Southern California Association of 
Marine Invertebrate Taxonomists 
3720 Stephen White Drive 
San Pedro, California 90731 
January, 2000 
SCAMIT Newsletter 
Vol. 18, No. 9 
SUBJECT: 
General Non-polychaete problems 
GUEST SPEAKER: 
None 
DATE: 
13 March 2000 
TIME: 
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p. m. 
LOCATION: 
City of San Diego 
Marine Biology Lab 
4918 N. Harbor Dr. #201 
Philomedidae sp SD 1 
B’98 station 2476, 8-11-98,11m 
Photo by D. Pasko 2/2000 
UP-COMING MEETINGS 
With completion of the benthic data processing 
from the B’98 survey, we will resume our 
once-a-month schedule of SCAMIT meetings. 
The February 14 th SCAMIT meeting is a 
general problem polychaete meeting to discuss 
areas of continuing uncertainty and 
dissatisfaction with various groups. It will be 
held at the Worm Lab of the Natural History 
Museum of Los Angeles County. The 
following meeting is scheduled for 13 March at 
the San Diego lab, and will deal with general 
non-polychaete problems as well as new 
difficulties uncovered during the recent B’98 
conflict resolution meetings. At a minimum, 
the subspecies of the amphipod Ampelisca 
cristata will be discussed along with the 
ampeliscid genus Byblis in local waters. On 10 
April a workshop on pilargid polychaetes will 
be held at the Worm Lab of the Natural History 
Museum of LA County. Dr. Sergio Salazar- 
Vallejo will be in attendance and he, along with 
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SCAMIT Newsletter is not deemed to be valid publication for formal taxonomic purposes. 
