Deepwater Coral

Swiftia exserta (Ellis & Solander 1786)

ecomorphological guild

• World Register of Marine Species: www.marinespecies.org

geographic distribution

• United States Species List: United States
• World Register of Marine Species: Gulf of Mexico
• Mexico Species List: Mexico
• Gulf of Mexico Species List: gulf of Mexico
• Caribbean Sea Species List: caribbean Sea

habitat

• World Register of Marine Species: marine benthic

latitude

• OBIS environmental data records: 30.7917 degrees (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: -20.402 degrees (min)

longitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -39.923 degrees (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: -93.45 degrees (min)

skeleton structure

• World Register of Marine Species: condensed
• World Register of Marine Species: endoskeleton

water depth

• OBIS environmental data records: 494 m (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 21 m (min)

water dissolved o2 concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 4.892 mL/L (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 3.535 mL/L (min)

water nitrate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 21.031 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 0.219 µmol/l (min)

water o2 saturation

• OBIS environmental data records: 67.607 percent (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 102.542 percent (max)

water phosphate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 0.015 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 1.165 µmol/l (max)

water salinity

• OBIS environmental data records: 35.742 psu (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 36.886 psu (max)

water silicate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 1.073 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 14.658 µmol/l (max)

water temperature

• OBIS environmental data records: 13.419 degrees celsius (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 27.062 degrees celsius (max)