Regina Wetzer Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Curator and Director Marine Biodiversity Center

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+1-213-763-3217 rwetzer@nhm.org https://nhm.org/person/wetzer-regina 0000-0003-2674-5150 Jenessa Wall Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County DigIn Specialist and Collections Manager

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jwall@nhm.org 0009-0007-6136-6734 Adam Wall Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Collections Manager, Crustacea

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awall@nhm.org 0000-0002-2223-6757 Emma Perez Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Digitization Lead

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pentcheff@nhm.org 0000-0002-4049-3941 Kathy Omura Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Senior Collections Manager, Marine Biodiversity Center

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chaymaker@nhm.org 0000-0002-6361-3213 Leslie Harris Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Collections Manager, Polychaetes

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lharris@nhm.org 0000-0002-5792-543X Vijay Barve Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Digitization Project Manager

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vbarve@nhm.org 0000-0002-4852-2567 Regina Wetzer Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Curator and Director Marine Biodiversity Center

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+1-213-763-3217 rwetzer@nhm.org https://nhm.org/person/wetzer-regina 0000-0003-2674-5150 Jenessa Wall Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County DigIn Specialist and Collections Manager

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jwall@nhm.org 0009-0007-6136-6734 2026-07-14 eng This collection comes from the second phase of a three-phase study of oil lease tracts in southern California. Phase I, also held by this museum, was the baseline study. Phase II was a monitoring study and resulted in the production of the 14 volume “Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and western Santa Barbara Channel” published by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Our Phase II holdings consist of the bulk collections, specimens identified to the Lowest Possible Taxonomic Level (LPIL) which were separated into vials by taxon and station. Initial taxonomy was done by regional experts and verified by additional experts for each group including NHMLAC personnel. Two sets of voucher specimens were produced. The primary set was given to the Smithsonian Institution (USNM) and the secondary to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH). More than 30% of the taxa were either undescribed or new to the region. Types of the new species were distributed between the USNM, SBMNH, and this museum. Our holdings of Phase I & II specimens represent an excellent snapshot in time of rocky and soft bottom fauna of local oil production areas, as well as the best possible regional taxonomy. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml Specimen GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction. Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html CC0-1.0 off California, Western Santa Barbara Channel and Santa Maria Basin -121.171667 -120.7645 35.097167 34.69 1986-10-01 1989-05-01 order Cardiida order Heteronemertea class Hydrozoa phylum Arthropoda order Limnomedusae order Amphipoda class Ostracoda order Asterales order Decapoda order Spionida phylum Nemertea class Palaeonemertea order Amphinomida class Clitellata order Myodocopida order Tubulaniformes phylum Annelida class Polychaeta order Monostilifera order Scleralcyonacea class Hexacorallia order Cheilostomatida order Podocopida class Hoplonemertea class Bivalvia class Octocorallia phylum Hemichordata order Halocyprida class Pycnogonida order Anthoathecata order Sabellida order Euphausiacea order Sipuncula order Tubificida order Ceriantharia class Gastropoda phylum Echinodermata phylum Mollusca order Cumacea phylum Tracheophyta order Mysida class Pilidiophora order Pantopoda kingdom Plantae kingdom Animalia order Phyllodocida class Magnoliopsida order Tanaidacea order Eunicida order Actiniaria class Gymnolaemata phylum Platyhelminthes order Siphonophorae order Polystilifera order Pleurobranchida order Terebellida phylum Chaetognatha phylum Phoronida order Polycladida order Leptothecata class Ophiuroidea class Malacostraca order Isopoda order Lucinida phylum Bryozoa phylum Cnidaria asNeeded Regina Wetzer Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Curator and Director Marine Biodiversity Center

900 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles California 90007 US

+1-213-763-3217 rwetzer@nhm.org https://nhm.org/person/wetzer-regina 0000-0003-2674-5150 Regina Wetzer 0000-0003-2674-5150 principalInvestigator 2026-06-08T19:32:26.874+00:00 dataset