Benthic otter trawl catch data, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, RRS Challenger Cruise 142, 1999.

URLhttps://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_challenger142_1999
Repository URL http://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/
Node OBIS Deep Sea
Published2024-07-05 09:50
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 Challenger Cruise 142 in 1999. Billett, D.S.M. et al. (2000). RRS Challenger Cruise 142, 19 Apr-19 May 1999. Temporal and spatial variability of benthic communities at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain and in the Porcupine Seabight. Southampton Oceanography Centre Cruise Report, No. 30, 79pp.| https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/reports/ch142_99.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 Challenger Cruise 142, 1999.. Version 1.2. The Discovery Collections. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.iobis.org/obis-deepsea/resource?r=pap_megafauna_challenger142_1999&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

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Statistics

Occurrence records 20,976
Species level 19,058
Absence records 0
Event records 9
MoF records 31,984
Sequence records 0
Species 29
Taxa 65
Time range 1999 - 1999

This dataset has appeared in 764 downloads in 2025, with a total of 13,521,954 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 1,454

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 		11,960
Molpadiodemas villosus (Théel, 1886)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		1,789
Oneirophanta mutabilis Théel, 1879
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		1,410
Psychropotes longicauda Théel, 1882
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		1,191
Pseudostichopus aemulatus Solis-Marin & Billett in Solis-Marin et al., 2004
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		939
Culeolus Herdman, 1881
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea 		457
Amphianthus bathybium Hertwig, 1882
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia 		444
Actinauge abyssorum Carlgren, 1934
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia 		360
Decapoda Latreille, 1802
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		281
Ophiuroidea Gray, 1840
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea 		231

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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