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National Undersea Research Center

Dataset ID: NURC
Database Version: 20251001-0
Data Provider: National Undersea Research Center, University of Connecticut
Data Contact: Auster, Peter: peter.auster@uconn.edu

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Geographic Range

Ocean: North Atlantic
Fishery Management Council Region(s): New England
Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf
Marine Ecoregion(s): Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy, Virginian

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 40.02067
Maximum Latitude: 43.94792
Minimum Longitude: -69.05283
Maximum Longitude: -66.40183

Overview

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

Number of records: 17
Number of coral records: 17
Number of sponge records: 0
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): video observation
Minimum depth (meters): 143
Maximum depth (meters): 688
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 1991 to 2003

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data were acquired from the University of Connecticut’s Northeast Underwater Research, Technology and Education Center (formerly National Undersea Research Center (NURC)) and was provided by Dr. Peter Auster: peter.auster@uconn.edu. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes. These are video records of octocorals observed during ROV and submersible dives in the Gulf of Maine and Northeast U.S. Canyons. Further information can be found at: https://www.nurtec.uconn.edu/technology/

Collection methodogy details:

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Link: https://www.nurtec.uconn.edu/technology/

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Data Set Level Citation

National Undersea Research Center, University of Connecticut. Observation date range: 1991 to 2003. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). DSCRTP Dataset ID: NURC. Database version: 20251001-0.

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Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 17

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
genus	29 %
species	71 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 0

## No sponge records in this data set.

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
Paragorgia arborea	125418	Scleralcyonacea	Coralliidae	4
Paramuricea	125311	Malacalcyonacea	Acanthogorgiidae	5
Pennatula aculeata	128515	Scleralcyonacea	Pennatulidae	2
Primnoa resedaeformis	125411	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	6

Sponge Taxa Observed

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## No sponge records in this data set.

Fish Taxa Observed

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

## No fish records in this data set.