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Royal British Columbia Museum

Dataset ID: RBCM
Database Version: 20251001-0
Data Provider: Reiswig (2018), Samaai, Gibbons & Kelly, 2006
Data Contact: NA, Samaai, Toufiek (tsamaai@environment.gov.za; toufiek.samaai@gmail.com)

Locator Map

Geographic Range

Ocean: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council Region(s):
Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Gulf of Alaska
Marine Ecoregion(s): North American Pacific Fijordland, Puget Trough/Georgia Basin

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 49.758
Maximum Latitude: 53.35167
Minimum Longitude: -135.74167
Maximum Longitude: -123.927

Overview

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

Number of records: 3
Number of coral records: 0
Number of sponge records: 3
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): specimen
Minimum depth (meters): 30
Maximum depth (meters): 732
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 1
Time frame: 1977 to 2016

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. Records of corals and sponges held in the collections of the Royal British Columbia Museum. To search the records in the museum, go to Royal British Columbia Museum. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes.

Collection methodogy details:

Specimens were collected using a variety of methods and gears.
Link: https://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/?_ga=2.164165494.857429703.1648053875-154388205.1640293491

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Data Set Level Citation

Reiswig (2018). Observation date range: 1977 to 2016. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). DSCRTP Dataset ID: RBCM. 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: 0

## None Missing

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 3

Taxon rank	Percent of all sponge records
species	100 %

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.

## No coral records in this data set.

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Acanthascus (Rhabdocalyptus) trichotis	1651809	Lyssacinosida	Rossellidae	1
Latrunculia (Latrunculia) austini	880527	Poecilosclerida	Latrunculiidae	1
Pinulasma bowiense	1474670	Sceptrulophora	Euretidae	1

Fish Taxa Observed

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

## No fish records in this data set.