Museo Nacional de Historia Natural “Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano” - Colección de Tipos
Citation
de los Santos G, León A (2023). Museo Nacional de Historia Natural “Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano” - Colección de Tipos. Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano". Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/rnx55w accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
The collection of types of the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural “Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano” (MNHNSD-TIPOS) houses 628 specimens, belonging to 22 orders, 56 families, 99 genera and 178 species of amphibians, arachnids, crustaceans, fishes, insects, mollusks, myriapods, nematodes, and reptiles. These registers include one turtle’s and four insects’ fossil species.Sampling Description
Study Extent
This project focused on the digitization and mobilization of the data from two Dominican institutions (the Instituto de Investigaciones Botánicas y Zoológicas and the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano) to Symbiota and GBIF portals.Sampling
The information from the collecting and identification labels was digitalized following direct input into Excel or SQL.Quality Control
All the data was adjunted to the Darwin Core Archive standard.Method steps
- Digitalization of the collecting data from the specimens labels (Excel or SQL). Cleaing, curation and standardization of the data to the Darwin Core Archive standard. Publishing the datasets through GBIF-LAC IPT.
Taxonomic Coverages
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Amphibiacommon name: Anfibios rank: class
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Arachnidacommon name: Arácnidos rank: class
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Chromadorearank: class
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Gastropodarank: class
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Insectacommon name: Insectos rank: class
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Malacostracarank: class
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Myriapodarank: class
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Reptiliacommon name: Reptiles rank: class
Geographic Coverages
The type collection houses specimens of living and fossil species from the Dominican Republic (Hispaniola island).
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Gabriel de los Santosoriginator
position: Head of the Zoology Division, curator of Arachnids
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano
Calle César Nicolás Penson
Santo Domingo
10204
Distrito Nacional
DO
email: g.delossantos@mnhn.gov.do
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1839-1893
Arturo León
originator
position: Curator of Invertebrates
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano
Calle César Nicolás Penson
Santo Domingo
10204
Distrito Nacional
DO
email: a.leon@mnhn.gov.do
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7063-7611
Gabriel de los Santos
point of contact
position: Head of the Zoology Division, curator of Arachnids
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano
Calle César Nicolás Penson
Santo Domingo
10204
Distrito Nacional
DO
email: g.delossantos@mnhn.gov.do
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1839-1893
Gabriel de los Santos
administrative point of contact
position: Head of the Zoology Dviision, curator of Arachnids
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano
Calle César Nicolás Penson
Santo Domingo
10204
Distrito Nacional
DO
email: g.delossantos@mnhn.gov.do
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1839-1893