Table 2. General taxonomic record of organisms collected during the Johnson–Smithsonian Expedition to the Puertorrican Deep, 1933.
Station
Depth
Latitude
Longitude
General Locality
Biota
(fathoms) (° North)
(° West)
1
400-600
18° 33' 45"
66° 15' 00"
Off San Juan
small fishes, mollusks, brittle stars, 2 solitary corals
2
200-240
18° 31' 20"
66° 16' 20"
Off San Juan
glass sponges, 1 pennarian, brittlestars
3
260
18° 31' 20”
60° 21' 30"
Cerro Gordo
Water haul
4
140-260
18° 31' 45"
66° 31' 45"
Punta Pto. Nuevo
1 scallop
5
600
18° 37' 00"
66° 04' 30"
deep sea fishes, pteropods, small crustaceans, sagitta, medusae, fish eggs
6
100
18° 30' 45"
66° 04' 30"
Cabras Island
fish, pelagic mollusks, octopus, heteropods, pteropods, crustaceans and salpae
7
160-340
18° 30' 45"
66° 00’ 50"
Pta Vacia Talega
1 umbellula
8
300
18° 31’ 30"
66° 55’ 30"
Pta Vacia Talega
Lost gear
9
240-280
18° 31’ 30"
65° 55’ 30"
Pta. Maldonado
brittlestars, worm tubes,1 hydroid, mollusks
10
120-160
18° 29’ 20"
66° 05’ 30"
Cabras Island
mollusks, brittlestars, crustaceans, crinoids, crallines, sponges, and algae
11
200
18° 32’ 15"
66° 04’ 10"
Pta Cangrejos
small fish, cephalopods, pelagic mollusks, crustaceans
12
200-300
18° 31’ 00"
66° 00’ 15"
Salinas island
mollusks, crustaceans, holothurians, brittlestars, small corals
13
200-300
18° 31’ 05"
66° 02’ 15"
Salinas island
fish, mollusks, echinoderms, hydroids, coral
14
240-340
18° 31’ 00"
66° 04’ 10"
N/D
fish, mollusks, echinoderms, rose-red holothurian, worms, crustacean
15
300
18° 31’ 45"
66° 03’ 00"
Salinas Island
deep-sea fish, crustaceans
16
38-95
18° 29’ 40"
66° 08’ 30"
Cabras Island
sponges, hydroids, corals, echinoderms, comatulid crinoids, mollusks
17
46-90
18° 31’ 00"
66° 10’ 30"
Pta. Salinas
hydroids, brittlestars, crinoids, worms
18
39-80
18° 30’ 15"
66° 12’ 45"
Pta Cerro Gordo
water haul
19
200-420
18° 31’ 10"
66° 15’ 45"
Pta. Cerro Gordo
deep-sea fish, young mackerel, small puffers, salpae, larval crustaceans
20
960-1000
18° 40’ 30"
66° 19’ 00"
Pta. Cerro Gordo
Carcharodon sharks
21
140-200
18° 30’ 20"
66° 10’ 30"
Salinas Island
mollusks, brittlestars, worms, worm tubes, 1 hydroid
22
200-260
18° 30’ 30"
66° 12’ 45"
Pta. Cerro Gordo
ascidians, salpae, mollusks, crustaceans, brittlestars, worm tubes
23
260-360
18° 32’ 15"
66° 17’ 45"
Salinas island
deep-sea fish, coral, mollusks, crustaceans, shrimp
24
260-350
18° 32’ 30"
66° 21’ 15"
Pta. Cerro Gordo
pennarian, crustaceans, mollusks
25
240-300
18° 32’ 15"
66° 22’ 10"
Pta. Cerro Gordo
ascidians, mollusks, crustaceans, corals, foraminifera
26
33-40
18° 30' 20"
66° 22' 05"
Pta. Cerro Gordo
Corals, sponges, hydrozoa.
27
1100
18° 39' 50"
66° 21' 30"
Pta. Cerro Gordo
18