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SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München

Dataset ID: ZSM
Database Version: 20251001-0
Data Provider: Lehnert & Stone, 2020, Lehnert & Stone, 2016, Lehnert et al. (2014)
Data Contact: Stone, Robert: bob.stone@noaa.gov, Lehnert, Helmut | Lehnert@spongetaxonomics.de

Locator Map

Geographic Range

Ocean: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council Region(s): North Pacific
Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Aleutian Islands, Gulf of Alaska, East Bering Sea
Marine Ecoregion(s): Aleutian Islands, North American Pacific Fijordland, Gulf of Alaska

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 51.74426
Maximum Latitude: 58.2031
Minimum Longitude: -172.56775
Maximum Longitude: 175.858

Overview

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

Number of records: 11
Number of coral records: 0
Number of sponge records: 11
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): specimen
Minimum depth (meters): 83
Maximum depth (meters): 240
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2000 to 2015

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. Coral and sponge occurrences in the Central Aleutian Islands.. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes. Specimens saved in the SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München https://www.gbif.org/grscicoll/institution/774f65a5-ed87-4356-9515-ea9fd8d68650. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes. For further information see the following publications. Lehnert H, Stone RP (2020).Three new species of Poecilosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae, Heteroscleromorpha) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Zootaxa 4851(1): 137<96>150 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33056740/ | Lehnert H, Stone RP (2016) A comprehensive inventory of the Gulf of Alaska sponge fauna with the description of two new species and geographic range extensions. Zootaxa 4144:365-382 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27470862/ |

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27470862/ | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33056740/

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Data Set Level Citation

Lehnert & Stone, 2020. Observation date range: 2000 to 2015. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). DSCRTP Dataset ID: ZSM. 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: 11

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
Echinoclathria seguama	1458432	Poecilosclerida	Microcionidae	2
Geodia starki	740291	Tetractinellida	Geodiidae	2
Hamacantha (Vomerula) cassanoi	883236	Merliida	Hamacanthidae	2
Prosuberites salgadoi	883237	Agelasida	Hymerhabdiidae	1
Stelodoryx jamesorri	1458436	Poecilosclerida	Myxillidae	2
Stelodoryx strongyloxeata	1458437	Poecilosclerida	Myxillidae	2

Fish Taxa Observed

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

## No fish records in this data set.