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Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
- Dataset ID: SBMNH
- Database Version: 20240325-0
- Data Provider: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
- Data Contact: Horvath, Beth: horvath@westmont.edu
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Geographic Range
- Ocean: North Pacific
- Fishery Management Council Region(s): Pacific, North Pacific
- Large Marine Ecosystem(s): California Current, Gulf of California, Gulf of Alaska, Pacific Central-American Coastal
- Marine Ecoregion(s): Southern California Bight, Oregon, Washington, Vancouver Coast and Shelf, Northern California, Cortezian, Nicoya, Magdalena Transition
Bounding box
Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326
- Minimum Latitude: 7.75972
- Maximum Latitude: 55.01804
- Minimum Longitude: -140.31972
- Maximum Longitude: -81.59306
Overview
Note: The numbers below only reflect published records. Additional records may be retained by the Program for further review.
- Number of records: 112
- Number of coral records: 112
- Number of sponge records: 0
- Records with images: 0
- Record type(s): specimen
- Minimum depth (meters): 11
- Maximum depth (meters): 2,856
- Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 4
- Time frame: 1937 to 2010
Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data set contains museum records of deepwater coral specimens from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, and was provided by Elizabeth Horvath: Horvath@westmont.edu. The collection is focussed on the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem, especially the Southern California Bight, and deep-sea coral records are predominantly gorgonians. 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://www.sbnature.org/collections-research/invertebrates/
Collection methodogy details:
Specimens were collected using a variety of methods and gears.
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Data Set Level Citation
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Observation date range: 1937 to 2010. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). DSCRTP Dataset ID: SBMNH. Database version: 20240325-0.
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Taxonomic Summary
Percent of coral, sponge, and fish records by lowest taxonomic rank.
Corals
Number of coral records: 112
Taxon rank | Percent of all coral records |
---|---|
family | 5 % |
genus | 31 % |
species | 57 % |
variety | 6 % |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Acanthogorgia | 125293 | Malacalcyonacea | Paramuriceidae | 1 |
Acanthogorgia gracillima | 286057 | Malacalcyonacea | Paramuriceidae | 1 |
Adelogorgia phyllosclera | 289357 | Malacalcyonacea | Gorgoniidae | 9 |
Anthothela pacifica | 286579 | Malacalcyonacea | Alcyoniidae | 1 |
Callistephanus | 1473059 | Malacalcyonacea | Gorgoniidae | 1 |
Callistephanus kofoidi | 1608731 | Malacalcyonacea | Gorgoniidae | 10 |
Callistephanus pacificus | 1567760 | Malacalcyonacea | Gorgoniidae | 2 |
Callogorgia kinoshitai | 1055877 | Scleralcyonacea | Primnoidae | 3 |
Chromoplexaura marki | 724231 | Malacalcyonacea | Gorgoniidae | 1 |
Eugorgia rubens | 289935 | Malacalcyonacea | Gorgoniidae | 14 |
Gorgoniidae | 125275 | Malacalcyonacea | Gorgoniidae | 2 |
Isidella | 125305 | Scleralcyonacea | Keratoisididae | 1 |
Isidella tentaculum | 582522 | Scleralcyonacea | Keratoisididae | 1 |
Keratoisis | 125306 | Scleralcyonacea | Keratoisididae | 1 |
Leptogorgia | 125302 | Malacalcyonacea | Gorgoniidae | 4 |
Leptogorgia chilensis | 286222 | Malacalcyonacea | Gorgoniidae | 2 |
Leptogorgia filicrispa | 744364 | Malacalcyonacea | Gorgoniidae | 2 |
Leptogorgia flexilis | 286238 | Malacalcyonacea | Gorgoniidae | 1 |
Paragorgia arborea var. pacifica | 1647393 | Scleralcyonacea | Coralliidae | 7 |
Paragorgia yutlinux | 286612 | Scleralcyonacea | Coralliidae | 1 |
Placogorgia | 125312 | Malacalcyonacea | Paramuriceidae | 3 |
Plexauridae | 125277 | Malacalcyonacea | Plexauridae | 4 |
Plumarella longispina | 287671 | Scleralcyonacea | Primnoidae | 16 |
Swiftia | 125314 | Malacalcyonacea | Plexauridae | 3 |
Thesea | 125315 | Malacalcyonacea | Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis | 21 |
Sponge Taxa Observed
Note: Nothing will appear here if no sponge taxa were observed.
## No sponge records in this data set.