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NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research | University of Hawaii | Nautilus E/V | NA137 | ROV | Observation Dates: 2022-03-20 to 2022-03-31

Dataset ID: OET_NA137
Database Version: 20260416-1
Data Provider: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research | University of Hawaii
Data Contact: Bingo, Sarah | sarahr6@hawaii.edu

Locator Map

Geographic Range

Ocean: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council Region(s): Western Pacific
Large Marine Ecosystem(s):
Marine Ecoregion(s):

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 5.22358
Maximum Latitude: 8.24209
Minimum Longitude: -163.32522
Maximum Longitude: -162.30502

Overview

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

Number of records: 3,898
Number of coral records: 2,985
Number of sponge records: 453
Records with images: 497
Record type(s): video observation, still image
Minimum depth (meters): 672
Maximum depth (meters): 3,766
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2022 to 2022

Data Set Description: NOTE: This abstract is autogenerated. NA’s indicate null data within the underlying database. This biological occurence dataset was provided by NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research | University of Hawaii to NOAA’s Deep-sea Coral Research and Technology Program. Observations were from the vessel(s), E/V Nautilus using ROV Hercules. Observation dates range from 2022-03-20 to 2022-03-31 . Localities explored include: Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll Unit of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument | Kingman Reef Hummocks; Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll Unit of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument | Southwest Palmyra Atoll Deep; Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll Unit of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument | Unnamed Seamount South of Palmyra; Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll Unit of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument | Kingman Reef Notch; Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll Unit of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument | Unnamed Seamount North of Kingman Reef; Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll Unit of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument | Seamount C; Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll Unit of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument | Seamount_D . 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: Bingo, Sarah | sarahr6@hawaii.edu for specific questions about this dataset. Link(s) for more information: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/DARC/ | https://nautiluslive.org/cruise/na137. Data attribution statement: This research used data collected by the Ocean Exploration Trust expedition NA137 aboard E/V Nautilus, which was supported by NOAA Ocean Exploration via the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute under award NA19OAR4320072, and executed under permit 12543-22002 authorized by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Special thanks to the captain and crew of E/V Nautilus, the Nautilus Corps of Exploration, and all that supported the expedition from shore. Taxonomic identifications provided by the Deep-sea Animal Research Center at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
Link: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/DARC/ | https://nautiluslive.org/cruise/na137

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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research | University of Hawaii. Observation date range: 2022 to 2022. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Auscavitch, Steve | Kelley, Katie | Soule, Adam. DSCRTP Dataset ID: OET_NA137. Database version: 20260416-1.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
NA137	Nautilus E/V	Hercules ROV	ROV	video observation, still image

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 2,985

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
order	5 %
family	31 %
subfamily	2 %
genus	42 %
species	18 %
NA	3 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 453

Taxon rank	Percent of all sponge records
phylum	3 %
class	11 %
order	0 %
family	12 %
subfamily	4 %
genus	55 %
subgenus	6 %
species	9 %

Fishes

Number of fish records: 460

Taxon rank	Percent of all fish records
order	1 %
family	32 %
subfamily	1 %
genus	31 %
species	28 %
NA	8 %

Coral Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Acanella weberi	286307	Scleralcyonacea	Keratoisididae	2
Acanthogorgia	125293	Malacalcyonacea	Acanthogorgiidae	5
Acanthogorgiidae	125272	Malacalcyonacea	Acanthogorgiidae	347
Alternatipathes	994317	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	8
Alternatipathes venusta	1466703	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	2
Anthomastinae	1510270	Scleralcyonacea	Coralliidae	55
Anthoptilum	128489	Scleralcyonacea	Anthoptilidae	1
Antipatharia	22549	Antipatharia	NA	18
Balticina	146534	Scleralcyonacea	Balticinidae	3
Bathypathes	103304	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	232
Bathypathes patula	103323	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	1
Callogorgia	125317	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	1
Calyptrophora	177833	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	8
Calyptrophora angularis	287649	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	1
Calyptrophora wyvillei	287658	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	44
Candidella	125318	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	1
Candidella gigantea	286505	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	39
Caryophylliidae	135073	Scleractinia	Caryophylliidae	19
Chrysogorgia	125294	Scleralcyonacea	Chrysogorgiidae	209
Chrysogorgia geniculata	286122	Scleralcyonacea	Chrysogorgiidae	5
Chrysogorgiidae	125273	Scleralcyonacea	Chrysogorgiidae	26
Coralliidae	125280	Scleralcyonacea	Coralliidae	1
Eknomisis	759254	Scleralcyonacea	Keratoisididae	1
Enallopsammia rostrata	135190	Scleractinia	Dendrophylliidae	86
Funiculina	128490	Scleralcyonacea	Funiculinidae	1
Hemicorallium	718773	Scleralcyonacea	Coralliidae	40
Heteropathes	723286	Antipatharia	Cladopathidae	18
Heteropathes americana	723294	Antipatharia	Cladopathidae	1
Hexapathes	267484	Antipatharia	Cladopathidae	19
Hexapathes heterosticha	290115	Antipatharia	Cladopathidae	12
Hydrodendron gorgonoide	117612	Leptothecata	Phylactothecidae	31
Iridogorgia	125295	Scleralcyonacea	Chrysogorgiidae	38
Iridogorgia bella	286152	Scleralcyonacea	Chrysogorgiidae	1
Iridogorgia chewbacca	1836001	Scleralcyonacea	Chrysogorgiidae	1
Iridogorgia magnispiralis	286154	Scleralcyonacea	Chrysogorgiidae	29
Keratoisididae	1544106	Scleralcyonacea	Keratoisididae	333
Kophobelemnon	128492	Scleralcyonacea	Kophobelemnidae	1
Lillipathes	267553	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	1
Lithoptilum	1769880	Scleralcyonacea	Anthoptilidae	117
Macroprimnoa ornata	1317075	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	3
Malacalcyonacea	1609357	Malacalcyonacea	NA	18
Metallogorgia melanotrichos	125355	Scleralcyonacea	Chrysogorgiidae	148
Narella	125319	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	34
Narella dichotoma	286515	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	1
Neoanthomastus tahinodus	1845639	Scleralcyonacea	Coralliidae	19
Paracalyptrophora	125320	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	5
Parachrysogorgia stellata	1671474	Scleralcyonacea	Chrysogorgiidae	3
Paragorgia	125326	Scleralcyonacea	Coralliidae	46
Parantipathes	103306	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	98
Pennatula	128495	Scleralcyonacea	Pennatulidae	15
Pennatulidae	128484	Scleralcyonacea	Pennatulidae	1
Pennatuloidea	1609360	Scleralcyonacea	NA	95
Polymyces	267758	Scleractinia	Flabellidae	4
Primnoidae	125278	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	185
Protoptilum	128498	Scleralcyonacea	Protoptilidae	50
Ptilella inflata	1379631	Scleralcyonacea	Pennatulidae	5
Radicipes	125297	Scleralcyonacea	Chrysogorgiidae	8
Ramuligorgia	1496011	Scleralcyonacea	Chrysogorgiidae	1
Ramuligorgia militaris	1496012	Scleralcyonacea	Chrysogorgiidae	57
Schizopathes	103307	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	1
Schizopathidae	266964	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	4
Scleractinia	1363	Scleractinia	NA	105
Scleralcyonacea	1609355	Scleralcyonacea	NA	3
Stauropathes	267854	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	28
Stichopathes	103308	Antipatharia	Antipathidae	109
Stylasteridae	22805	Anthoathecata	Stylasteridae	2
Swiftia	125314	Malacalcyonacea	Plexauridae	1
Thouarella	125323	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	1
Tridentisis candelabrum	1767556	Scleralcyonacea	Keratoisididae	1
Trissopathes	267926	Antipatharia	Cladopathidae	26
Umbellapathes	267936	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	20
Umbellula	1757986	Scleralcyonacea	Umbellulidae	94
Victorgorgia	267946	Malacalcyonacea	Victorgorgiidae	3
Victorgorgia alba	1045634	Malacalcyonacea	Victorgorgiidae	33

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Acanthascus	171966	Lyssacinosida	Rossellidae	1
Amphidiscella	171849	Lyssacinosida	Euplectellidae	12
Atlantisella	171852	Lyssacinosida	Euplectellidae	3
Auloplax	132109	Sceptrulophora	Auloplacidae	2
Bolosoma	171837	Lyssacinosida	Euplectellidae	32
Bolosominae	171836	Lyssacinosida	Euplectellidae	7
Caulophacus	132112	Lyssacinosida	Rossellidae	4
Caulophacus (Oxydiscus)	172066	Lyssacinosida	Rossellidae	1
Chonelasma	132102	Sceptrulophora	Euretidae	2
Chonelasmatinae	171658	Sceptrulophora	Euretidae	2
Cladorhizidae	131644	Poecilosclerida	Cladorhizidae	4
Corbitella	171854	Lyssacinosida	Euplectellidae	1
Corbitellinae	171848	Lyssacinosida	Euplectellidae	7
Demospongiae	164811	NA	NA	19
Dictyaulus	171858	Lyssacinosida	Euplectellidae	1
Euplectella	132114	Lyssacinosida	Euplectellidae	10
Euplectellidae	131692	Lyssacinosida	Euplectellidae	10
Euretidae	131688	Sceptrulophora	Euretidae	28
Farrea	132107	Sceptrulophora	Farreidae	26
Farreidae	131689	Sceptrulophora	Farreidae	3
Hexactinellida	22612	NA	NA	32
Hyalonema	132096	Amphidiscosida	Hyalonematidae	2
Hyalonema (Corynonema)	171415	Amphidiscosida	Hyalonematidae	28
Hyalonematidae	131684	Amphidiscosida	Hyalonematidae	2
Hyalostylus	171842	Lyssacinosida	Euplectellidae	6
Ijimalophus	1423588	Amphidiscosida	Pheronematidae	3
Ijimalophus hawaiicus	1424919	Amphidiscosida	Pheronematidae	39
Lefroyella	171715	Sceptrulophora	Sceptrulophora incertae sedis	1
Lyssacinosida	171834	Lyssacinosida	NA	1
Periphragella	132105	Sceptrulophora	Euretidae	2
Poliopogon	171579	Amphidiscosida	Pheronematidae	33
Porifera	558	NA	NA	13
Pyloderma	169106	Poecilosclerida	Dendoricellidae	2
Regadrella	132117	Lyssacinosida	Euplectellidae	45
Rossellidae	131694	Lyssacinosida	Rossellidae	8
Saccocalyx	171844	Lyssacinosida	Euplectellidae	50
Sceptrulophora	605841	Sceptrulophora	NA	1
Tretopleura	171623	Sceptrulophora	Uncinateridae	7
Walteria	171883	Lyssacinosida	Euplectellidae	3

Fish Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Acanthonus armatus	158998	Ophidiiformes	Acanthonidae	15
Actinopterygii	10194	NA	NA	35
Aldrovandia	125837	Notacanthiformes	Halosauridae	15
Anguilliformes	10295	Anguilliformes	NA	4
Apristurus	105727	Carcharhiniformes	Pentanchidae	1
Barathrites	125855	Ophidiiformes	Ophidiidae	1
Bassogigas	159061	Ophidiiformes	Ophidiidae	4
Bassozetus	125856	Ophidiiformes	Ophidiidae	21
Bathycongrus	203953	Anguilliformes	Congridae	2
Bathyonus	125857	Ophidiiformes	Ophidiidae	1
Bathypterois atricolor	221394	Aulopiformes	Ipnopidae	52
Bathysaurus mollis	126370	Aulopiformes	Bathysauridae	3
Bathytyphlops marionae	158864	Aulopiformes	Ipnopidae	2
Cataetyx	125849	Ophidiiformes	Bythitidae	1
Chaunacops coloratus	280133	Lophiiformes	Chaunacidae	2
Coelorinchus	268809	Gadiformes	Macrouridae	1
Congridae	125427	Anguilliformes	Congridae	1
Coryphaenoides	125748	Gadiformes	Macrouridae	2
Coryphaenoides acrolepis	272313	Gadiformes	Macrouridae	1
Coryphaenoides longicirrhus	272335	Gadiformes	Macrouridae	1
Cyclothone	126187	Stomiiformes	Gonostomatidae	5
Diplacanthopoma	158993	Ophidiiformes	Bythitidae	6
Eretmichthys pinnatus	280696	Ophidiiformes	Ophidiidae	6
Etmopteridae	267045	Squaliformes	Etmopteridae	1
Gadomus	125750	Gadiformes	Macrouridae	22
Halicmetus niger	712513	Lophiiformes	Ogcocephalidae	1
Halosauridae	125500	Notacanthiformes	Halosauridae	48
Halosaurus	125839	Notacanthiformes	Halosauridae	5
Hydrolagus	105734	Chimaeriformes	Chimaeridae	2
Hymenocephalus	125751	Gadiformes	Macrouridae	1
Ilyophinae	151826	Anguilliformes	Synaphobranchidae	3
Ilyophis	125654	Anguilliformes	Synaphobranchidae	4
Ipnopidae	125444	Aulopiformes	Ipnopidae	14
Ipnops	158865	Aulopiformes	Ipnopidae	1
Ipnops meadi	275831	Aulopiformes	Ipnopidae	3
Macrouridae	125471	Gadiformes	Macrouridae	38
Moridae	125474	Gadiformes	Moridae	1
Neocyttus acanthorhynchus	217960	Zeiformes	Oreosomatidae	37
Nezumia	125754	Gadiformes	Macrouridae	46
Ogcocephalidae	125495	Lophiiformes	Ogcocephalidae	1
Ophidiidae	125505	Ophidiiformes	Ophidiidae	31
Parascombrops	1043466	Acropomatiformes	Synagropidae	1
Perciformes	11014	Perciformes	NA	1
Sladenia remiger	282815	Lophiiformes	Lophiidae	5
Somniosidae	267047	Squaliformes	Somniosidae	1
Sternoptychidae	125603	Stomiiformes	Sternoptychidae	2
Synaphobranchidae	125436	Anguilliformes	Synaphobranchidae	8
Zoarcidae	125575	Perciformes	Zoarcidae	1