Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Discovery III cruise 266, 2002.

URLhttps://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_discovery266_2002
Repository URL http://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/
Node OBIS Deep Sea
Published2024-07-05 09:56
First registered2024-07-04 13:24
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 266 in 2002. Station list only, no cruise report produced.| https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/report/5854/.

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 266, 2002.. Version 1.2. The Discovery Collections. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_discovery266_2002&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

Statistics

Occurrence records 22,584
Species level 20,117
Absence records 0
Event records 6
MoF records 43,878
Sequence records 0
Species 27
Taxa 56
Time range 2002 - 2002

This dataset has appeared in 755 downloads in 2025, with a total of 14,566,246 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 752

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
16,519
Polychaeta Grube, 1850
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
1,007
Oneirophanta mutabilis Théel, 1879
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea
745
Molpadiodemas villosus (Théel, 1886)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea
484
Psychropotes longicauda Théel, 1882
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea
406
Pseudostichopus aemulatus Solis-Marin & Billett in Solis-Marin et al., 2004
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea
318
Culeolus Herdman, 1881
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea
310
Englandactis commensalis (Gravier, 1918)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
287
Hyphalaster inermis Sladen, 1883
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea
254
Sipuncula Stephen, 1965
Phylum Annelida
221

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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