Marine Biological Reference Collections: CBMR-General (ICM-CSIC) ...

• Main Authors: Guerrero, Elena, Abell?, Pere, Lombarte, Antoni, Villanueva, Roger, Ram?N, Montserrat, Sabat?S, Ana, Santos, Ricardo
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (CSIC) 2016
• Subjects: Occurrence; specimen; marine; animalia; protista; chromista; Chordata; Arthropoda; Annelida; Cnidaria; Echinoderma; Mollusca; Nemertea; Sipincula; fish; crustaceans; echinoderms; tunicata; Arctic; Antarctic; Pacific; Indian; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15470/qlqqdx; http://www.gbif.es/ipt/resource?r=cbr-icm

The Marine Biological Reference Collections (CBMR) are located at the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) in Barcelona, Spain. The CBR are a Unit of Service where around 15000 referenced species are preserved, catalogued and maintained for their study. The most represented marine groups at the CBMR are fish, crustaceans, molluscs and echinoderms, but also other groups are present. The studies based on the CBMR specimens are focused on biodiversity, biogeography, taxonomy (type species), invasive and alien species, and genetic analysis. Several PhD theses have also been carried out in collaboration with the CBMR. The CBMR are a reference point for the marine biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea, but in their facilities the CBMR also hold specimens from all the oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Antarctic and Arctic). The Collections are constantly receiving new specimens and updating. The main sources of specimens are oceanographic surveys and different kind of sampling programs carried out by the ...