Dataset

Black coral occurrences on the Azores shelves (central north Atlantic) from 1991 to 2019

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Black corals are antipatharian corals that occur from sublittoral to abyssal depths on hard, mixed and soft substrates. Under favourable conditions, some black coral species form dense stands known as black coral gardens which create habitat for a variety of associated species.

Citation: Tempera F.; Sinde-Mano A.L.; Gomes Pereira J.N.; Atchoi E.; de Matos V.; Santos S.V.; Milla-Figueras D.; Das D.; Graça G.; Fontes J.; Bates R.; Ribeiro P.; Afonso P.; IMAR-Institute of Marine Research, University of the Azores, Portugal; (2021): Black coral occurrences on the Azores shelves (central north Atlantic) from 1991 to 2019. https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/557

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:31

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=antipatharia_azores

Fernando Tempera
Institute of Marine Research

Pedro Afonso
Institute of Marine Research

Ana Luísa Sinde-Mano
Institute of Marine Research

José Gomes-Pereira
Institute of Marine Research

Elizabeth Atchoi
Institute of Marine Research

Valentina Matos
Institute of Marine Research

Vanessa Santos
Institute of Marine Research

David Milla-Figueras
Institute of Marine Research

Diya Das
Institute of Marine Research

Goncalo Graca
Institute of Marine Research

Jorge Fontes
Institute of Marine Research

Richard Bates
University of St Andrews

Pedro Ribeiro
Institute of Marine Research

2,292
occurrence records
2,120
measurements and facts
6
taxa
2
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

No missing or invalid fields.

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 340
14.8%
ON_LAND 136
5.9%

Measurement types

DNA derived data