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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Deep Fish Habitat Surveys
- Dataset ID: NOAA_FGBNMS_DFH
- Database Version: 20240726-0
- Data Provider: NOAA, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
- Data Contact: Hickerson, Emma: emma.hickerson@noaa.gov, Nuttall, Marissa: marissa.nuttall@noaa.gov
Locator Map
Geographic Range
- Ocean: North Atlantic
- Fishery Management Council Region(s): Gulf of Mexico
- Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Gulf of Mexico
- Marine Ecoregion(s): Northern Gulf of Mexico
Bounding box
Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326
- Minimum Latitude: 27.80858
- Maximum Latitude: 28.1762
- Minimum Longitude: -94.30693
- Maximum Longitude: -92.54276
Overview
Note: The numbers below only reflect published records. Additional records may be retained by the Program for further review.
- Number of records: 3,976
- Number of coral records: 3,976
- Number of sponge records: 0
- Records with images: 1466
- Record type(s): still image, specimen
- Minimum depth (meters): 50
- Maximum depth (meters): 149
- Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
- Time frame: 2003 to 2012
Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data represent selected records of deepwater corals observed or collected during ROV surveys on banks in and around the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Since 2001, the sanctuary research team has conducted over 200 submersible surveys using ROVs and manned submersibles with a goal of habitat characterization. The coral records represent selected records of azooxanthellate corals (i.e., they do not include zooxanthellate stony corals) collected in a number of surveys since 2003, often annotated for particular projects (e.g., graduate theses on octocorals or black corals) and do not necessarily represent all of the corals in those locations. Additional coral and sponge records from more complete individual surveys are found in data sets NOAA_DFH-30 & NOAA_DFH-32-33. 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://flowergarden.noaa.gov/science/habitat.html
Collection methodogy details:
See link for methods.
Link: https://nmsflowergarden.blob.core.windows.net/flowergarden-prod/media/archive/document_library/scidocs/gcfifishpostermn.pdf
I https://deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov/library/2016-fgbnms-dfh30-cruise-report-sterne-et-al/
| https://deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov/library/2017-fgbnms-dfh32_33-cruise-report-sterne-et-al/
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Data Set Level Citation
NOAA, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Observation date range: 2003 to 2012. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Hickerson, Emma. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_FGBNMS_DFH. Database version: 20240726-0.
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Taxonomic Summary
Percent of coral, sponge, and fish records by lowest taxonomic rank.
Corals
Number of coral records: 3,976
Taxon rank | Percent of all coral records |
---|---|
subclass | 3 % |
family | 2 % |
genus | 70 % |
species | 24 % |
subspecies | 0 % |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Acanthopathes thyoides | 289313 | Antipatharia | Aphanipathidae | 12 |
Antipathes | 103302 | Antipatharia | Antipathidae | 64 |
Antipathes atlantica | 283882 | Antipatharia | Antipathidae | 77 |
Antipathes furcata | 103312 | Antipatharia | Antipathidae | 107 |
Antipathes gracilis | 283901 | Antipatharia | Antipathidae | 23 |
Antipathidae | 103301 | Antipatharia | Antipathidae | 79 |
Aphanipathes pedata | 283938 | Antipatharia | Aphanipathidae | 7 |
Bathyalcyon robustum delta | 1343380 | Scleralcyonacea | Coralliidae | 15 |
Bebryce | 125308 | Malacalcyonacea | Paramuriceidae | 166 |
Callogorgia | 125317 | Scleralcyonacea | Primnoidae | 91 |
Chironephthya | 415194 | Malacalcyonacea | Siphonogorgiidae | 144 |
Chironephthya caribaea | 418846 | Malacalcyonacea | Siphonogorgiidae | 47 |
Diodogorgia | 206386 | Scleralcyonacea | Spongiodermidae | 23 |
Diodogorgia nodulifera | 288872 | Scleralcyonacea | Spongiodermidae | 1 |
Elatopathes abietina | 289886 | Antipatharia | Aphanipathidae | 224 |
Ellisella | 125298 | Scleralcyonacea | Ellisellidae | 697 |
Hypnogorgia pendula | 290166 | Octocorallia incertae sedis | NA | 358 |
Leptogorgia | 125302 | Malacalcyonacea | Gorgoniidae | 7 |
Madrepora carolina | 287092 | Scleractinia | Bathyporidae | 4 |
Muriceides | 125310 | Malacalcyonacea | Paramuriceidae | 45 |
Nicella | 125299 | Scleralcyonacea | Ellisellidae | 712 |
Octocorallia | 1341 | NA | NA | 115 |
Oculina | 135124 | Scleractinia | Oculinidae | 4 |
Phanopathes expansa | 290731 | Antipatharia | Aphanipathidae | 28 |
Placogorgia | 125312 | Malacalcyonacea | Paramuriceidae | 1 |
Placogorgia mirabilis | 286401 | Malacalcyonacea | Paramuriceidae | 1 |
Plexauridae | 125277 | Malacalcyonacea | Plexauridae | 19 |
Plumapathes pennacea | 290831 | Antipatharia | Myriopathidae | 5 |
Scleracis | 267830 | Malacalcyonacea | Scleracidae | 242 |
Scleracis guadalupensis | 418854 | Malacalcyonacea | Scleracidae | 1 |
Stichopathes | 103308 | Antipatharia | Antipathidae | 193 |
Stichopathes luetkeni | 1287835 | Antipatharia | Antipathidae | 2 |
Swiftia | 125314 | Malacalcyonacea | Plexauridae | 33 |
Tanacetipathes | 267888 | Antipatharia | Myriopathidae | 41 |
Tanacetipathes hirta | 291175 | Antipatharia | Myriopathidae | 3 |
Tanacetipathes tanacetum | 291180 | Antipatharia | Myriopathidae | 63 |
Tanacetipathes thamnea | 291182 | Antipatharia | Myriopathidae | 4 |
Thelogorgia | 267906 | Octocorallia incertae sedis | NA | 10 |
Thelogorgia stellata | 291213 | Octocorallia incertae sedis | NA | 4 |
Thesea | 125315 | Malacalcyonacea | Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis | 303 |
Thesea rubra | 418858 | Malacalcyonacea | Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis | 1 |
Sponge Taxa Observed
Note: Nothing will appear here if no sponge taxa were observed.
## No sponge records in this data set.