About the Authors

Kerry L. Howell

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kerry.howell@plymouth.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biological and Marine Science, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Jaime S. Davies

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Biological and Marine Science, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, United Kingdom

A. Louise Allcock

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, and Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland

Andreia Braga-Henriques

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Estação de Biologia Marinha do Funchal, Cais do Carvão, Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, ARDITI-Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology and Innovation, Oceanic Observatory of Madeira (OOM), Madeira Tecnopolo, Caminho da Penteada, Funchal, Portugal

Pål Buhl-Mortensen

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Marine Research,Nordnes, Bergen, Norway

Marina Carreiro-Silva

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Okeanos Research Centre, Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pesca, Horta, Portugal, IMAR Instituto do Mar, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal

Carlos Dominguez-Carrió

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Okeanos Research Centre, Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pesca, Horta, Portugal, IMAR Instituto do Mar, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal

Jennifer M. Durden

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, United Kingdom

Nicola L. Foster

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Biological and Marine Science, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Chloe A. Game

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

Becky Hitchin

Roles Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation JNCC, Inverdee House, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Tammy Horton

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, United Kingdom

Brett Hosking

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, United Kingdom

Daniel O. B. Jones

Roles Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, United Kingdom

Christopher Mah

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., United States of America

Claire Laguionie Marchais

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, and Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland

Lenaick Menot

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne, Plouzané, France

Telmo Morato

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Okeanos Research Centre, Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pesca, Horta, Portugal, IMAR Instituto do Mar, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal

Tabitha R. R. Pearman

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, United Kingdom

Nils Piechaud

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Biological and Marine Science, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Rebecca E. Ross

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Biological and Marine Science, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, United Kingdom, Institute of Marine Research,Nordnes, Bergen, Norway

Henry A. Ruhl

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, United Kingdom, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States of America

Hanieh Saeedi

Roles Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum; Department of Marine Zoology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Ecology, Diversity and Evolution, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, OBIS Data Manager, Deep-Sea Node

Paris V. Stefanoudis

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Nekton Foundation, Begbroke Science Park, Begbroke Hill, Begbroke, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Zoology Research and Administration Building, Oxford, United Kingdom

Gerald H. Taranto

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Okeanos Research Centre, Universidade dos Açores, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pesca, Horta, Portugal, IMAR Instituto do Mar, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal

Michael B. Thompson

Roles Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gardline Limited, Endeavour House, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom

James R. Taylor

Roles Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Senckenberg am Meer, German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Martin-Luthur-King-Platz, Hamburg, Germany

Paul Tyler

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Ocean and Earth Science National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, United Kingdom

Johanne Vad

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Grant Institute, School of Geosciences, The University of Edinburgh, The King’s Buildings, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Lissette Victorero

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CNRS, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle,Sorbonne Université, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris, France, Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), CNRS, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle,Sorbonne Université, Université de Caen Normandie, Université des Antilles, IRD, Paris, France, Centre d'Écologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO), CNRS, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle,Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

Rui P. Vieira

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Senckenberg am Meer, German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Martin-Luthur-King-Platz, Hamburg, Germany, Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory, Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Lucy C. Woodall

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations OBIS Data Manager, Deep-Sea Node, Nekton Foundation, Begbroke Science Park, Begbroke Hill, Begbroke, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Joana R. Xavier

Roles Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CIIMAR–Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal, University of Bergen, Department of Biological Sciences and KG Jebsen Centre for Deep-Sea Research, Bergen, Norway

Daniel Wagner

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

We would like to make it clear that one of the co-authors is employed by a commercial company (Gardline Limited). We would also like to make clear that this commercial affiliation does not alter our adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.