Photographic catalog of deep-sea corals collected from the US West Atlantic margin by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer in years 2017- 2019

This photo-identification collection is intended to provide a visual reference to commonly observed deep-sea corals in the Southeast United States, Gulf of Mexico, and U.S. Caribbean, as a consensus aid for taxonomic identification of these organisms. This document also aims to provide an effectual representation of the diversity of coral fauna encountered in the deep-sea of this greater U.S. Southeast region (defined here as > 200 m deep) by the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER), using remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Deep Discoverer in years 2017-2019. 2020 NOS (National Ocean Service) NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science) CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System) Submitted https://doi.org/10.25923/nnny-st44 Public Domain 1936