NHMD Invertebrate Zoology Collection ...

• Main Authors: Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny, Pavesi, Laura, Schiøtte, Tom, Sørensen, Martin Vinther, Olesen, Jørgen
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Natural History Museum of Denmark 2024
• Subjects: Tardigrada; Opisthobranchia; sponges; octopus; brittle stars; Anthozoa; Dijmphna; Enteropneusta; Stephensen; crabs; museum collection; Onychophora; Godthaab; Trematoda; earthworms; Moltke; Jensenius Madsen; Bivalvia; sea spiders; Merostomata; sea anenomes; Copepoda; Gastrotricha; Echinoidea; Petersen; Cycliophora; Micrognathozoa; clams; Scyphozoa; Rotifera; fish lice; Stomatopoda; corals; acorn worms; Polychaeta; peanut worms; Polyplacophora; Cephalochordata; Echiura; Eibye-Jacobsen; Ostracoda; tunicates; Just; arrow worms; Dana; Cephalopoda; clam shrimp; sea urchins; Tantulocarida; Tanaidacea; Faroe Islands; Greenland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/wodhis; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/58fc397b-eee4-4138-8a5f-50f9dfb00216

Registered invertebrates (excluding entomology) in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Denmark. These collections encompass 33 phyla, most of them primarily or exclusively marine. The most important phyla (in terms of degree of registration) are: Annelida (especially Polychaeta, marine bristleworms), Arthropoda (Crustacea), Cnidaria, Cycliophora (ring bearers), Echinodermata, Kinorhyncha (mud dragons), Loricifera (corset animals), Mollusca, Nematoda, Platyhelminthes (especially Cestoda, tapeworms), Porifera, Priapulida (penis worms), Rotifera and Tardigrada. The collections are global in scope, with particular strenghs in Scandinavia, the North Atlantic, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, West Africa, southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The oldest lots date back to the late 18th century, but the bulk was collected in the late 19th century and during the 20th century. The invertebrate collection (excluding entomology) consists of eight curatorial units which as of 2019 is staffed by two ...