Calcinean sponges (Porifera: Calcarea) from the shelf edge of the Great Australian Bight, RV Investigator voyage IN2015_C02

The deep-water regions of eastern and central Great Australian Bight (GAB) are subject to hydrocarbon exploration; consequently, there are efforts to study their biodiversity. Australia has ~200 species of Calcarea, but none has been described taxonomically from the GAB, and most are known down to only 200 m depth. A characterization of deep benthic communities was performed in the GAB at depths ranging from 200 to 3000 m.
The data has been acquired on the following RV Investigator voyage(s) <a href=\"https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/survey_details.cfm?survey=IN2015_C02\">IN2015_C02</a> with links to additional metadata, datasets, events, deployments, publications etc.

If this data has been used in any products, please acknowledge with the following: We acknowledge the use of the CSIRO Marine National Facility (https://ror.org/01mae9353) in undertaking this research.

澳大利亚大澳大利亚湾（Great Australian Bight, GAB）中东部的深水区目前正开展油气勘探活动，因此学界正积极推进该区域的生物多样性研究。澳大利亚境内已记录约200种钙质海绵纲（Calcarea）物种，但大澳大利亚湾尚无该类群的分类学描述记录，且绝大多数已知物种的分布水深仅达200米。
研究团队针对大澳大利亚湾200至3000米水深范围内的深海底栖生物群落完成了特征调查。
本数据集采集自调查船“探索者号”（RV Investigator）执行的航次IN2015_C02<https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/survey_details.cfm?survey=IN2015_C02>，相关链接可获取额外元数据、数据集、调查事件、科考设备部署信息及已发表文献等内容。
若本数据集被用于任何成果产出，请按以下方式致谢：本研究的开展得益于澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织（CSIRO）海洋国家设施（https://ror.org/01mae9353）的支持，特此致谢。