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NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP)

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Ocean Exploration Trust, Nautilus, June 2016

  • Dataset ID: OET_NA072
  • Database Version: 20260416-1
  • Data Provider: NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center
  • Data Contact: Yoklavich, Mary:

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

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

  • Minimum Latitude: 41.13758
  • Maximum Latitude: 42.04717
  • Minimum Longitude: -125.01803
  • Maximum Longitude: -124.88924

Overview

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

  • Number of records: 2,108
  • Number of coral records: 1,983
  • Number of sponge records: 125
  • Records with images: 0
  • Record type(s): video observation
  • Minimum depth (meters): 729
  • Maximum depth (meters): 2,184
  • Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
  • Time frame: 2016 to 2016

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 Ocean Exploration Trust, Nautilus, June 2016 and was provided by Yoklavich, Mary: . 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, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz records collected by ROV conducted from 2016-2016 in the California Current. Further information can be found at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064517300966

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064517300966

Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center. Observation date range: 2016 to 2016. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Embley, Robert | Raineault, Nicole. DSCRTP Dataset ID: OET_NA072. 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
NA072 - Seeps and Ecosystems of the Cascadia Margin Nautilus E/V Hercules ROV ROV video observation

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 1,983

Taxon rank Percent of all
coral records
order 9 %
family 15 %
genus 24 %
species 51 %
NA 1 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 125

Taxon rank Percent of all
sponge records
phylum 29 %
genus 55 %
species 16 %

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
Anthoptilum grandiflorum 128504 Scleralcyonacea Anthoptilidae 7
Antipatharia 22549 Antipatharia NA 182
Bathypathes 103304 Antipatharia Schizopathidae 9
Callistephanus 1473059 Malacalcyonacea Gorgoniidae 146
Callistephanus pacificus 1567760 Malacalcyonacea Gorgoniidae 496
Funiculina 128490 Scleralcyonacea Funiculinidae 2
Heteropolypus ritteri 724715 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 501
Isidella 125305 Scleralcyonacea Keratoisididae 132
Keratoisididae 1544106 Scleralcyonacea Keratoisididae 297
Keratoisis 125306 Scleralcyonacea Keratoisididae 2
Lillipathes 267553 Antipatharia Schizopathidae 2
Paragorgia 125326 Scleralcyonacea Coralliidae 182
Pennatuloidea 1609360 Scleralcyonacea NA 24
Umbellula lindahli 128531 Scleralcyonacea Umbellulidae 1

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 2
Asbestopluma 131893 Poecilosclerida Cladorhizidae 68
Farrea occa 134391 Sceptrulophora Farreidae 18
Poecillastra 132016 Tetractinellida Vulcanellidae 1
Porifera 558 NA NA 36

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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