NIWA Invertebrate Collection
Citation
NIWA (2018): NIWA Invertebrate Collection. v1.1. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). Dataset/Occurrence. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=obisspecify&v=1.1 https://doi.org/10.15468/6qgswo accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
The NIWA Invertebrate Collection (NIC) holds specimens from almost all invertebrate phyla. This is a result of about half a century of marine taxonomic and biodiversity research in the New Zealand region, the South West Pacific and the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
New Zealand lies in the South West Pacific, a region that harbours one of the world’s highest species diversity in some marine invertebrate groups with a high proportion of endemic species (that don't occur anywhere else). This huge diversity is, among other things, related to the variable seafloor relief and New Zealand’s ancient geological history. NIWA is fortunate to hold a significant representation of New Zealand’s marine biodiversity in the NIWA Invertebrate Collection at Greta Point in Wellington.
This collection has had the taxa matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). There are taxa that have no match in WoRMS as thet are temporary or unpublished names. These records do not a scientificNameId field populated. There are also many records that have no position information. Many of these are donated specimens.
Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Sadie Millsoriginator
position: Collection Manager
NIWA
Private Bag 14-901
Kilbirnie
6241
Wellington
NZ
email: invertebratecollection@niwa.co.nz
homepage: https://www.niwa.co.nz/our-services/online-services/nic
Kevin Mackay
metadata author
position: Marine Database Manager
NIWA
Private Bag 14-901
Kilbirnie
6241
Wellington
NZ
Diana Macpherson
point of contact
position: Assistant Collection Manager
NIWA
Private Bag 14-901
Kilbirnie
6241
Wellington
NZ
Sadie Mills
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Manager
NIWA
Private Bag 14-901
Kilbirnie
6241
Wellington
NZ
email: invertebratecollection@niwa.co.nz
homepage: https://www.niwa.co.nz/our-services/online-services/nic