_SH-18-12_AUV | Bell M. Shimada R/V | SH-18-12 | AUV | 2018

  • Dataset ID: NOAA_SH-18-12_AUV
  • Database Version: 20260416-1
  • Data Provider: NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
  • Data Contact: Clarke, Elizabeth |

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: 32.825
  • Maximum Latitude: 44.68016
  • Minimum Longitude: -124.94152
  • Maximum Longitude: -119.36989

Overview

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

  • Number of records: 122,076
  • Number of coral records: 35,422
  • Number of sponge records: 70,996
  • Records with images: 0
  • Record type(s): still image
  • Minimum depth (meters): 61
  • Maximum depth (meters): 675
  • Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
  • Time frame: 2018 to 2018

Data Set Description: This biological occurence dataset was provided by NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center to NOAA’s Deep-sea Coral Research and Technology Program. Observations were from the vessel(s), Bell M. Shimada R/V, using the platform(s): Seabed AUV Popoki Eiwa. Observation dates range from 2018-10-12 to 2018-11-07. Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) explored include: Oregon, Washington, Vancouver Coast and Shelf; Northern California; Southern California Bight. Localities explored include: Daisy Bank, Oregon, USA; Heceta Bank, Oregon, USA; Coquille Bank, Oregon, USA; Brush Patch, Oregon, USA; Delgado Canyon Ridge, California, USA; Point Arena South Modification Area 2, California, USA; Point Arena South Modification Area 1, California, USA; MBNMS La Cruz Canyon, California, USA; MBNMS Piedras Blancas, California, USA; East of Santa Lucia Bank, California, USA; East Santa Lucia Bank EFH Conservation Area, California, USA; West Santa Lucia Bank, California, USA; Northwest flank of Cherry Bank, California, USA; Southeast top of Cherry Bank, California, USA. 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: Clarke, Elizabeth | or Clarke, Elizabeth for specific questions about this dataset. Link(s) for more information: NA

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Observation date range: 2018 to 2018. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Clarke, Elizabeth. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_SH-18-12_AUV. 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
SH-18-12 Bell M. Shimada R/V Seabed AUV Popoki Eiwa AUV still image

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 35,422

Taxon rank Percent of all
coral records
order 50 %
family 2 %
genus 13 %
species 32 %
NA 3 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 70,996

Taxon rank Percent of all
sponge records
phylum 72 %
class 8 %
order 10 %
genus 5 %
subgenus 1 %
species 4 %

Fishes

Number of fish records: 15,658

Taxon rank Percent of all
fish records
order 2 %
suborder 1 %
family 6 %
genus 41 %
subgenus 12 %
species 38 %
NA 1 %

Coral Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName AphiaID Order Family Records
Adelogorgia phyllosclera 289357 Malacalcyonacea Gorgoniidae 1
Anthoptilum grandiflorum 128504 Scleralcyonacea Anthoptilidae 28
Balticina 146534 Scleralcyonacea Balticinidae 11
Callistephanus 1473059 Malacalcyonacea Gorgoniidae 3859
Callistephanus pacificus 1567760 Malacalcyonacea Gorgoniidae 9966
Clavularia 125286 Malacalcyonacea Clavulariidae 178
Eugorgia rubens 289935 Malacalcyonacea Gorgoniidae 1
Funiculina 128490 Scleralcyonacea Funiculinidae 6
Gersemia juliepackardae 944595 Malacalcyonacea Alcyoniidae 4
Heteropolypus ritteri 724715 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 1115
Paragorgia 125326 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 200
Pennatula phosphorea 128517 Scleralcyonacea Pennatulidae 360
Pennatulidae 128484 Scleralcyonacea Pennatulidae 223
Pennatuloidea 1609360 Scleralcyonacea NA 927
Plexauridae 125277 Malacalcyonacea Plexauridae 474
Plumarella 177839 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 233
Scleractinia 1363 Scleractinia NA 17763
Umbellula 1757986 Scleralcyonacea Umbellulidae 73

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 24
Acanthascus (Staurocalyptus) 171991 Lyssacinosida Rossellidae 50
Aphrocallistes vastus 171632 Sceptrulophora Aphrocallistidae 153
Asbestopluma 131893 Poecilosclerida Cladorhizidae 358
Crella (Yvesia) 169071 Poecilosclerida Crellidae 319
Demospongiae 164811 NA NA 5572
Desmacella 131898 Desmacellida Desmacellidae 7
Farrea 132107 Sceptrulophora Farreidae 115
Heterochone 171634 Sceptrulophora Aphrocallistidae 1545
Hexactinellida 22612 NA NA 80
Iophon koltuni 1338205 Poecilosclerida Acarnidae 70
Latrunculia (Latrunculia) 231637 Poecilosclerida Latrunculiidae 20
Lyssacinosida 171834 Lyssacinosida NA 7440
Mycale (Mycale) loveni 168642 Poecilosclerida Mycalidae 2281
Poecillastra tenuilaminaris 170268 Tetractinellida Vulcanellidae 387
Polymastia 132046 Polymastiida Polymastiidae 3
Porifera 558 NA NA 51076
Rhizaxinella gadus 170824 Suberitida Suberitidae 3
Thenea 132019 Tetractinellida Theneidae 1493

Fish Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName AphiaID Order Family Records
Actinopterygii 10194 NA NA 182
Agonidae 125588 Perciformes Agonidae 302
Anarrhichthys ocellatus 279605 Perciformes Anarhichadidae 1
Anoplopoma fimbria 159463 Perciformes Anoplopomatidae 15
Atheresthes stomias 279792 Pleuronectiformes Pleuronectidae 4
Bathymasteridae 151388 Perciformes Bathymasteridae 180
Bathyraja kincaidii 298828 Rajiformes Arhynchobatidae 5
Beringraja inornata 1461134 Rajiformes Rajidae 2
Beringraja rhina 1461133 Rajiformes Rajidae 36
Caliraja stellulata 1803740 Rajiformes Rajidae 2
Citharichthys 158786 Pleuronectiformes Paralichthyidae 11
Citharichthys sordidus 275694 Pleuronectiformes Paralichthyidae 376
Coryphaenoides acrolepis 272313 Gadiformes Macrouridae 1
Cottidae 125589 Perciformes Cottidae 213
Eopsetta jordani 280690 Pleuronectiformes Pleuronectidae 25
Eptatretus 206895 Myxiniformes Myxinidae 357
Glyptocephalus zachirus 274287 Pleuronectiformes Pleuronectidae 306
Hydrolagus colliei 271406 Chimaeriformes Chimaeridae 19
Icelinus filamentosus 281136 Perciformes Cottidae 22
Liparidae 234519 Perciformes Liparidae 1
Lycenchelys crotalinus 254592 Perciformes Zoarcidae 47
Lycodes cortezianus 274097 Perciformes Zoarcidae 20
Lycodes pacificus 274116 Perciformes Zoarcidae 12
Lyopsetta exilis 281452 Pleuronectiformes Pleuronectidae 1342
Merluccius productus 272458 Gadiformes Merlucciidae 1
Microstomus bathybius 305684 Pleuronectiformes Pleuronectidae 40
Microstomus pacificus 274294 Pleuronectiformes Pleuronectidae 384
Ophiodon elongatus 240745 Perciformes Hexagrammidae 41
Parophrys vetulus 254393 Pleuronectiformes Pleuronectidae 26
Pentanchidae 826579 Carcharhiniformes Pentanchidae 17
Pleuronectidae 125579 Pleuronectiformes Pleuronectidae 66
Pleuronectiformes 10331 Pleuronectiformes NA 350
Porichthys notatus 275658 Batrachoidiformes Batrachoididae 3
Rajidae 105711 Rajiformes Rajidae 1
Rhinogobiops nicholsii 282580 Gobiiformes Gobiidae 207
Scorpaenoidei 154247 Perciformes NA 94
Sebastes 126175 Perciformes Sebastidae 4690
Sebastes (Sebastomus) 991848 Perciformes Sebastidae 1802
Sebastes alutus 254573 Perciformes Sebastidae 10
Sebastes aurora 274774 Perciformes Sebastidae 2
Sebastes babcocki 274775 Perciformes Sebastidae 7
Sebastes caurinus 274780 Perciformes Sebastidae 3
Sebastes chlorostictus 274781 Perciformes Sebastidae 30
Sebastes constellatus 274783 Perciformes Sebastidae 31
Sebastes diploproa 274787 Perciformes Sebastidae 64
Sebastes elongatus 274788 Perciformes Sebastidae 315
Sebastes flavidus 274795 Perciformes Sebastidae 2
Sebastes goodei 274798 Perciformes Sebastidae 21
Sebastes helvomaculatus 274799 Perciformes Sebastidae 124
Sebastes hopkinsi 274800 Perciformes Sebastidae 145
Sebastes jordani 274806 Perciformes Sebastidae 1282
Sebastes melanostomus 274819 Perciformes Sebastidae 37
Sebastes miniatus 274820 Perciformes Sebastidae 4
Sebastes nigrocinctus 274825 Perciformes Sebastidae 1
Sebastes paucispinis 274833 Perciformes Sebastidae 8
Sebastes pinniger 274836 Perciformes Sebastidae 10
Sebastes proriger 274838 Perciformes Sebastidae 6
Sebastes rosaceus 274841 Perciformes Sebastidae 57
Sebastes rosenblatti 274842 Perciformes Sebastidae 1
Sebastes ruberrimus 274844 Perciformes Sebastidae 10
Sebastes rubrivinctus 274845 Perciformes Sebastidae 6
Sebastes rufus 274847 Perciformes Sebastidae 19
Sebastes saxicola 274848 Perciformes Sebastidae 141
Sebastes semicinctus 274851 Perciformes Sebastidae 3
Sebastes wilsoni 274868 Perciformes Sebastidae 529
Sebastes zacentrus 274869 Perciformes Sebastidae 48
Sebastolobus 270859 Perciformes Sebastidae 1220
Sebastolobus alascanus 282740 Perciformes Sebastidae 58
Zalembius rosaceus 283202 Ovalentaria incertae sedis Embiotocidae 7
Zaniolepis 271274 Perciformes Zaniolepididae 70
Zoarcidae 125575 Perciformes Zoarcidae 184

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