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The echinoderm collection (IE) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris)
Citation
MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle: Echinoderm specimens https://doi.org/10.15468/tp2nxo
Contact:
Ameziane, Nadia
Availability: 
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
The aim is to provide a general view of the echinoderm collection of the Paris Museum, which is primarily a scientific collection. The naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, one of the founders of the Theory of Evolution, was the first to really establish the collection of echinoderms at the Paris Museum. There are both dry and alcohol-preserved lots. Some sea cucumber specimens are preserved as microscopic preparations on slides. The number of lots is estimated at 500,000, of which 0.4% are types. Echinoderms have been collected in all oceans, at all latitudes. The largest numbers of specimens were collected relatively recently in the Indo-West Pacific. more
Echinoderms live exclusively in marine waters and at all depths. For 25 years intensive research programs have permitted huge collections to be obtained, especially from the Indo-Pacific and Antarctic regions. Most of the data entered so far are from these regions.
Echinoderms live exclusively in marine waters and at all depths. For 25 years intensive research programs have permitted huge collections to be obtained, especially from the Indo-Pacific and Antarctic regions. Most of the data entered so far are from these regions.
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Invertebrates
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Museum collections, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Indian Ocean, IW, West Pacific, World, Echinodermata
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -179,9527; MinLat: -71,1 - MaxLong: 179,9922; MaxLat: 77,0167 [WGS84]
Coordinates: MinLong: -179,9527; MinLat: -71,1 - MaxLong: 179,9922; MaxLat: 77,0167 [WGS84]
ISW, Indian Ocean [Marine Regions]
IW, West Pacific [Marine Regions]
World [Marine Regions]
Taxonomic coverage
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Parameter
Collected biological specimens
Contributors
National Natural History Museum Paris (MNHN), data owner, data creator
Ameziane, Nadia
Soubzmaigne, Sébastien
Lozouet, Pierre
Eleaume, Marc
Soubzmaigne, Sébastien
Lozouet, Pierre
Eleaume, Marc
Museums Victoria
O'Hara, Tim
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Museum collection
Metadatarecord created: 2011-12-19
Information last updated: 2017-08-11
