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NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP)

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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:

Locator Map

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: . 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.
Link: NA

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.

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: 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.

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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