Annelida | Polychaeta | Errantia | Aciculata | Eunicida |
Onuphidae | Diopatra | cuprea |
Genus | Species |
BI-2024-05, #DigInTCN
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Formalin: anterior in 2 ml. Ethanol: midbody piece in 2 ml. Canon T6i with Leica S8Apo +0.63x lens: x1.0: 5850, 5851. Field identification by C. Seid: Diopatra cuprea. Field notes: posteriorly incomplete specimen.
DIG1 (CSEID1)
Sand Point, Seahorse Key, Florida
29.102° N
83.06° W
0.0 - 0.3 m
March 9, 2024
hand-collected
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Charlotte Seid
Charlotte Seid
formalin 10% sw
EtOH 50%
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NSF DigIn retreat 2024 intertidal bioblitz. Low tide 06:42 am (-0.8 ft), according to usharbors.com for nearest town of Cedar Key, FL (https://www.usharbors.com/harbor/florida/cedar-key-fl/tides/). Coordinates reflect Google Maps location associated with C. Seid phone photo taken just prior to collecting; three decimal places is reasonable precision; first photo (29.10201, -83.06039) at 6:23 am local time, second photo (29.10184, -83.06058) at 6:30 am, collecting through ~6:40 am. Charlotte Seid and Kevin Kocot collected separate samples at this site, which was recorded for DigIn bioblitz purposes as Station DIG1. Hand-picked intertidal algae, seagrass, and bryozoan pieces from sand/mud flats into plastic bucket for sorting; substrates gathered opportunistically within a radius of ~100 m with water depth <1 ft.