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NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP)

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Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands

  • Dataset ID: NBC_NL
  • Database Version: 20210803-0
  • Data Provider: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Tu et al. (2016)
  • Data Contact: NA, Ming-Shiou Jeng:

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Geographic Range

  • Ocean: North Pacific, South Pacific
  • Fishery Management Council Region(s):
  • Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Sulu-Celebes Sea, Indonesian Sea
  • Marine Ecoregion(s): Palawan/North Borneo, Sulawesi Sea/Makassar Strait, Halmahera, Lesser Sunda

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

  • Minimum Latitude: -8.29083
  • Maximum Latitude: 5.717
  • Minimum Longitude: 119
  • Maximum Longitude: 129.4533

Overview

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

  • Number of records: 4
  • Number of coral records: 4
  • Number of sponge records: 0
  • Records with images: 0
  • Record type(s): specimen
  • Minimum depth (meters): 122
  • Maximum depth (meters): 1,089
  • Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
  • Time frame: 1899 to 1899

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data set contains records of deep-sea corals and sponges from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands. The museum contains a large collection of marine invertebrates including many type specimens. Selected records were derived from the literature, as well as, or in conjunction with, direct queries to the online collections database. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes. For additional information on the marine invertebrate collection of the Museum see: https://science.naturalis.nl/en/collection/naturalis-collections/invertebrates/

Collection methodogy details:

Specimens were collected using a variety of methods and gears.
Link: NA

Data Set Level Citation

Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Observation date range: 1899 to 1899. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). DSCRTP Dataset ID: NBC_NL. Database version: 20210803-0.

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Taxonomic Summary

Percent of coral and sponge records by lowest taxonomic rank.

##Corals

Number of coral records: 4

Taxon rank Percent of all
coral records
species 100 %

##Sponges

Number of sponge records: 0

## No sponge records in this data set.

Coral Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName AphiaID Order Family Records
Acanella weberi 286307 Alcyonacea Isididae 1
Callogorgia tuberculata 292516 Alcyonacea Primnoidae 1
Hemicorallium halmaheirense 286587 Alcyonacea Coralliidae 1
Hemicorallium reginae 956335 Alcyonacea Coralliidae 1

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

## No sponge records in this data set.

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