Table 1 Technical information of the 25 ROV videos performed on mesophotic assemblages. Table reports the assemblage category and number of frames extracted.

From: Diversity and future perspectives of Mediterranean deep-water oyster reefs

ID

ROV

Location

Area

Date

Lat

Long

Lenght (m)

Depth range (m)

Assemblage

Extr. Frames

1

MS17_III_110

Bonaccia field

Adriatic Sea

13/08/2017

41° 59’ 37.24"N

16° 15’ 8.66"E

862.49

87–90

DWOR

440

2

MS15_47

Off Vieste

Adriatic Sea

10/11/2015

40° 57’ 44.56"N

17° 27’ 34.57"E

1127.32

50–60

DWOR

296

3

MS17_III_115

Off Monopoli

Adriatic Sea

15/08/2017

39° 45’ 50.71"N

18° 23’ 25.83"E

984.76

100–103

DWOR

449

4

MS15_79

Off Monopoli

Adriatic Sea

12/11/2015

39° 45’ 16.39"N

18° 21’ 59.03"E

994.92

72–80

C

614

5

MS17_II_180

Off Monopoli

Adriatic Sea

05/08/2017

39° 35’ 11.73"N

16° 52’ 6.84"E

1564.42

92–110

DWOR

644

6

MS17_II_165

Off Brindisi

Adriatic Sea

04/08/2017

38° 20’ 37.82"N

16° 31’ 13.99"E

1359.06

102–105

SB

737

7

MS15_127

Off Santa Maria di Leuca

Ionian Sea

16/11/2015

40° 54’ 41.63"N

12° 52’ 59.28"E

1230.8

70–95

DWOR

727

8

MS15_118

Off Santa Maria di Leuca

Ionian Sea

15/11/2015

40° 54’ 30.55"N

12° 52’ 6.37"E

1129.15

90–98

DWOR

455

9

MS17_II_117

Off Santa Maria di Leuca

Ionian Sea

31/07/2017

37° 58’ 31.29"N

12° 8’ 24.23"E

1179.23

124–138

DWOR

599

10

MS17_II_115

Off Santa Maria di Leuca

Ionian Sea

31/07/2017

37° 56’ 59.78"N

12° 7’ 15.34"E

896.67

108–126

DWOR

507

11

MS17_II_83

Amendolara Seamount

Ionian Sea

28/07/2017

37° 58’ 27.72"N

12° 8’ 53.24"E

1424.7

91–97

SB

561

12

MS16_II_89

Amendolara Seamount

Ionian Sea

10/09/2016

40° 54’ 46.31"N

12° 54’ 29.29"E

1151.07

67–88

C

680

13

MS16_II_83

Amendolara Seamount

Ionian Sea

10/09/2016

39° 51’ 32.46"N

16° 41’ 59.61"E

647.65

67–83

C

653

14

MS17_II_93

Amendolara Seamount

Ionian Sea

29/07/2017

40° 45’ 59.2"N

14° 9’ 24.18"E

1370.36

132–168

CN

669

15

MS17_II_92

Amendolara Seamount

Ionian Sea

29/07/2017

43° 2’ 19.91"N

9° 45’ 1.81"E

859.29

170–190

CN

489

16

MS15_144

Off Crotone

Ionian Sea

18/11/2015

39° 55’ 57.17"N

16° 42’ 42.99"E

855.98

60–65

SB

905

17

MS15_184

Off Rocella Ionica

Ionian Sea

20/11/2015

39° 49’ 48.75"N

16° 48’ 7.5"E

986.38

68–79

C

570

18

MS16_186

Egadi Islands

Tyrrhenian Sea

01/08/2016

39° 50’ 49.94"N

16° 47’ 47.87"E

840.76

104–118

CN

705

19

MS16_197

Egadi Islands

Tyrrhenian Sea

02/08/2016

39° 44’ 0.87"N

18° 22’ 15.13"E

1086.01

70–75

RB

550

20

MS16_203

Egadi Islands

Tyrrhenian Sea

03/08/2016

39° 42’ 19.07"N

18° 21’ 19.25"E

1448.76

95–115

CN

877

21

MS17_I_103

Gulf of Naples

Tyrrhenian Sea

13/07/2017

40° 45’ 47.31"N

17° 56’ 32.11"E

1522.48

113–119

SB

842

22

MS16_21

Pontine Islands

Tyrrhenian Sea

18/07/2016

41° 0’ 11.31"N

17° 24’ 15.93"E

670.68

45–68

RB

520

23

MS16_128

Pontine Islands

Tyrrhenian Sea

27/07/2016

43° 35’ 29.4"N

14° 20’ 7.91"E

827.24

65–72

RB

678

24

MS16_142

Pontine Islands

Tyrrhenian Sea

27/07/2016

41° 4’ 9.69"N

17° 18’ 9.76"E

1240.14

55–80

RB

638

25

MS17_I_136

Off Capraia

Tyrrhenian Sea

17/07/2017

39° 50’ 38.28"N

16° 43’ 49.02"E

1376.04

98–105

SB

876

  1. C coralligenous assemblages, SB soft-bottom assemblages, CN cnidarian-dominated assemblages, DWOR deep-water oyster-reef assemblages, rhodolith-bed assemblages.