OCCURRENCE DATASET

IZIKO: Marine Invertebrate Collection (1900-2011)

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Abstract

The Iziko SA Museum’s marine invertebrate collection is one of the largest and most comprehensive in Africa, and as such is an important collection for marine invertebrate systematists. The collection comprises ~130,000 lots of specimens (including un-accessioned material). Eleven hand-written catalogues exist for marine invertebrates dating back to 1871 and includes 76,184 entries.

1,316 occurrence records


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Contributors

Wayne Florence

creator contact 
wflorence(a)iziko.org.za
Iziko South African Museum

Fhatani Ranwashe

metadataProvider 
f.ranwashe(a)sanbi.org.za
SANBI

Fhatani Ranwashe

associatedParty (user) 
f.ramwashe(a)sanbi.org.za
SANBI

Citation

Florence W, Ranwashe F (2016). IZIKO: Marine Invertebrate Collection (1900-2011). South African National Biodiversity Institute. Occurrence Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/wycj8k


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11.98% of all occurrences in this dataset are shown in map.

Full dataset contains 10,984 occurrences.


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