Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Discovery III cruise 222B, 1996.

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Repository URL http://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/
Node OBIS Deep Sea
Published2024-07-05 09:38
First registered2024-07-04 13:33
Abstract

These data record the results of processing otter trawl catches (OTSB14; Merrett & Marshall, 1980) from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC, UK) long-term study of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP), including the PAP-Sustained Observatory time-series. The data concern catches recovered during the RRS Discovery III cruise 222B in 1996. Rice, A.L. et al. (1996). RRS Discovery Cruise 222, Leg 2, 29 Aug 24 Sep 1996. BENGAL: High resolution temporal and spatial study of the Benthic Biology and Geochemistry of a northeastern Atlantic abyssal Locality. Southampton Oceanography Centre, Cruise Report No. 4, 86 pp.| https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/reports/d222b.pdf

CitationHorton T, Serpell-Stevens A, Valls Domedel G, Bett B J (2024). Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Discovery III cruise 222B, 1996.. Version 1.2. The Discovery Collections. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_discovery222b_1996&v=1.2
RightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License
Keywords megabenthos, marine invertebrates, demersal fish, abundance, biomass, body size, morphometrics, temporal variations, deep sea, abyssal plain, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic
Contacts
Creator Tammy Horton
National Oceanography Centre
Creator Amanda Serpell-Stevens
National Oceanography Centre
Creator Georgina Valls Domedel
National Oceanography Centre
Creator Brian James Bett
National Oceanography Centre
Contact Tammy Horton
National Oceanography Centre
Metadata Provider Tammy Horton
National Oceanography Centre
User Tammy Horton

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Statistics

Occurrence records 12,879
Species level 7,739
Absence records 0
Event records 7
MoF records 22,036
Sequence records 0
Species 37
Taxa 72
Time range 1996 - 1996

This dataset has appeared in 788 downloads in 2025, with a total of 8,273,077 records.

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 0
No WoRMS match 0
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 0
No accepted name available 1,138

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
No missing or invalid fields.

Spatial issues

Records on land 0
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 0

Top taxa

IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Amperima rosea (E. Perrier, 1886)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		4,795
Holothuroidea de Blainville, 1834
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		2,216
Oneirophanta mutabilis Théel, 1879
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		1,124
Annelida Lamarck, 1802 [as Annelides]
Phylum Annelida 		752
Peniagone Théel, 1882
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		454
Psychropotes Théel, 1882
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		443
Molpadiodemas villosus (Théel, 1886)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		412
Culeolus Herdman, 1881
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea 		389
Echiuroidea
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		273
Pseudostichopus aemulatus Solis-Marin & Billett in Solis-Marin et al., 2004
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		243

Distribution

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Data providers

Name OceanExpert ID
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton 8387
National Oceanography Centre

Measurement types

Occurrences

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