NHMD Invertebrate Zoology Collection

Danny Eibye-Jacobsen; Laura Pavesi; Tom Schiøtte; Martin Vinther Sørensen; Jørgen Olesen

doi:10.15468/wodhis

NHMD Invertebrate Zoology Collection

Citation

Eibye-Jacobsen D, Pavesi L, Schiøtte T, Sørensen M V, Olesen J (2024). NHMD Invertebrate Zoology Collection. Natural History Museum of Denmark. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/wodhis accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

Registered invertebrates (excluding entomology) in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Denmark. These collections encompass 33 phyla, most of them primarily or exclusively marine. The most important phyla (in terms of degree of registration) are: Annelida (especially Polychaeta, marine bristleworms), Arthropoda (Crustacea), Cnidaria, Cycliophora (ring bearers), Echinodermata, Kinorhyncha (mud dragons), Loricifera (corset animals), Mollusca, Nematoda, Platyhelminthes (especially Cestoda, tapeworms), Porifera, Priapulida (penis worms), Rotifera and Tardigrada.

The collections are global in scope, with particular strenghs in Scandinavia, the North Atlantic, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, West Africa, southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The oldest lots date back to the late 18th century, but the bulk was collected in the late 19th century and during the 20th century.

The invertebrate collection (excluding entomology) consists of eight curatorial units which as of 2019 is staffed by two curators (Jørgen Olesen and Martin Vinther Sørensen) and three collection managers (Laura Pavesi, Tom Schiøtte and Danny Eibye-Jacobsen). The curatorial units (with number of registered lots as of January 2019 and link to description of unit in parentheses) are:

MOLLUSCA (9,740) (https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/dry-and-wet-collections/zoology/mollusca-collection/)

ECHINODERMATA (1,913) (https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/dry-and-wet-collections/zoology/echinodermata---tentaculata/)

CRUSTACEA (11,993) (https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/dry-and-wet-collections/zoology/crustacea/)

VERMES = Annelida, Echiura, Sipuncula and Chaetognatha (2,711) (https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/dry-and-wet-collections/zoology/vermes-collection/)

PORIFERA (465) (https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/dry-and-wet-collections/zoology/porifera-collection/)

CNIDARIA-CTENOPHORA (5,964) (https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/dry-and-wet-collections/zoology/cnidaria-ctenophora/)

PROTOZOA (12) (https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/dry-and-wet-collections/zoology/protozoa-collection/)

PLATYHELMINTHES-"ASCHELMINTHES"-PROTOARTHROPODA (13,660) (https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/dry-and-wet-collections/zoology/platyhelminthes-aschelminthes-proarthropoda-collections/).

The following groups (mostly phyla) are of minor importance (only in terms of number of registered lots), have a total of 384 registered lots, and are not encompassed by the preceding eight curatorial units: Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Enteropneusta, Entoprocta, Myxozoa, Myzozoa, Nemertea, Onychophora, Phoronida and Tunicata.

The majority of the registered lots in the invertebrate (excluding entomology) collection are available for study here, but some have been removed for various reasons (sensitive data, incomplete records, pending publication, etc.).

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Collection of invertebrates excl. entomology at the Natural History Museum of Denmark

Acanthocephala
rank: phylum
Annelida
common name: segmented worms rank: phylum
Clitellata
rank: class
Oligochaeta
common name: earthworms rank: subclass
Hirudinea
common name: leeches rank: subclass
Polychaeta
common name: marine bristleworms rank: class
Merostomata
common name: horseshoe crabs rank: class
Pycnogonida
common name: sea spiders rank: class
Branchiopoda
common name: fairy shrimp rank: class
Branchiura
common name: fish lice rank: class
Cephalocarida
rank: class
Copepoda
rank: class
Dendrobranchiata
rank: suborder
Anomura
common name: hermit crabs rank: infraorder
Astacidea
common name: crayfish rank: infraorder
Brachyura
common name: crabs rank: infraorder
Caridea
common name: shrimp rank: infraorder
Euphausiacea
common name: krill rank: order
Amphipoda
rank: order
Cumacea
rank: order
Isopoda
common name: woodlice rank: order
Mysida
common name: opossum shrimp rank: order
Tanaidacea
common name: tanaids rank: order
Stomatopoda
common name: mantis shrimp rank: order
Ostracoda
rank: class
Remipedia
rank: class
Tantulocarida
rank: class
Cirripedia
common name: barnacles rank: subclass
Brachiopoda
common name: lamp shells rank: phylum
Bryozoa
common name: moss animals rank: phylum
Chaetognatha
common name: arrow worms rank: phylum
Appendicularia
rank: class
Ascidiacea
rank: class
Tunicata
common name: tunicates rank: subphylum
Cephalochordata
rank: subphylum
Cnidaria
rank: phylum
Anthozoa
common name: corals rank: class
Hydrozoa
rank: class
Scyphozoa
common name: jellyfish rank: class
Ctenophora
common name: comb jellies rank: phylum
Cycliophora
common name: ring bearers rank: phylum
Echinodermata
rank: phylum
Asteroidea
common name: sea stars rank: class
Crinoidea
common name: sea lilies rank: class
Echinoidea
common name: sea urchins rank: class
Holothuroidea
common name: sea cucmubers rank: class
Ophiuroidea
common name: brittle stars rank: class
Entoprocta
rank: phylum
Foraminifera
rank: phylum
Gastrotricha
rank: phylum
Gnathostomulida
rank: phylum
Enteropneusta
common name: acorn worms rank: class
Kinorhyncha
common name: mud dragons rank: phylum
Loricifera
common name: corset animals rank: phylum
Micrognathozoa
rank: phylum
Mollusca
rank: phylum
Aplacophora
rank: class
Bivalvia
common name: clams rank: class
Cephalopoda
common name: squid rank: class
Gastropoda
common name: snails rank: class
Monoplacophora
rank: class
Polyplacophora
common name: chitons rank: class
Scaphopoda
rank: class
Nematoda
common name: roundworms rank: phylum
Nematomorpha
rank: phylum
Nemertea
common name: ribbon worms rank: phylum
Onychophora
common name: velvet worms rank: phylum
Platyhelminthes
common name: flatworms rank: phylum
Cestoda
common name: tapeworms rank: class
Trematoda
common name: flukes rank: class
Porifera
common name: sponges rank: phylum
Priapulida
common name: penis worms rank: phylum
Rotifera
rank: phylum
Sipuncula
common name: peanut worms rank: phylum
Tardigrada
common name: water bears rank: phylum
Echiura
common name: spoon worms rank: order

Geographic Coverages

Global; primarily marine, but also limnic and terrestrial

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Danny Eibye-Jacobsen
originator
position: Collection manager of Crustacea and 'Vermes'
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Universitetsparken 15
Copenhagen Ø
2100
DK
Telephone: +4535321115
email: dejacobsen@snm.ku.dk
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7079-2627

Laura Pavesi
originator
position: Collection manager of Plathyhelminthes, Cnidaria, Ctenophora and Porifera
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Universitetsparken 15
Copenhagen Ø
2100
DK
Telephone: +4535321179
email: lpavesi@snm.ku.dk

Tom Schiøtte
originator
position: Collection manager of Mollusca, Echinodermata, 'Tentaculata' and Tunicata
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Universitetsparken 15
Copenhagen Ø
2100
DK
Telephone: +4535321048
email: tschioette@snm.ku.dk

Martin Vinther Sørensen
originator
position: Curator of Mollusca, Plathyhelminthes, Cnidaria - Ctenophora and Porifera
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Universitetsparken 15
Copenhagen Ø
2100
DK
Telephone: +4535321081
email: mvsorensen@snm.ku.dk

Jørgen Olesen
originator
position: Curator of Echinodermata 'Tentaculata', Crustacea and 'Vermes'
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Universitetsparken 15
Copenhagen Ø
2100
2100
DK
Telephone: +4535321045
email: jolesen@snm.ku.dk

Laura Pavesi
metadata author
position: Collection manager of Plathyhelminthes, Cnidaria, Ctenophora and Porifera
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Universitetsparken 15
Copenhagen Ø
2100
DK
Telephone: +45 35321179
email: lpavesi@snm.ku.dk

Tom Schiøtte
metadata author
position: Collection manager of Mollusca, Echinodermata, 'Tentaculata' and Tunicata
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Universitetsparken 15
Copenhagen Ø
2100
DK
Telephone: +45 35321048
email: tschioette@snm.ku.dk
homepage: https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/dry-and-wet-collections/zoology/mollusca-collection/

Danny Eibye-Jacobsen
metadata author
position: Collection manager of Crustacea and 'Vermes'
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Universitetsparken 15
Copenhagen Ø
2100
DK
Telephone: +45 35321115
email: dejacobsen@snm.ku.dk
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7079-2627

Fedor Alexander Steeman
distributor
position: Data Coordinator
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Universitetsparken 15
Copenhagen
2100
Capital Region of Denmark
DK
Telephone: +45 22369539
email: fedor.steeman@snm.ku.dk
homepage: https://snm.ku.dk/ansatte/samlinger/?id=228929&vis=medarbejder
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2153-8104

Isabel Calabuig
distributor
position: Node manager, Data curator
DanBIF, Natural History Museum of Denmark
Universitetsparken 15
Copenhagen
2100
Capital Region of Denmark
DK
email: icalabuig@snm.ku.dk
homepage: https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/digital_collections/danbif-and-gbif/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5515-7900

Danny Eibye-Jacobsen
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Manager
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Universitetsparken 15
Copenhagen Ø
2100
DK
Telephone: +45 35321115
email: dejacobsen@snm.ku.dk
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7079-2627

Tom Schiøtte
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Manager
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Universitetsparken 15
Copenhagen Ø
2100
DK
Telephone: +4535321048
email: tschioette@snm.ku.dk

Laura Pavesi
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Manager
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Universitetsparken 15
Copenhagen Ø
2100
DK
Telephone: +45 35321179
email: lpavesi@snm.ku.dk