SIO Benthic Invertebrate Collection ...

• Main Author: Seid, Charlotte
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Scripps Institution of Oceanography 2019
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/4w9oc7; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/a267b6a7-91f9-457c-889a-481e7aa920b6

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Benthic Invertebrate Collection (SIO-BIC) is a research repository housing more than 50,000 lots, representing more than 800,000 specimens and more than 7,600 species from marine environments worldwide. The Collection includes extensive holdings from deep-sea environments (>1,000 m), chemosynthetic ecosystems (hydrothermal vents, hydrocarbon seeps, whale falls), Antarctica, and the eastern Pacific. Materials have been collected through a range of techniques, from intertidal hand collecting and SCUBA to trawls and deep-sea submersibles. SIO-BIC contains more than 700 type lots and considerable material properly preserved for genomic studies (95% ethanol and ultracold storage). Multiple preparation types are often available for each lot (e.g., fluid voucher, ethanol subsample, dry material). The searchable electronic database, including a map search feature and specimen images, is updated weekly and publicly accessible online at http://tinyurl.com/siobic. SIO-BIC ...