Page Contents: Section | Significance | Background | Location & Dates | Taxonomic Contents | Documentation | Description of Collection | Collection Inventory | Collection Assets
Antarctica 2026
Section Responsible for Processing
MBC
Significance
An Antarctic Peninsula SCUBA diving Expedition organized and led by Dr. Jeffrey Bozanic, 22–28 February 2026 from which eleven (11) stations were sampled for invertebrates.
Background
Specimens were hand carried back the NHM by Dr. Tania Pineda, Collections Manager Echinoderms, who was on the expedition as ship board support. Specimens were dispersed to Crustacea, Echinoderms, Malacology, Polychaetes and the Marine Biodiversity Center (MBC). Specimen data for material retained in the MBC is recorded in the MBC DB.
Collection Location and Dates
Antarctica, all stations have latitude and longitude. Material was collected between 22-28 February 2026.
Taxonomic Contents
invertebrates: sponges to chordates. A few incidental fish were collected and transferred to Fishes.
Documentation
No information available.
Description of Collection
fixed in 70% ethanol, ethanol drained for flight, rehoused in 95% ethanol upon arrival in Los Angeles
Collection Inventory
roughly 86 lots of invertebrates, excluding mollusks, echinoderms, crustaceans are databased in the MBC database. Total number of lots returned to NHM is not known.
Collection Assets
No collection assets available.