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SCAMIT List 14th Edition is available

Thanks to the persistent and painstaking efforts of Senior Editors Don Cadien, Kelvin Barwick, and Brent Haggin, and Contributing Taxonomists B. Ferraro, B. Haggin, C. Paquette, D. Cadien, D. Pasko, E. Oderlin, G. Lyon, J. Loan, J. Smolenski, K. Barwick, K. Beauchamp, L. Harris, L. Kuhnz, L. Lovell, M. Lilly, M. Nydam, R. Martinez, T. Phillips, T. Turner, V. Rodriguez-Villanueva, W. Enright, and Z. Scott, the SCAMIT List 14th Edition (2023) is now completed and available online.

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Upcoming SCAMIT Meetings

Monday 12 January 2026 9:30–4:00
Polychaetes: FID & Polycirrus drop-off at Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts and via Zoom

Lead: Brent Haggin

Monday 9 February 2026 9:30–4:00
Guest Speaker: Ethan Kahn (NHMLAC), Nemertea via Zoom

Monday 9 March 2026 9:30–4:00
Arthropoda at Orange County Sanitation District and via Zoom

Leads: Dean Pasko & Ben Ferraro

Monday 13 April 2026 9:30–4:00
Mollusca: Scaphopoda Location TBD (OCSD or CSD)

Lead: Coulson Lantz

Monday 11 May 2026 9:30–4:00
Echinodermata or Other Phyla Location TBD (OCSD or CSD)

Lead: Megan Lilly

Monday 8 June 2026 9:30–4:00
Polychaetes: Family Ampharetidae at Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts and via Zoom

Lead: Brent Haggin

July 2026
No Meeting (Summer Sampling)

August 2026
No Meeting (Summer Sampling)

Monday 14 September 2026 9:30–4:00
Polychaetes: Polycirrus review Location TBD (LACSD or NHM)

Lead: Leslie Harris

Monday 19 October 2026 9:30–4:00
Cnidarian Workshop Location TBD (OCSD or LACSD)

Leads: Tony Phillips & Jennifer Smolenski

Monday 9 November 2026 9:30–4:00
Polychaetes (TBD) at Orange County Sanitation District and via Zoom

Leads: Adam Webb & Norbert Lee

Monday 14 December 2026 9:30–2:00
Annual All-Members Meeting at Southern California Coastal Water Research Project

Lead: Brent Haggin

Questions? Contact: Leslie Harris at lharris@nhm.org or Brent Haggin at BHaggin@lacsd.org.

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