Minerals Management Service CAMP: California Phase II Monitoring Program

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County on Jul 14, 2026 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
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Description

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.

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Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Regina Wetzer
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Curator and Director Marine Biodiversity Center
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Boulevard
90007 Los Angeles
California
US
  • +1-213-763-3217
Jenessa Wall
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator
  • DigIn Specialist and Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Boulevard
90007 Los Angeles
California
US
Adam Wall
  • Originator
  • Collections Manager, Crustacea
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Boulevard
90007 Los Angeles
California
US
Emma Perez
  • Originator
  • Digitization Lead
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Boulevard
90007 Los Angeles
California
US
N. Dean Pentcheff
  • Originator
  • DISCO Project Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Boulevard
90007 Los Angeles
California
US
Kathy Omura
  • Originator
  • Senior Collections Manager, Marine Biodiversity Center
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Boulevard
90007 Los Angeles
California
US
  • +1-213-763-3386
Caroline Haymaker
  • Originator
  • Associate Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Boulevard
90007 Los Angeles
California
US
Leslie Harris
  • Originator
  • Collections Manager, Polychaetes
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Boulevard
90007 Los Angeles
California
US
Vijay Barve
  • Originator
  • Digitization Project Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • 900 Exposition Boulevard
90007 Los Angeles
California
US

Geographic Coverage

off California, Western Santa Barbara Channel and Santa Maria Basin

Bounding Coordinates South West [34.69, -121.172], North East [35.097, -120.764]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Plantae, Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda, Nemertea, Annelida, Hemichordata, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Tracheophyta, Platyhelminthes, Chaetognatha, Phoronida, Bryozoa, Cnidaria
Class Hydrozoa, Ostracoda, Palaeonemertea, Clitellata, Polychaeta, Hexacorallia, Hoplonemertea, Bivalvia, Octocorallia, Pycnogonida, Gastropoda, Pilidiophora, Magnoliopsida, Gymnolaemata, Ophiuroidea, Malacostraca
Order Cardiida, Heteronemertea, Limnomedusae, Amphipoda, Asterales, Decapoda, Spionida, Amphinomida, Myodocopida, Tubulaniformes, Monostilifera, Scleralcyonacea, Cheilostomatida, Podocopida, Halocyprida, Anthoathecata, Sabellida, Euphausiacea, Sipuncula, Tubificida, Ceriantharia, Cumacea, Mysida, Pantopoda, Phyllodocida, Tanaidacea, Eunicida, Actiniaria, Siphonophorae, Polystilifera, Pleurobranchida, Terebellida, Polycladida, Leptothecata, Isopoda, Lucinida

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1986-10-01 / 1989-05-01

Project Data

No Description available

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The personnel involved in the project:

Regina Wetzer
  • Principal Investigator