Page Contents: Section | Significance | Background | Location & Dates | Taxonomic Contents | Documentation | Description of Collection | Collection Inventory | Collection Assets
Heceta Bank / G. Hendler 2000
Section Responsible for Processing
MBC
Significance
These are deep water collections with complete locality and habitat data. They are in excellent condition and well preserved and in excellent condition. Most specimens will be amenable to molecular analysis.
Background
PI Gordon Hendler
Collection Location and Dates
Heceta Bank is located in the north eastern Pacific, off the Oregon coast. Samples were collected between 19-27 June 2000 with the R/V Brown. Collection depths ranged from 72-340 meters.
Taxonomic Contents
The taxonomic emphasis is echinoderms with 86 lots collected.
Documentation
G. Hendler provided station list as Excel spreadsheet.
Description of Collection
The bulk of the collections were fixed and preserved in 95% ethanol. A few lots were initially preserved in formalin then transferred to 85% ethanol. The collection is stored in the Polychaete Collection Range (LACM basement).
Collection Inventory
Echinoderms (102 lots); polychaetes (51 lots); crustaceans (41 lots); mollusks (37 lots); sponges (73 lots); cnidarians (24 lots); brachiopods (14 lots); urochordates (20 lots); ectoprocts (12 lots); miscellaneous taxa (e.g., nemerteans, sipunculids, chordates)(12 lots).
Collection Assets
Date | View or Retrieve | File Information |
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09/15/2010 | Retrieve [1362.3 kB] | Raw data sheet |
08/15/2008 | View [2462.3 kB] | Ophiuroidea (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis). Photo by K. Omura. |
08/15/2008 | View [1323.0 kB] | Echinoidea. Photo by K. Omura. |
08/15/2008 | View [1211.7 kB] | Holothuroidea. Photo by K. Omura. |
07/16/2002 | Retrieve [41.2 kB] | Collection inventory |