Crustacean Collection of the Science Museum, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Citation
Rufino C (2023). Crustacean Collection of the Science Museum, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Science Museum of the University of Coimbra. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zwxsbb accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.Description
The Science Museum of the University of Coimbra (MCUC) Crustacean collection consists of approximately 900 and represents over 195 species and subspecies of crustaceans of Portugal. The collection dates between 1890 to 1954, and a few from the Ancient Collection (C.A.) with an unknown date, but probably before 1872.. The collection was organized and cataloged by Rogério Nogueira de Carvalho (Carvalho, 1931, 1933 and 1944) and in 2020 was started an digital inventory by Ana Vieira, José Rosa, Juliana Perrella, Vera Barbosa and Cristina Rufino, continued by Diogo Moreira in 2021 and it was finished in 2022 by Bruno Jesus, David Algarvio, Daniel Marcos and Cristina Rufino. New record numbers were created and most of the scientific names were actualized using the WORMS database (https://www.marinespecies.org/).Sampling Description
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Taxonomic Coverages
This collection contains specimens from the Subphylum Crustacea, mainly from the Class Malacostraca (6 Orders: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Decapoda, Isopoda, Mysida, Stomatopoda), but also contains specimens from Branchiopoda (1 Order: Notostraca) and Thecostraca (3 Orders: Balanomorpha, Pollicipedomorpha, Scalpellomorpha).
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Crustaceacommon name: Crustacean rank: subphylum
Geographic Coverages
This dataset includes specimen occurrence records from Portugal, excluding the Madeira and Azores archipelagos. Most of the records are from the marine habitat, comprising 484 records (55.7% of the total) corresponding to 775 specimens (89.2% of the total), marine and brackish habitats with 30 records corresponding to 47 specimens only a few from freshwater and/or brackish habitat and several (32 records and 53 specimens)from terrestrial habitat. Other geographic origins will be added in the future.
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Contacts
Cristina Rufinooriginator
position: Senior technician
Museu da Ciencia, Universidade de Coimbra
Museu da Ciencia, Universidade de Coimbra Laboratorio Chimico Largo Marquês de Pombal
Coimbra
3000-272
PT
Telephone: 965242526
email: ana.rufino@uc.pt
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8496-1399
Cristina Rufino
metadata author
position: Senior technician
Museu da Ciencia, Universidade de Coimbra
Museu da Ciencia, Universidade de Coimbra Laboratorio Chimico Largo Marquês de Pombal
Coimbra
3000-272
PT
Telephone: 965242526
email: ana.rufino@uc.pt
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8496-1399
Cristina Rufino
publisher
position: Senior technician
Museu da Ciencia, Universidade de Coimbra
Museu da Ciencia, Universidade de Coimbra Laboratorio Chimico Largo Marquês de Pombal
Coimbra
3000-272
PT
email: ana.rufino@uc.pt
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8496-1399
Cristina Rufino
administrative point of contact
position: Senior technician
Museu da Ciencia, Universidade de Coimbra
Museu da Ciencia, Universidade de Coimbra Laboratorio Chimico Largo Marquês de Pombal
Coimbra
3000-272
PT
Telephone: 965242526
email: ana.rufino@uc.pt
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8496-1399