Name: National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections
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National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections

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http://ipt.obis.org/nonode/resource?r=nmnh-iz

Repository URL

http://ipt.obis.org/nonode/

Node

OBIS Secretariat

Published

Abstract

NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections records, 8784 Bryozoa, 68401 Coelenterates, 220965 Crustacea, 75012 Echinoderms, 196851 Mollusks, 28853 Porifera, 16466 Tunicates, 171401 Worms, 93268 General; Total number of 884216 records currently represent approximately 33% of actual specimen holdings, as of 10 May 2007.

Citation

National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collection Database. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193, 2001, Version 3.2.04 (0802221).

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Keywords

Occurrence, Observation, Bryozoan, Coelenterates, Crustacea, Echinoderm, Molluscs, Worms

Contacts

Creator	Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History Department of Invertebrate Zoology (NMNM-IZ)
Contact	OBIS Secretariat Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
Metadata Provider	OBIS Secretariat Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
Custodian Steward	Cheryl Bright Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History; Department of Invertebrate Zoology (IZ)

Statistics

Occurrence records	529,571
Species level	352,421
Absence records	0
Event records	0
MoF records	0
Sequence records	0
Species	29,282
Taxa	32,330
Time range	1720 - 2010

This dataset has appeared in 126,952 downloads in 2024, with a total of 1,150,565,520 records.

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	21,218
Not marine	11,222
No WoRMS match	9,996
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1,168
No accepted name available	6,112

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	550,789	0
eventDate	13,718	0
maximumDepthInMeters	96,172	0
minimumDepthInMeters	113,840	0
occurrenceStatus	550,789	0
scientificNameID	18,659	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	48,929
More than 20 km from shore	15,468
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	29,043

Top taxa

IUCN Red List All taxa IUCN Red List All taxa IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Porifera Grant, 1836 Phylum Porifera	6,217
Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	4,427
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	3,172
Syllidae Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2,934
Spionidae Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2,707
Maldanidae Malmgren, 1867 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2,613
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2,466
Oligochaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata	2,394
Sipuncula Stephen, 1965 Phylum Annelida	2,219
Cirratulidae Ryckholt, 1851 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2,115

Distribution

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Data providers

Name	OceanExpert ID
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	6860
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	7553