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Annotated checklist for Stony Corals of American Samoa and Mesophotic Depth Records
Anthony
Montgomery
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
Graduate Student
46-007 Lilipuna Rd
Kaneohe
HI
96744
US
808-792-9456
amont@hawaii.edu
Rob
Toonen
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
Professor
46-007 Lilipuna Rd
Kaneohe
HI
96744
US
toonen@hawaii.edu
Doug
Fenner
Ocean Associates, Inc., NOAA Fisheries Service
Consultant
AS
AS
douglasfennertassi@gmail.com
Anthony
Montgomery
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
Graduate Student
808-792-9456
amont@hawaii.edu
2019-05-13
eng
This dataset represents a complete analysis of coral species occurrences across 51 different references or datasets for the US Territory of American Samoa. Each row in the data represents the exact spelling for each mention of that species name. Additional data was collected on each mention as available and is shown in the various fields of the dataset.
This dataset represents the taxonomic details associated with a complete analysis of coral species occurrences across 51 different references or datasets for the US Territory of American Samoa. Additional information on the status under the US Endangered Species Act, IUCN Red List, the evidence and status within American Samoa, and the recorded geographic range extension. Each row represents a unique spelling of a coral name reported from American Samoa.
Checklist
Mesophotic coral ecosystems
WoRMS
World List of Scleractinia
new records
Scleractinia
Milleporidae
Stylasteridae
Helioporidae
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml
Derivedfromoccurrence
GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml
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To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
Territory of American Samoa includes the islands of Tutuilla, Ofu, Olosega, Tau, Rose Atoll, and Swains Island.
-171.167
-166.201
-11.027
-15.051
1924
2019
The stony corals were corals reported above 150 m depth and were mostly zooxanthellate and hermatypic corals.
order
Scleractinia
stony corals
family
Milleporidae
fire coral
family
Stylasteridae
lace coral
family
Heliporidae
blue coral
These data allows other researchers to evaluate the species and locations of the coral species reported from American Samoa. The identification or correctness of each species occurrence is only as good as the source data which frequently can not be validated. Extensive discussion on this limitation and how we dealt with these limitations in the published manuscript.
As needed
irregular
Anthony
Montgomery
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
46-007 Lilipuna Rd
Kaneohe
HI
96744
US
808-792-9456
amont@hawaii.edu
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Data validated in R and peer review
Annotated checklist for stony corals of American Sāmoa with reference to mesophotic depth records
Anthony
Montgomery
pointOfContact
Rob
Toonen
author
Doug
Fenner
author
An annotated checklist of the stony corals (Scleractinia, Milleporidae, Stylasteridae, and Helioporidae) of American Sāmoa is presented. A total of 377 valid species have been reported from American Sāmoa with 342 species considered either present (251) or possibly present (91). Of these 342 species, 66 have a recorded geographical range extension and 90 have been reported from mesophotic depths (30–150 m). Additionally, four new species records (Acanthastrea subechinata Veron, 2000, Favites paraflexuosus Veron, 2000, Echinophyllia echinoporoides Veron & Pichon, 1980, Turbinaria irregularis Bernard, 1896) are presented. Coral species of concern include species listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of threatened species. Approximately 17.5% of the species present or possibly present are categorized as threatened by IUCN compared to 27% of the species globally. American Sāmoa has seven ESA-listed or ESA candidate species, including Acropora globiceps (Dana, 1846), Acropora jacquelineae Wallace, 1994, Acropora retusa (Dana, 1846), Acropora speciosa (Quelch, 1886), Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa (Veron, 1990), Isopora crateriformis (Gardiner, 1898), and Pocillopora meandrina Dana, 1846. There are two additional species possibly present, i.e. Pavona diffluens (Lamarck, 1816) and Porites napopora Veron, 2000.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Conservation Program (NA15NOS4820082) and the Colonel Willys E. Lord, DVM and Sandina L. Lord Scholarship Fund for the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology for funding.
Territory of American Samoa
Literature review and analysis of reported occurrences.
2019-04-23T12:46:00.676+03:00
dataset
Montgomery A, Toonen R, Fenner D (2019): Annotated checklist for Stony Corals of American Samoa and Mesophotic Depth Records. v1.2. ZooKeys. Dataset/Checklist. http://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=annotated_checklist_for_stony_corals_of_american_samoa_with_reference_to_mesophotic_depth_records&v=1.2
http://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?id=annotated_checklist_for_stony_corals_of_american_samoa_with_reference_to_mesophotic_depth_records/v1.2.xml