Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections - TCWC Marine Invertebrates

Heather Prestridge

doi:10.15468/dfrwoh

Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections - TCWC Marine Invertebrates

Citation

Prestridge H (2016). Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections - TCWC Marine Invertebrates. Version 5.1. Texas A&M University Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dfrwoh accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-12-04.

Description

The Collection of Marine Invertebrates consists of over 47,000 dry and fluid-preserved marine invertebrates primarily from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. This collection was donated in 1995 by the Department of Oceanography at Texas A&M University. The majority of the specimens were collected by Research Vessels Alaminos and Gyre during the 1960’s and 1970’s. At that time, there had been relatively few biological studies conducted in the Gulf of Mexico. The studies that had been completed prior to that time were from ships unable to perform numerous deep water trawls and dredges, and no studies documented the western half of the Gulf. The new ships were able to perform such trawls and dredges and surveyed a larger portion of the Gulf than the earlier studies. Funding for much of the original collection was provided in part by Sea Grant. The collection remains the most comprehensive collection of deep sea invertebrates from the Gulf of Mexico. It is an active collection and used by systematists, undergraduates, and graduates as a resource for their studies. Dr. Mary K. Wicksten, from the Texas A&M University Biology Department, generously donates her time as curator. Although our collection is called the “Marine” Invertebrate Collection, we recently acquired a landmark collection of freshwater crayfishes from Sterling Johnson, a retiree from Texas A&M University and author of Texas Crawdads. These include vouchers for his book “Texas Crawdads” and constitute a valuable resource for conservation of rare and endemic freshwater fauna.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

In most cases geospatial data are available for specimens in our collection. To request more detailed locality information please contact us.

Taxonomic Coverages

Annelida
rank: phylum
Foraminifera
rank: phylum
Echinodermata
rank: phylum
Hemichrodata
rank: phylum
Brachiopoda
rank: phylum
Sipuncula
rank: phylum
Mollusca
rank: phylum
Priapulida
rank: phylum
Nematoda
rank: phylum
Chaetognatha
rank: phylum
Porifera
rank: phylum
Nemertinae
rank: phylum
Chordata
rank: phylum
Echiura
rank: phylum
Nemertinea
rank: phylum
Nemertea
rank: phylum
Phoronida
rank: phylum
Chateognatha
rank: phylum
Ectoprocta
rank: phylum
Echiura
rank: phylum
Arthropoda
rank: phylum
Bryozoa
rank: phylum
Ctenophora
rank: phylum
Priapula
rank: phylum
Cnidaria
rank: phylum
Phoronidea
rank: phylum
Sipunculida
rank: phylum
Chrodata
rank: phylum
Nematomorpha
rank: phylum
Hemichordata
rank: phylum
Echiuroidea
rank: phylum
Platyhelminthes
rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

Primarily from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Heather Prestridge
originator
position: Curator
Texas A&M University Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections
210 Nagle Hall
College Station
77843
TX
US
Telephone: +01 979-845-5783
email: hlprestridge@tamu.edu
homepage: http://brtc.tamu.edu

Heather Prestridge
metadata author
position: Curator
Texas A&M University Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections
210 Nagle Hall
College Station
77843
TX
US
Telephone: +01 979-845-5783
email: hlprestridge@tamu.edu
homepage: http://brtc.tamu.edu

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

Heather Prestridge
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Texas A&M University Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections
210 Nagle Hall
College Station
77843
TX
US
Telephone: +01 979-845-5783
email: hlprestridge@tamu.edu
homepage: http://brtc.tamu.edu