f0480648-1da6-4473-ade5-520ae0cfef39 https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=lacm_velero Invertebrate Collections by research vessel Velero Regina Wetzer Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Curator and Director Marine Biodiversity Center

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vwestover@nhm.org https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1241-1830 Jenessa Wall Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County DigIn Specialist and Collections Manager

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https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6136-6734 Adam Wall Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Collections Manager, Crustacea

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awall@nhm.org https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2223-6757 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 Kathy Omura Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Senior Collections Manager, Marine Biodiversity Center

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+1-213-763-3386 komura@nhm.org https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6975-7647 Caroline Haymaker Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Associate Collections Manager

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chaymaker@nhm.org https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6361-3213 Leslie Harris Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Collections Manager, Polychaetes

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vbarve@nhm.org https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-2567 2025-06-04 eng Between 1931 and 1941, the Research Vessel Velero III (R/V Velero III) of the Allan Hancock Foundation (AHF) at the University of Southern California, completed ten major ocean science voyages, primarily focusing on the collection of marine organisms along the Pacific coast stretching from San Francisco to Peru. Equipped with a variety of gear including specialized deep-sea dredging apparatus, collections could be made down to depths of 7,000 feet, allowing scientists to sample a wide range of benthic environments and analyze the myriad specimens brought to the surface. R/V Velero III's impressive range and capacity enabled extended expeditions, lasting several months at a time. In addition to its extensive work along the mainland coast, R/V Velero III also explored the California Channel Islands, leading to valuable collections and subsequent scientific publications. Notable expeditions included the 1939 voyage to the Caribbean, explorations of the Galapagos Islands, and the 1940 expedition into the Gulf of California. The R/V Velero III sampled 1,436 stations until November 18, 1941, after which it was requisitioned by the U.S. Navy. AHF researchers subsequently made shore collections from Coos Bay, Oregon to Western Mexico, catalogued as Velero stations. In January 1948, the R/V Velero IV was launched. The R/V Velero IV collected stations 1605-48 to 31788-85, primarily in California and Mexico, with the last station collected on June 21, 1985. 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 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 Pacific coast stretching from Coos Bay, Oregon to Peru; Caribbean Sea from Panama to Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Bonaire, Curacao, and Aruba. -153.467747 -17.951667 62.495 -15.348611 1931-12-07 1985-06-21 order Clionaida phylum Arthropoda phylum Nemertina order Amphipoda phylum Nemertini order Calanoida kingdom Chromista order Spionida phylum Nemertea class Clitellata order Merliida order Myodocopida class Tubothalamea order Tetractinellida class Polychaeta class Hexacorallia order Tetraodontiformes order Scalpellomorpha order Cheilostomatida order Lepetellida class Ascidiacea class Chondrostei class Octocorallia order Acipenseriformes phylum Coelenterata phylum Ctenophora order Haplosclerida class Ophiuroides class Pycnogonida order Opheliida order Euphausiacea class Rhynchonellata order Antipatharia order Araneae phylum Heterokontophyta class Maxillopoda class Gastropoda order Lophogastrida phylum Echinodermata order Pollicipedomorpha phylum Mollusca class Demospongiae order Suberitida order Lingulida phylum Tracheophyta order Naviculales order Neogastropoda order Polymastiida order Stomatopoda class Pilidiophora class Enteropneusta kingdom Animalia order Phyllodocida order Cetartiodactyla order Alismatales class Magnoliopsida order Siphonostomatoida order Venerida kingdom Protozoa order Lamniformes order Hadromerida order Echiuroidea order Littorinimorpha order Mystacocaridida order Eunicida order Actiniaria order Enteropneusta incertae sedis order Alcyonacea order Cladocera class Gymnolaemata phylum Platyhelminthes class Lingulata class Elasmobranchii class Copepoda order Siphonophorae order Tethyida order Terebellida class Nodosariata class Bacillariophyceae order Arguloida order Pennatulacea class Scyphozoa order Leptothecata class Ophiuroidea class Malacostraca order Miliolida phylum Bryozoa class Holothuroidea order Mysidacea order Scleractinia order Heteronemertea class Hydrozoa class Ostracoda order Decapoda order Amphinomida order Aplousobranchia order Phlebobranchia phylum Sipunculida phylum Annelida order Scleralcyonacea class Florideophyceae phylum Brachiopoda class Hoplonemertea class Arachnida phylum Chordata phylum Rhodophyta order Vaginulinida class Bivalvia class Leptocardii class Peranemea phylum Hemichordata order Terebratulida order Halocyprida order Stolidobranchia class Mammalia order Acanthuriformes order Sabellida order Verrucomorpha phylum Ectoprocta order Dictyoceratida order Sipuncula class Turbellaria order Loftusiida order Ceriantharia order Natomonadida order Plocamiales order Elopiformes order Cumacea order Pyrosomatida phylum Pogonophora order Mysida phylum Porifera order Clathrinida class Globothalamea kingdom Plantae order Pantopoda class Thecostraca order Balanomorpha order Rhabdocoela order Tanaidacea order Poecilosclerida phylum Nematoda order Siphonophora order Axinellida phylum Euglenozoa order Myzostomida class Calcarea order Leptostraca order Polystilifera class Thaliacea order Verongiida phylum Chaetognatha phylum Phoronida phylum Foraminifera order Anguilliformes order Polycladida order Cyclopoida class Hexactinellida class Branchiopoda order Stylommatophora order Isopoda order Lucinida phylum Cnidaria class Teleostei class Ichthyostraca asNeeded Regina Wetzer Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Curator and Director Marine Biodiversity Center

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