https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=bight_1998 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 Jenessa Wall Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County DigIn Specialist and Collections 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

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+1-213-763-3386 rwetzer@nhm.org https://nhm.org/person/wetzer-regina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2674-5150 2025-12-05 eng Bight 1998 was part of an effort to provide an integrated assessment of the Southern California Bight through regional-scale Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program style stratified random sampling. Each of the major sampling components of the Bight’98 survey was used to characterize the state of the sub-tidal habitats in San Diego Bay. 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 Point Conception, California to United States–Mexico international border. An additional 71 sites between U.S.–Mexico border and Ensenada, Mexico. -120.489317 -117.14265 34.45885 32.541867 1998-07-13 1998-09-15 order Nudibranchia order Cardiida class Hydrozoa phylum Arthropoda order Scleractinia order Pectinida order Amphipoda class Ostracoda order Asterales order Decapoda kingdom Chromista order Spionida phylum Nemertea order Amphinomida order Manzanellida order Phlebobranchia order Myodocopida class Tubothalamea order Carditida order Aplysiida phylum Annelida class Polychaeta order Scleralcyonacea phylum Brachiopoda class Hexacorallia order Scalpellomorpha order Myida order Solemyida phylum Chordata class Bivalvia class Ascidiacea class Leptocardii class Octocorallia order Stolidobranchia class Pycnogonida order Anthoathecata order Sabellida order Ophiacanthida order Sipuncula class Gastropoda order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis phylum Echinodermata phylum Mollusca class Demospongiae order Suberitida order Cumacea order Lingulida order Mytilida order Nuculanida order Trochida order Myopsida phylum Tracheophyta order Mysida order Neogastropoda phylum Porifera order Stomatopoda order Limida order Cephalaspidea order Pantopoda class Thecostraca kingdom Plantae kingdom Animalia order Galeommatida order Phyllodocida order Balanomorpha order Rhabdocoela class Magnoliopsida order Venerida order Tanaidacea order Malacalcyonacea order Echiuroidea order Littorinimorpha order Eunicida order Actiniaria class Gymnolaemata order Paxillosida phylum Platyhelminthes class Lingulata order Leptostraca order Pleurobranchida order Terebellida class Echinoidea phylum Foraminifera order Adapedonta order Polycladida order Ctenostomatida order Leptothecata class Cephalopoda order Amphilepidida order Echinolampadacea class Ophiuroidea class Malacostraca order Stylommatophora order Miliolida order Isopoda order Lucinida order Octopoda class Asteroidea phylum Bryozoa phylum Cnidaria asNeeded 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 Regina Wetzer https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2674-5150 principalInvestigator 2025-12-05T20:42:26.028+00:00 dataset Wetzer R, Wall J, Wall A, Perez E, Pentcheff N D, Omura K, Haymaker C, Harris L, Barve V (2025). California Bight Survey 1998. Version 1.0. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=bight_1998&v=1.0 https://ipt.gbif.org/logo.do?r=bight_1998