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Ocean Exploration Trust, Nautilus, May 2015

Dataset ID: OET_NA058
Database Version: 20260416-1
Data Provider: Pennsylvania State University
Data Contact: Fisher, Charles: fisher@psu.edu

Locator Map

Geographic Range

Ocean: North Atlantic
Fishery Management Council Region(s): Gulf (formerly Gulf of Mexico)
Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Gulf of Mexico
Marine Ecoregion(s): Northern Gulf of Mexico

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 27.7444
Maximum Latitude: 27.74684
Minimum Longitude: -91.22442
Maximum Longitude: -91.22324

Overview

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

Number of records: 30
Number of coral records: 30
Number of sponge records: 0
Records with images: 30
Record type(s): still image | specimen
Minimum depth (meters): 505
Maximum depth (meters): 528
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 represent selected observations of deep-sea corals collected by ROV during an May 2015 research cruise aboard the E/V Nautilus in the Gulf of Mexico. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes. Further information can be found at: https://nautiluslive.org/cruise/na058

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320717320116

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Data Set Level Citation

Pennsylvania State University. 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: Cordes, Erik. DSCRTP Dataset ID: OET_NA058. Database version: 20260416-1.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
NA058	Nautilus E/V	Hercules ROV	ROV	still image \| specimen

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 30

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
genus	3 %
species	97 %

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
Callogorgia delta	832293	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	29
Swiftia	125314	Malacalcyonacea	Plexauridae	1

Sponge Taxa Observed

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## No sponge records in this data set.

Fish Taxa Observed

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## No fish records in this data set.