Octocorals and antipatharians in the mesophotic rocky reefs of Colombian Pacific

This dataset is described and analyzed in the Data Report “Octocorals and antipatharians in the mesophotic rocky reefs of Colombian Pacific (Eastern Tropical Pacific)” published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science. The dataset includes a list of octocorals and antipatharians (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Alcyonacea and Antipatharia) specimens collected between 40-51 m deep in the mesophotic rocky environments of northern Chocó in Colombia. In the explored mesophotic community, 14 octocorals species in the Ellisellidae, Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae families and one black coral species of the Myriopathidae family were found. Of the octocoral species reported here, six are new records for the Colombian Pacific and even for the Panama Bight ecoregion