https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=peracarida_panama Regina Wetzer Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Curator and Director Marine Biodiversity Center

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+1-213-763-3386 rwetzer@nhm.org https://nhm.org/person/wetzer-regina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2674-5150 N. Dean Pentcheff Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County DISCO Project Manager

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pentcheff@nhm.org https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4049-3941 Vijay Barve Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Digitization Project Manager

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

900 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles California 90007 US

+1-213-763-3386 rwetzer@nhm.org https://nhm.org/person/wetzer-regina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2674-5150 N. Dean Pentcheff Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County DISCO Project Manager

900 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles California 90007 US

pentcheff@nhm.org https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4049-3941 2025-11-20 eng From July 31, August 14, 2024 peracarid enthusiasts from 10 countries convened at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Bocas del Toro, Panama, for the “Confusing Crustaceans” workshop. This immersive course focused on peracarid systematics, collection, and preservation, featuring eight experts alongside 20 eager participants. The instructors brought a wide range of expertise in various groups within the Peracarida, as well as in science communication and biodiversity data management. Each morning, attendees collected peracarids from diverse habitats, including coral reefs, sea-grasses, mangroves, and leaf litter. In the afternoons, they sorted and identified their specimens, gaining hands-on training in peracarid morphology. Evenings were dedicated to engaging lectures and discussions, enriching participants’ understanding of peracarid systematics, specimen preservation techniques for morphology and biomolecules, and specimen photography, among other topics. For more information about the Peracarida project, visit: https://www.peracarida.org Samplingevent 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 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html CC-BY-4.0 Panama, Bocas del Toro -82.355231 -82.032468 9.45345 9.245568 2024-07-29 2024-08-12 phylum Arthropoda class Hydrozoa family Limnoriidae family Hermaeidae order Amphipoda family Ligiidae class Ostracoda order Decapoda order Ingolfiellida family Janiridae family Colomastigidae family Chevaliidae family Kalliapseudidae order Spionida phylum Nemertea order Harpacticoida order Amphinomida family Hirsutiidae family Tanaididae family Paratanaidae family Hofsteniidae family Paranthuridae family Apseudidae family Theamatidae family Megaluropidae phylum Entoprocta phylum Kinorhyncha phylum Annelida class Polychaeta order Monostilifera family Scleropactidae family Tylidae family Bopyridae family Philosciidae family Cryptoniscidae family Amphinomidae phylum Acanthocephala class Hoplonemertea class Arachnida family Bateidae order Chromadorida class Sagittoidea family Spadellidae family Melitidae family Dolichomacrostomidae family Stenothoidae family Ototyphlonemertidae family Sphaeromatidae phylum Xenacoelomorpha order Dolichomicrostomida family Phoxocephalidae family Holognathidae family Monobryozoidae family Detonidae family Xenoturbellidae order Phragmophora phylum Hemichordata order Haplosclerida family Spionidae class Pycnogonida family Liljeborgiidae family Alpheidae family Pontogeneiidae phylum Gastrotricha family Gnathiidae family Ampithoidae family Metapseudidae family Maeridae family Oniscidea incertae sedis family Corophiidae family Ischyroceridae class Solenogastres order Nemertodermatida family Photidae family Cirolanidae family Lepidocharontidae family Hadziidae family Platyischnopidae class Gastropoda family Nannastacidae family Lysianassidae family Plakobranchidae phylum Mollusca class Demospongiae family Arcturidae family Pagurapseudidae family Paracalliopiidae order Cumacea family Boniniidae class Chromadorea order Mysida family Niphatidae family Ampeliscidae family Entoniscidae order Neogastropoda family Leptognathiidae family Hyalidae phylum Porifera family Halacaridae family Munnidae family Meiomeniidae order Cephalaspidea class Thecostraca class Enteropneusta kingdom Animalia family Eubelidae family Mysidae family Hornelliidae family Cymothoidae family Dexaminidae order Monstrilloida family Hutchinsoniellidae family Podoceridae family Anthuridae order Tanaidacea family Halophilosciidae family Leucothoidae family Marginellidae family Ingolfiellidae phylum Nematoda order Bochusacea class Cephalocarida family Nototanaidae family Idoteidae family Nemertodermatidae family Amphilochidae family Aoridae phylum Placozoa class Gymnolaemata order Actinulida phylum Platyhelminthes family Loxosomatidae class Copepoda family Caprellidae order Acoela family Talitridae family Pseudotanaidae order Terebellida phylum Chaetognatha class Polyplacophora family Phliantidae family Atylidae family Monstrillidae order Polycladida family Selachinematidae family Leptocheliidae family Stenetriidae family Bodotriidae family Platyarthridae class Cubozoa family Halammohydridae order Trombidiformes family Neomegamphopidae order Ctenostomatida class Branchiopoda order Brachypoda class Malacostraca family Leptanthuridae order Isopoda family Diastylidae family Flabelligeridae family Ancinidae 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

+1-213-763-3386 rwetzer@nhm.org https://nhm.org/person/wetzer-regina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2674-5150 Regina Wetzer https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2674-5150 principalInvestigator 2025-06-20T19:43:44.851+00:00 dataset Wetzer R, Pentcheff N D, Barve V (2025). Peracarida: Panama, Bocas del Toro 2024. Version 1.2. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=peracarida_panama&v=1.2 https://ipt.vertnet.org/logo.do?r=peracarida_panama https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?id=peracarida_panama/v1.2.xml