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Seamounts of Canada's Large Offshore Pacific Area of Interest (a MLNEP guide) [2020]

A major objective of the Marine Life of the Northeast Pacific (MLNEP) project is to support the accuracy and consistency of taxonomic identification in images, as well as to promote collaboration among stake-holders working within this region (project page: ...more ↓

Sea-pens 1
Pennatula
cf. Parantipathes sp. (OTU: CA46)
Antipatharia
Fish-eating Anemone 2
Urticina piscivora
Liponema brevicornis 3
Paragorgia pacifica (OTU: CA18) 3
Paragorgia pacifica
Primnoa pacifica (OTU: CA16) 3
Parastenella spp. (OTU: CA10) 4
Paragorgiidae, Unknown (OTU: CA39) 4
Paragorgiidae
Bathypathes patula (OTU: CA06) 4
Bathypathes patula
Acanthogorgia sp., Yellow (OTU: CA32) 3
Gersemia juliepackardae (OTU: CA20) 5
Gersemia juliepackardae
Stichopathes cf. spiessi (OTU: CA38) 5
Desmophyllum dianthus 6
Cup coral, Pink/brown tentacles (OTU: CA13) 5
Scleractinia (OTU: CA13)
Primnoidae, White (OTU:CA42) 5
Keratoisis sp., bush (OTU: CA05) 3
Cup coral, red tentacles (OTU: CA14) 5
Scleractinia
Lillipathes cf. wingi (OTU: CA04) 3
Lillipathes (OTU: CA04)
Chrysopathes spp. (OTU: CA21) 5
Lophelia pertusa 6
Zibrowius sp. 5
Alcyonacea, finely branched (OTU: CA08) 5
Stolonifera, Encrusting (OTU: CA43) 4
Stolonifera
Unbranched Isididae (OTU: CA33) 3
Unbranched Isididae (OTU: CA33)
Primnoidae, White #2 (OTU: CA45) 5
Callogorgia sp. (OTU: CA29) 3
Primnoidae, Bushy (OTU: CA36) 3
Primnoidae
Keratoisis sp., Branching Tree (OTU: CA22) 5
Isidella tentaculum (OTU: CA07) 6
Isidella (OTU: CA07)
Mushroom coral, Stalked (OTU: CA30) 5
Mushroom coral, cf Anthomastus sp. (OTU: CA31) 4
Swiftia cf pacifica (OTU: CA12) 4
Swiftia spp. (OTU: CA44) 6
Swiftia spp.
Paragorgia cf. jamesi (OTU: CA15) 5
Paragorgia jamesi
Anthoptilum cf. lithophilum (OTU: CA41) 6
Anthoptilum cf. lithophilum
Anthoptilum grandiflorum (OTU: CA01) 3
Umbellula lindahli (OTU: CA03) 7
Ptilosarcus cf. gurneyi (CA40) 8
Ptilosarcus
Halipteris spp. (OTU: CA02) 5
Halipteris californica
Stylasteridae spp. (OTU: CH01) 3
Stylasteridae (OTU: CH01)

Edited by Dr Cherisse Du Preez, Merlin Best, Shannon Schmunk, Heidi, and Sharon Jeffrey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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  • 1. (c) Claude Nozères, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Claude Nozères
  • 2. (c) Marco Mazza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Marco Mazza
  • 3. (c) Dr Cherisse Du Preez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Dr Cherisse Du Preez
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