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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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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