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Latest News examples
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June 18, 2012
PADI foundation awards Benthic and Pelagic Invertebrate Collections
Benthic Invertebrate Collection and Pelagic Invertebrate Collection got an award from PADI foundation
on updating educational displays. The award will be used to modernize several of our displays to
enhance the quality of tours for our visitors. As a part of updating process, a 55 inch TV is installed and
available for tours in BIC on June 18, 2012.
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June 17, 2012
An art exhibition on deep-sea benthic invertebrates
Artist Lily Simonson’s exhibition, Wet and Wild, opens June 17 through July 29 at CB1 Gallery in Los
Angeles. Her exhibition features many deep-sea benthic invertebrates housed in BIC.
Read more stories on this exhibition at
http://explorations.ucsd.edu/around-the-pier/2012/around-the-pier-strange-truths-of-the-deep-sea/
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Benthic Invertebrate of the month example
June 2012
Glyptonotus antarticus Eights, 1852
Glyptonotus antarcticus is found throughout Antarctic waters from shallow to about 800 meters depth.
G. antarcticus is up to 9 inches in length. The color of G. antarcticus varies but generally is olive-brown,
with its appendages less dark and yellowish; keels, segment margins, and coxal plate margins are lighter
with a red-brown tint. Glyptonotus antarcticus is an omnivore and eats what it finds, including brittle
seastars, gastropod molluscs, isopods (including small ones of its own species -- cannibalism), sea
urchins, krill, and polychaete worms. Its large, powerful mouth parts enable it to dine on hard animals
like brittle seastars and sea urchins. As a large benthic predator and scavenger, its ecological role is
analogous to that of crabs and lobsters in temperate waters.
BIC recently acquired many specimens of G. antarticus from recent Scotia Arc Expedition lead by Prof.
Greg Rouse (SIO) and Dr. Nerida Wilson (Australian Museum).
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General Information
The Benthic Invertebrate Collection is open to general public by appointment only. To plan your visit,
please contact collection manager, Dr. Harim Cha ([email protected] or +1-858-822-2818), and arrange
your tour in the collection.
Location
The BIC is located at Vaughan Hall Room 138 in Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus. The street
address is 8675 Kennel Way (old Discovery Way), La Jolla, California 92037.
Parking
There is no public parking facility at Scripps Institution of Oceanography Campus; on-street parking is
limited and posted times are enforced.
Public Transportation
For directions on how to get to the SIO campus via public transportation visit http://www.sdmts.com.
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Featured Expedition example
Costa Rica Seep Expedition (2009-2010)
In 2009 and 2010 SIO (Chief Scientist: Prof. Lisa Levin) led the first submersible expeditions to the
continental margin area near Costa Rica focusing on the biological diversity of methane-driven
carbonate ecosystems. These carbonate rocky habitats are generated by the anaerobic oxidation of
methane by Archaea and Bacteria. This chemosynthesis also allows a diversity of animals to exist there,
quite distinct from those in surrounding sediments. The investigations were conducted at seven
locations on the Costa Rica margin (997-2209 m) in February 2009 and January 2010.
Hundreds of invertebrate specimens were collected during the two expeditions, with the majority are
deposited to the Scripps Benthic Invertebrate Collection.
Based on DNA sequencing data, more than a 40 new species were found (worms, shrimps, crabs, clams,
mussels, snails, black coral and other invertebrates) and are currently being named.
The expedition allows to answer questions on 1) Biological affinities between Costa Rica Seep fauna and
other deep-sea, hard-substrate and reducing faunas, including those from hydrothermal vents and
whale bones, and 2) Biological uniqueness of the Costa Rica Seeps.
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CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
NSF-funded Oregon Hydrate Ridge Expeditions (2010-)*
NSF-funded Assembling the Echinoderm Tree of Life project (2011-)**
NSF-funded Antarctic Expedition (2011-)*
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS
Paul Dayton’s Historic Antarctic Collection (2010-2011)*
NSF-funded Costa Rica margin Expeditions (2009-2010)*
STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Loan Request Policy
Loans can be made to qualified individuals through their institutions for
the purposes of research, exhibition, or education. Student loans should
be made through their professor. Holotypes, Paratypes, one-of-a-kind, or
very rare specimens may be limited to inspection at Scripps. Any
technique that alters the physical state of the specimen must be
authorized.
Outgoing loans are accompanied by a loan form which describes the
specimens, gives the collection data, and shows numerically how many of
each species is loaned. Loans are normally made for a period of one year,
though extensions may be granted upon written request from the loan
recipient. The Benthic Invertebrate Collection should be acknowledged in
publications resulting from use of material or data. A reprint of each such
publication or report is requested for the collections library.
Types of any new species described should be deposited in the Benthic
Invertebrate Collection here at the Institution in La Jolla, California unless
other arrangements have been approved.
Material loaned may not be transferred to individuals or institutions other
than those designated as borrowers without prior written authorization.
Loans are intended for research only and should not be for commercial
purposes or sale. These and any additional policies as may be determined
on a case by case basis, are intended to ensure the Collection remains
accessible to and best serves the interests of the academic community.
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Teaching and Outreach
SIO Oceanographic Collections materials are widely used in classroom teaching at
the University of California San Diego (UCSD). At least 27 courses at SIO/UCSD
depend on these collection materials for classroom instruction: 20 graduate
(SIO), 6 undergraduate (UCSD Biology and Earth Sciences), and one UC extension
course.
Selected graduate courses taught at SIO that make heavy use of the
Collections include:
SIO 294 Biology of Fishes
SIO 284 Invertebrate Zoology
SIO 274 Marine Arthropods
SIO 272 Biogeography
SIO 271 Zooplankton Ecology
SIO 240 Marine Geology
SIO 201 Geological Record of Climate Change
Currently, the research of at least 20 Scripps graduate students and 7
postdoctoral scientists directly involves the use of these Collections. The thesis
research of students at other universities is also supported.
Classes from other colleges and universities also regularly visit the
collections.Informing Governmental Agencies
The SIO Oceanographic Collections provide support services to a number of
governmental agencies at Federal, State, and local levels including the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), US Customs, California Department of Fish and
Game, and San Diego Parks:
Taxonomic expertise is furnished for the accurate identification of fishes and
marine invertebrates
Provision of expert testimony in courts of law
Public Outreach
The SIO Oceanographic Collections participate in outreach education at all levels.
Activities include:
Public tours and Open Houses
Public presentations
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Catalogs and Publications - Benthic Invertebrate Collection
Crustacea Part I Decapoda and Stomatopoda, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No. 77-
9, October 1977, 72 pp. $10.00 US
Brachiopoda, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No. 78-19, July 1978, 4 pp. $4.00 US
Echinodermata, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No. 82-5, June 1982, 66 pp. $10.00
US
Mollusca, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No. 95-24, October 1995, 167 pp. $10.00 US
Coelenterata, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No. 98-02, May 1998, 67 pp. $10.00 US
Porifera, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No. 98-06, May 1998, 36 pp. $10.00 US
*All checks must be payable to the "Regents of the University of California"
Downloadable Catalogs
(The following catalogs are available in downloadable format at no cost)
Porifera, SIO Reference Series No. 98-06, May 1998, 36 pp. (pdf, 456KB)
Coelenterata, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No. 98-02, May 1998, 67 pp. (pdf,
806KB)
Brachiopoda, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No. 78-19, July 1978, 4 pp. (pdf,
156KB)
Mollusca, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No. 95-24, October 1995, 167 pp. (pdf,
1.4MB)
Crustacea Part I Decapoda and Stomatopoda, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No.
77-9, October 1977, 72 pp. (pdf, 8.7MB)
Echinodermata, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No. 82-5, June 1982, 66 pp. (pdf,
6.7MB)
Published catalogs of the holdings of Benthic Invertebrate Collection. (pdf, 168KB)
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