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CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ)

Dataset homepage

Citation

California Academy of Sciences: CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) https://doi.org/10.15468/tiac99 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-05-28.

Description

The electronic catalog of the invertebrate zoology collection at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Invertebrate animals from global localities, with an emphasis in the eastern Pacific and Indopacific. (Animalia less vertebrates, insects, arachnids, and myriapods). The collection holds an estimated 15,000,000 specimens in 750,000 lots. Approximately half of the collection is stored in fluid preservative, the other half is dry preserved.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Christina Piotrowski
originator
position: IZ Collections Manager, Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Dr.
San Francisco
94118
CA
US
Telephone: +1 (415) 379-5256
email: CPiotrowski@calacademy.org
homepage: http://www.calacademy.org/staff/ibss/invertebrate-zoology-and-geology/christina-piotrowski
Jon Fong
metadata author
position: Programmer
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Dr.
San Francisco
94118
CA
Telephone: +1 (415) 379-5280
email: jfong@calacademy.org
Christina Piotrowski
administrative point of contact
position: IZ Collections Manager, Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Dr.
San Francisco
94118
CA
US
Telephone: +1 (415) 379-5256
email: CPiotrowski@calacademy.org
homepage: http://www.calacademy.org/staff/ibss/invertebrate-zoology-and-geology/christina-piotrowski
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