Peracarida: Panama, Bocas del Toro 2024

Sampling event Specimen
Latest version published by Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County on Nov 20, 2025 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Publication date:
November 20, 2025
License:
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Description

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

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 74 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Event (core)
74
Occurrence 
1705

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Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

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

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 46d4faf7-72af-4ce3-88af-5599998de77e.  Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Samplingevent; 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
  • +1-213-763-3386
N. Dean Pentcheff
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator
  • DISCO Project Manager
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

Panama, Bocas del Toro

Bounding Coordinates South West [9.246, -82.355], North East [9.453, -82.032]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda, Nemertea, Entoprocta, Kinorhyncha, Annelida, Acanthocephala, Xenacoelomorpha, Hemichordata, Gastrotricha, Mollusca, Porifera, Nematoda, Placozoa, Platyhelminthes, Chaetognatha, Bryozoa, Cnidaria
Class Hydrozoa, Ostracoda, Polychaeta, Hoplonemertea, Arachnida, Sagittoidea, Pycnogonida, Solenogastres, Gastropoda, Demospongiae, Chromadorea, Thecostraca, Enteropneusta, Cephalocarida, Gymnolaemata, Copepoda, Polyplacophora, Cubozoa, Branchiopoda, Malacostraca
Order Amphipoda, Decapoda, Ingolfiellida, Spionida, Harpacticoida, Amphinomida, Monostilifera, Chromadorida, Dolichomicrostomida, Phragmophora, Haplosclerida, Nemertodermatida, Cumacea, Mysida, Neogastropoda, Cephalaspidea, Monstrilloida, Tanaidacea, Bochusacea, Actinulida, Acoela, Terebellida, Polycladida, Trombidiformes, Ctenostomatida, Brachypoda, Isopoda
Family Limnoriidae, Hermaeidae, Ligiidae, Janiridae, Colomastigidae, Chevaliidae, Kalliapseudidae, Hirsutiidae, Tanaididae, Paratanaidae, Hofsteniidae, Paranthuridae, Apseudidae, Theamatidae, Megaluropidae, Scleropactidae, Tylidae, Bopyridae, Philosciidae, Cryptoniscidae, Amphinomidae, Bateidae, Spadellidae, Melitidae, Dolichomacrostomidae, Stenothoidae, Ototyphlonemertidae, Sphaeromatidae, Phoxocephalidae, Holognathidae, Monobryozoidae, Detonidae, Xenoturbellidae, Spionidae, Liljeborgiidae, Alpheidae, Pontogeneiidae, Gnathiidae, Ampithoidae, Metapseudidae, Maeridae, Oniscidea incertae sedis, Corophiidae, Ischyroceridae, Photidae, Cirolanidae, Lepidocharontidae, Hadziidae, Platyischnopidae, Nannastacidae, Lysianassidae, Plakobranchidae, Arcturidae, Pagurapseudidae, Paracalliopiidae, Boniniidae, Niphatidae, Ampeliscidae, Entoniscidae, Leptognathiidae, Hyalidae, Halacaridae, Munnidae, Meiomeniidae, Eubelidae, Mysidae, Hornelliidae, Cymothoidae, Dexaminidae, Hutchinsoniellidae, Podoceridae, Anthuridae, Halophilosciidae, Leucothoidae, Marginellidae, Ingolfiellidae, Nototanaidae, Idoteidae, Nemertodermatidae, Amphilochidae, Aoridae, Loxosomatidae, Caprellidae, Talitridae, Pseudotanaidae, Phliantidae, Atylidae, Monstrillidae, Selachinematidae, Leptocheliidae, Stenetriidae, Bodotriidae, Platyarthridae, Halammohydridae, Neomegamphopidae, Leptanthuridae, Diastylidae, Flabelligeridae, Ancinidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2024-07-29 / 2024-08-12

Project Data

No Description available

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The personnel involved in the project:

Regina Wetzer
  • Principal Investigator

Additional Metadata