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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Shearwater, August 2015
- Dataset ID: NOAA_SW-15-08
- Database Version: 20240325-0
- Data Provider: NOAA, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
- Data Contact: Etnoyer, Peter: peter.etnoyer@noaa.gov
Locator Map
Geographic Range
- Ocean: North Pacific
- Fishery Management Council Region(s): Pacific
- Large Marine Ecosystem(s): California Current
- Marine Ecoregion(s): Northern California, Southern California Bight
Bounding box
Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326
- Minimum Latitude: 33.84737
- Maximum Latitude: 33.98038
- Minimum Longitude: -120.00703
- Maximum Longitude: -119.39687
Overview
Note: The numbers below only reflect published records. Additional records may be retained by the Program for further review.
- Number of records: 1,903
- Number of coral records: 1,224
- Number of sponge records: 679
- Records with images: 1903
- Record type(s): video observation
- Minimum depth (meters): 54
- Maximum depth (meters): 449
- Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
- Time frame: 2015 to 2015
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, Shearwater, August 2015 and was provided by Etnoyer, Peter: peter.etnoyer@noaa.gov. 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, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary records collected by ROV conducted from 2015-2015 in the California Current. Further information can be found at: https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/14997
Collection methodogy details:
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Link: https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/14997
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Data Set Level Citation
NOAA, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Observation date range: 2015 to 2015. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Etnoyer, Peter. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_SW-15-08. Database version: 20240325-0.
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Expedition Details
SurveyID | Vessel | VehicleName | SamplingEquipment | RecordType |
---|---|---|---|---|
SW-15-08 | Shearwater R/V | Beagle ROV | ROV | video observation |
Taxonomic Summary
Percent of coral, sponge, and fish records by lowest taxonomic rank.
Corals
Number of coral records: 1,224
Taxon rank | Percent of all coral records |
---|---|
family | 0 % |
genus | 16 % |
species | 78 % |
NA | 6 % |
Sponges
Number of sponge records: 679
Taxon rank | Percent of all sponge records |
---|---|
phylum | 19 % |
class | 30 % |
family | 11 % |
genus | 40 % |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adelogorgia phyllosclera | 289357 | Malacalcyonacea | Gorgoniidae | 508 |
Anthomastus | 125285 | Scleralcyonacea | Coralliidae | 4 |
Antipathes dendrochristos | 283893 | Antipatharia | Antipathidae | 33 |
Balticina | 146534 | Scleralcyonacea | Balticinidae | 95 |
Coenocyathus bowersi | 286780 | Scleractinia | Caryophylliidae | 24 |
Desmophyllum | 135093 | Scleractinia | Caryophylliidae | 1 |
Desmophyllum pertusum | 1245747 | Scleractinia | Caryophylliidae | 7 |
Eugorgia rubens | 289935 | Malacalcyonacea | Gorgoniidae | 376 |
Euplexaura | 204195 | Malacalcyonacea | Euplexauridae | 11 |
Leptogorgia | 125302 | Malacalcyonacea | Gorgoniidae | 38 |
Muricea | 177745 | Malacalcyonacea | Plexauridae | 4 |
Narella | 125319 | Scleralcyonacea | Primnoidae | 1 |
Paragorgia | 125326 | Scleralcyonacea | Coralliidae | 10 |
Pennatuloidea | 1609360 | Scleralcyonacea | NA | 79 |
Plexauridae | 125277 | Malacalcyonacea | Plexauridae | 2 |
Plumarella | 177839 | Scleralcyonacea | Primnoidae | 1 |
Primnoidae | 125278 | Scleralcyonacea | Primnoidae | 2 |
Ptilosarcus gurneyi | 290947 | Scleralcyonacea | Pennatulidae | 3 |
Stylaster | 117246 | Anthoathecata | Stylasteridae | 15 |
Stylatula | 128502 | Scleralcyonacea | Virgulariidae | 5 |
Swiftia | 125314 | Malacalcyonacea | Plexauridae | 5 |
Sponge Taxa Observed
Note: Nothing will appear here if no sponge taxa were observed.
ScientificName | AphiaID | Order | Family | Records |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amphilectus | 131933 | Poecilosclerida | Esperiopsidae | 119 |
Aphrocallistes | 132099 | Sceptrulophora | Aphrocallistidae | 73 |
Demospongiae | 164811 | NA | NA | 200 |
Farrea | 132107 | Sceptrulophora | Farreidae | 1 |
Hexactinellida | 22612 | NA | NA | 1 |
Mycale | 131907 | Poecilosclerida | Mycalidae | 54 |
Poecillastra | 132016 | Tetractinellida | Vulcanellidae | 26 |
Polymastia | 132046 | Polymastiida | Polymastiidae | 1 |
Porifera | 558 | NA | NA | 127 |
Rossellidae | 131694 | Lyssacinosida | Rossellidae | 77 |