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RBINS Echinodermata collection

Citation

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences: RBINS Echinodermata collection https://doi.org/10.15468/usj8dz accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-14.

Description

The RBINS is known for its rich echinoderm collections. The Institute has a particularly rich collection of sea cucumbers, with material from all over the world and many type specimens. Of particular interest to the taxonomic community are the several thousands of microscope slides of ossicles from thousands of specimens, including hundreds of type specimens.

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Echinodermata
    rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greenland, Guam, Guinea, Haiti, Hong Kong, SAR China, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Monaco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Saint Lucia, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Spain, St Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Sahara

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Yves Samyn
originator
position: Curator
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences - Department of Scientific Heritage Service
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1653-3018
Thomas Vandenberghe
metadata author
position: Data manager
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
email: tvandenberghe@naturalsciences.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9269-6548
Stijn Cooleman
metadata author
position: Biodiversity Data Officer
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
email: s.cooleman@biodiversity.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3029-0451
Franck Theeten
metadata author
position: Database manager
Royal Museum for Central Africa
BE
email: franck.theeten@africamuseum.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0626-538X
Patrick Semal
content provider
position: Head of Scientific Heritage
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
email: psemal@naturalsciences.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4048-7728
Jean-Marc Herpers
custodian steward
position: Curator of digital data
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Brussels
BE
email: jmherpers@naturalsciences.be
administrative point of contact
Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
email: info@bedic.be
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