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CDF Celebrates its 50th General Assembly Meeting
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Species Database Verbena townsendii Svenss.
CDF reveals its new mission and launches its 2022 Impact Report

The Charles Darwin Foundation reveals its new mission and launches its 2022 Impact Report during its 52nd General Assembly

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CDF’s 54th Assembly Showcases 2024 Impact and Governance Renewal
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Species Database Hanseniella caldaria Hansen, 1903
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Species Database Cryptops beebei Chamberlin, 1924
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Species Database Heliaster cumingi (Gray, 1840)
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Species Database Toxopneustes roseus (A. Agassiz, 1863)
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Species Database Nannopodellus purpurescens Chamberlin 1924
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Species Database Pectiniunguis albemarlensis Chamberlin, 1914
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Species Database Orphnaeus brevilabiatus Newport, 1845
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Species Database Lamyctes coeculus Brölemann, 1889
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Species Database Ornithodoros darwini Kohls, Clifford & Hoogstraal, 1969
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Species Database Tethya strongylata Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
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Species Database Ornithodoros galapagensis Kohls, Clifford & Hoogstraal, 1969
Sargassum howellii Setchell
Species Database Sargassum howellii Setchell
Squat lobsters guide scientists to new hydrothermal vent field

Scientists on a Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition have discovered a new hydrothermal vent field larger than a professional soccer field. The vent field found in the Pacific Ocean off the Western Galápagos Islands consists of five geyser-like chimneys and three hot springs, like those you might see in Yellowstone.

Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Peyritschia howellii (Hitchc.) Finot & P.M.Peterson
Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G. Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand
Species Database Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G. Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand
Galapaganus caroli (Van Dyke, 1953)
Species Database Galapaganus caroli (Van Dyke, 1953)