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NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP)

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Pante et al, 2012

  • Dataset ID: Pante_etal_2012
  • Database Version: 20260416-1
  • Data Provider: Pante et al. (2012)
  • Data Contact: Pante, Eric:

Locator Map

Geographic Range

  • Ocean: North Pacific
  • Fishery Management Council Region(s): North Pacific, Western Pacific
  • Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Aleutian Islands, Insular Pacific-Hawaiian
  • Marine Ecoregion(s): Aleutian Islands, Hawaii

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

  • Minimum Latitude: 20.7825
  • Maximum Latitude: 52.49812
  • Minimum Longitude: -178.3576
  • Maximum Longitude: -156.7926

Overview

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

  • Number of records: 22
  • Number of coral records: 22
  • Number of sponge records: 0
  • Records with images: 0
  • Record type(s): literature
  • Minimum depth (meters): 60
  • Maximum depth (meters): 2,947
  • Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
  • Time frame: 1992 to 2005

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data represent records of deep-sea corals in the Family Chrysogorgiidae reported by Pante et al, 2012. 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://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0038357

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
Link: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0038357

Literature Citation

Pante E, France SC, Couloux A, Cruaud C, McFadden CS, Samadi S, Watling L (2012) Deep-sea origin and in-situ diversification of chrysogorgiid octocorals. Plos One 7:e38357

Data Set Level Citation

Pante et al. (2012). Observation date range: 1992 to 2005. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). DSCRTP Dataset ID: Pante_etal_2012. Database version: 20260416-1.

Note: Individual records within a data set may have additional citations in the ‘Citation’ field.

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 22

Taxon rank Percent of all
coral records
genus 68 %
species 32 %

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
Balticina willemoesi 1393616 Scleralcyonacea Balticinidae 1
Chrysogorgia 125294 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 5
Iridogorgia 125295 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 2
Iridogorgia bella 286152 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 1
Iridogorgia magnispiralis 286154 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 2
Metallogorgia melanotrichos 125355 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 2
Parachrysogorgia 1671459 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 1
Plumarella 177839 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 1
Ptilosarcus gurneyi 290947 Scleralcyonacea Pennatulidae 1
Radicipes 125297 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 4
Rhodaniridogorgia 267808 Scleralcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae 1
Umbellula 1757986 Scleralcyonacea Umbellulidae 1

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

## 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.

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