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Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections - TCWC Marine Invertebrates

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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 2022-05-27.

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

  1. Annelida
    rank: phylum
  2. Foraminifera
    rank: phylum
  3. Echinodermata
    rank: phylum
  4. Hemichrodata
    rank: phylum
  5. Brachiopoda
    rank: phylum
  6. Sipuncula
    rank: phylum
  7. Mollusca
    rank: phylum
  8. Priapulida
    rank: phylum
  9. Nematoda
    rank: phylum
  10. Chaetognatha
    rank: phylum
  11. Porifera
    rank: phylum
  12. Nemertinae
    rank: phylum
  13. Chordata
    rank: phylum
  14. Echiura
    rank: phylum
  15. Nemertinea
    rank: phylum
  16. Nemertea
    rank: phylum
  17. Phoronida
    rank: phylum
  18. Chateognatha
    rank: phylum
  19. Ectoprocta
    rank: phylum
  20. Echiura
    rank: phylum
  21. Arthropoda
    rank: phylum
  22. Bryozoa
    rank: phylum
  23. Ctenophora
    rank: phylum
  24. Priapula
    rank: phylum
  25. Cnidaria
    rank: phylum
  26. Phoronidea
    rank: phylum
  27. Sipunculida
    rank: phylum
  28. Chrodata
    rank: phylum
  29. Nematomorpha
    rank: phylum
  30. Hemichordata
    rank: phylum
  31. Echiuroidea
    rank: phylum
  32. 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
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