570efec6-927c-4c24-9fbf-ed8caab9ef33 https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=bight2003 bight2003 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 Technician

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emmaperez@nhm.org 0009-0002-8802-7461 N. Dean Pentcheff Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County DISCO Project Manager

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pentcheff@nhm.org 0000-0002-4049-3941 Caroline Haymaker Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Associate Collections Manager

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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 2025-12-18 eng This collection comprehensively represents benthos present in the Southern California Bight (SCB) during summer 2003. It includes bulk samples collected at spatially random locations throughout the SCB from estuaries and bays to the continental shelf and slope up to 1000 m deep. 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 https://ipt.gbif.org/archive.do?r=bight2003 The Southern California Bight between Point Conception and the United States–Mexico border, were sampled between 14 July – 16 October 2003. For each station, station identifier, sampling date, geographic coordinates in decimal degrees, depth in meters, percent fine sediments (< 63 µm) dry weight, and location information is contained in the “Station Data” spreadsheet in the accompanying Excel workbook. -120.60918 -117.11615 34.465234 32.548055 2003-07-14 2003-10-16 order Nudibranchia class Holothuroidea phylum Arthropoda class Hydrozoa order Pectinida order Amphipoda order Ophiurida class Ostracoda order Decapoda order Spionida phylum Nemertea order Amphinomida class Clitellata order Phlebobranchia order Apodida order Chitonida order Myodocopida order Tetractinellida phylum Annelida class Polychaeta order Scleralcyonacea class Hexacorallia order Oegopsida order Valvatida order Cheilostomatida phylum Chordata order Spinulosida order Lepetellida class Bivalvia class Ascidiacea class Octocorallia phylum Hemichordata order Stolidobranchia class Pycnogonida order Spatangoida order Sabellida order Ophiacanthida order Sipuncula class Gastropoda phylum Echinodermata phylum Mollusca class Demospongiae order Cumacea order Trochida order Myopsida order Sepiolida order Mysida order Neogastropoda phylum Porifera order Stomatopoda order Cephalaspidea class Enteropneusta order Pantopoda class Thecostraca kingdom Animalia order Phyllodocida order Balanomorpha order Forcipulatida order Leucosolenida order Tanaidacea order Malacalcyonacea order Echiuroidea order Littorinimorpha order Eunicida order Actiniaria order Enteropneusta incertae sedis class Gymnolaemata order Paxillosida order Euryalida class Calcarea order Leptostraca order Siphonophorae order Tethyida order Sceptrulophora order Terebellida class Echinoidea class Polyplacophora phylum Phoronida order Ctenostomatida order Amphilepidida class Cephalopoda class Ophiuroidea class Hexactinellida class Malacostraca order Camarodonta order Isopoda class Asteroidea phylum Bryozoa phylum Cnidaria unknown 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 Regina Wetzer 0000-0003-2674-5150 principalInvestigator 2025-12-18T18:51:22.209+00:00 dataset Wetzer R, Wall J, Wall A, Perez E, Pentcheff N D, Haymaker C, Harris L, Barve V (2025). California Bight Survey 2003. Version 1.1. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=bight2003&v=1.1 https://ipt.gbif.org/logo.do?r=bight2003 570efec6-927c-4c24-9fbf-ed8caab9ef33/v1.1.xml