RBINS Echinodermata collection

Yves Samyn1, Thomas Vandenberghe2, Stijn Cooleman3, Franck Theeten4, Patrick Semal2, Jean-Marc Herpers5

1 Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences  -  Department of Scientific Heritage Service, Vautierstraat 29, 1000, Brussels, Belgium; 2 Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000, Brussels, Belgium; 3 Belgian Biodiversity Platform, , Belgium; 4 Royal Museum for Central Africa, , Belgium; 5 Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium

Corresponding author(s): Yves Samyn, Thomas Vandenberghe (tvandenberghe@naturalsciences.be), Stijn Cooleman (s.cooleman@biodiversity.be), Franck Theeten (franck.theeten@africamuseum.be)

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Abstract

The RBINS is known for its rich echinoderm collections. The Institute has a particularly rich collection of sea cucumbers, with material from all over the world and many type specimens. Of particular interest to the taxonomic community are the several thousands of microscope slides of ossicles from thousands of specimens, including hundreds of type specimens.

Keywords: natural history collection, RBINS, DaRWIN, Echinodermata, Occurrence, Specimen, Occurrence

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.naturalsciences.be/resource?r=be_rbins_invertebrates_echinodermata

Taxonomic coverage

Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Echinodermata

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guam, Guinea, Haiti, Hong Kong, SAR China, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Monaco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Saint Lucia, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Spain, St Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Sahara
Coordinates: 78°9'32.4''S and 70°14'16.8''N Latitude; 149°37'1.2''W and 179°48'7.2''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 1, 1827 - September 8, 2018

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive RBINS Echinodermata collection
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Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.naturalsciences.be/archive.do?r=be_rbins_invertebrates_echinodermata
Publication date of data: 2023-10-04
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2019-11-15
Hierarchy level: Dataset