NCSM Non-molluscan Invertebrates Collection

Megan McCuller; Bronwyn Williams

doi:10.36102/dwc.8

NCSM Non-molluscan Invertebrates Collection

Citation

McCuller M, Williams B (2024). NCSM Non-molluscan Invertebrates Collection. Version 1.8. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.36102/dwc.8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Non-molluscan Invertebrates Collection houses well over 1 million specimens representing more than 20 phyla. With lots dating from the 1850s to present, the Collection reflects over century and a half of collecting in freshwater, terrestrial, and marine habitats of the Carolinas, Mid-Atlantic Region, southeastern USA, and beyond. It includes one of the largest collections of freshwater crayfish in, and of, the southeastern USA, and a substantial and internationally significant myriapod collection. Additionally, numerous acquisitions of marine invertebrate collections from other regional institutions contributes to our status as one of the largest and most historically important collections of marine invertebrates in the Mid-Atlantic region. For easy reference, marine collections we have acquired come from the following institutions: Charleston Museum, Duke Marine Lab, University of North Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences, Southeastern Regional Taxonomic Center, and NOAA National Benthic Inventory (voucher specimens). We also have the University of Nebraska State Museum marine invertebrates collection.

Taxonomic Coverages

Annelida
rank: phylum
Arthropoda
rank: phylum
Brachiopoda
rank: phylum
Bryozoa
rank: phylum
Chaetognatha
rank: phylum
Chordata
rank: phylum
Cnidaria
rank: phylum
Ctenophora
rank: phylum
Echinodermata
rank: phylum
Entoprocta
rank: phylum
Hemichordata
rank: phylum
Kinorhyncha
rank: phylum
Nematoda
rank: phylum
Nematomorpha
rank: phylum
Nemertea
rank: phylum
Onychophora
rank: phylum
Phoronida
rank: phylum
Platyhelminthes
rank: phylum
Porifera
rank: phylum
Priapulida
rank: phylum
Mollusca
rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

The Non-molluscan Invertebrates Collection covers 50 countries across all seven continents.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Megan McCuller
originator
position: Collections Manager, Non-molluscan Invertebrates
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919.707.8857
email: megan.mcculler@naturalsciences.org
homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/megan-mcculler

Bronwyn Williams
originator
position: Research Curator, Non-molluscan Invertebrates
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919.707.8862
email: bronwyn.williams@naturalsciences.org
homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/bronwyn-williams

Megan McCuller
metadata author
position: Collections Manager, Non-molluscan Invertebrates
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919.707.8857
email: megan.mcculler@naturalsciences.org
homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/megan-mcculler

Bronwyn Williams
metadata author
position: Research Curator, Non-molluscan Invertebrates
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919.707.8862
email: bronwyn.williams@naturalsciences.org
homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/bronwyn-williams

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

Megan McCuller
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager, Non-molluscan Invertebrates
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-8857
email: megan.mcculler@naturalsciences.org
homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/megan-mcculler

Bronwyn Williams
administrative point of contact
position: Research Curator, Non-molluscan Invertebrates
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-8862
email: bronwyn.williams@naturalsciences.org
homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/bronwyn-williams