Page Contents: Section | Significance | Background | Location & Dates | Taxonomic Contents | Documentation | Description of Collection | Collection Inventory | Collection Assets
Huatulco, Mexico 2006
Section Responsible for Processing
MBC
Significance
A collaboration with Mexican colleagues and LACM marine invertebrate and anthropology staff: Bill Woods, Angel Valdes, K. Fitzhugh, G. Hendler, K. Omura, D. Striley, R. Wetzer
Background
Cultural exchange opportunities were explored between LACM and Mexican colleagues while exploring the shallow water near shore coral reef in the Bay of Huatulco, (Oaxaca).
Collection Location and Dates
August 15th - three boat dives off San Augustino beach and along coast
Santa Cruz beach – collected along cement dock and intertidal
August 16th – two boat dives
Magueyito Beach Halimeda collection
Taxonomic Contents
The collection consists of 6 unsorted lots and the remaining 94 lots consisted of crustaceans (amphipods, brachyurans, alpheids, isopods, anomurans, peracarids, caridea), pycnogonids, polychaetes, mollusks (gastropods, bivalves, nudibranchs), platyhelminthes, echinoderms (urchins, brittle stars, holothuroids), nemerteans and sponges.
Documentation
All specimen data is databased.
Description of Collection
Specimens were preserved then stored in 95% EtOH. Collection is housed in MBC/Polychaete Collection room.
Collection Inventory
Collection curated and dispersed to taxonomic sections.
Collection Assets
No collection assets available.