National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published on 10 October 2018
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Description

NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections records, 8784 Bryozoa, 68401 Coelenterates, 220965 Crustacea, 75012 Echinoderms, 196851 Mollusks, 28853 Porifera, 16466 Tunicates, 171401 Worms, 93268 General; Total number of 884216 records currently represent approximately 33% of actual specimen holdings, as of 10 May 2007.

Data Records

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Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collection Database. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193, 2001, Version 3.2.04 (0802221).

Rights

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Occurrence; Observation; Bryozoan; Coelenterates; Crustacea; Echinoderm; Molluscs; Worms

External data

The resource data is also available in other formats

Online dataset http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/iz/ UTF-8 HTML
Online dataset http://www.emodnet-biology.eu/portal/index.php?dasid=1866 UTF-8 HTML
Online dataset http://www.emodnet-biology.eu/toolbox/en/toolbox/occurrence/dataset/1866 UTF-8 HTML
Online dataset http://iobis.org/explore/#/dataset/500 UTF-8 HTML
Metadata http://www.vliz.be/imis/iobis/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=1866 UTF-8 HTML

Contacts

Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History Department of Invertebrate Zoology (NMNM-IZ)
OBIS Secretariat
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Point Of Contact
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
BE
Cheryl Bright
  • Custodian Steward
Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History; Department of Invertebrate Zoology (IZ)
US

Geographic Coverage

PS, Southern Ocean - http://marineregions.org/mrgid/1907

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Alternative Identifiers http://ipt.iobis.org/obis/resource?id=imis_dasid_1866