Cnidaria | Anthozoa Octocorallia Malacalcyonacea
Plexauridae Swiftia
Genus

BI-2019-011, #RVC

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T628-A6. Originally identified as: Swiftia. Dive: 628. Coordinates, depth: 34.056783, -121.052303, 689.6 m. Oxygen: 0.2. Salinity: 34.203. Temperature: 4.87. Light: 79.57. Image: http://dsg.mbari.org/frameGrabs/Tiburon/images/0628/01_43_42_20.jpg. Video: T0628-02. Tape time code: 01:43:42:20. Associations: comment | self | white polyps, identity-certainty | self | maybe, sample-reference | self | T628-A6, sampled-by | manipulator | nil, surface-color | self | pink. Subsampled in 2 ml ethanol, -20C. Co3126 and Co3504 are likely different preparations of the same specimen; synonymize as Co3126.

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T628

Rodriguez Seamount

34.0878° N
121.0758° W

728.6 m

Oct. 13, 2003

ROV Tiburon

R/V Western Flyer

David Clague

Robert C. Vrijenhoek

EtOH 70%

EtOH 50%

This record represents the average ROV latitude, average ROV longitude, and selected/maximum depth for the dive. Collector indicates Chief Scientist.