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Tu et al., 2015

Dataset ID: Tu_et_al_2015
Database Version: 20240325-0
Data Provider: Tu et al. (2015)
Data Contact: Tu, Tzu-Hsuan

Locator Map

Geographic Range

Ocean: North Atlantic
Fishery Management Council Region(s):
Large Marine Ecosystem(s):
Marine Ecoregion(s): South European Atlantic Shelf

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 42.48953
Maximum Latitude: 44.02515
Minimum Longitude: -11.85485
Maximum Longitude: -5.71496

Overview

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

Number of records: 2
Number of coral records: 2
Number of sponge records: 0
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): specimen
Minimum depth (meters): 928
Maximum depth (meters): 1,400
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2010 to 2010

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data represent records of deepwater precious corals (Family Corealliidae) collected during the INDEMARES 2010 expedition of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography to the Avilés Canyon System and the Galicia Bank (Spain, northeast Atlantic).

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25781787

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Literature Citation

Tu T-H, Altuna A, Jeng M-S (2015) Coralliidae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the INDEMARES 2010 expedition to north and northwest Spain (northeast Atlantic), with delimitation of a new species using both morphological and molecular approaches. Zootaxa 3926:301-328

Data Set Level Citation

Tu et al. (2015). Observation date range: 2010 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: Tu_et_al_2015. 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: 2

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
genus	50 %
species	50 %

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
Hemicorallium	718773	Scleralcyonacea	Coralliidae	1
Hemicorallium niobe	1311257	Scleralcyonacea	Coralliidae	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.