Natural History Museum Rotterdam - Specimens

Frans J A Slieker; Henry van der Es; Remko Andeweg; Bram W Langeveld

doi:10.15468/kwqaay

Natural History Museum Rotterdam - Specimens

Citation

Slieker F J A, van der Es H, Andeweg R, Langeveld B W (2021). Natural History Museum Rotterdam - Specimens. Version 1.24. Natural History Museum Rotterdam. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/kwqaay accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-04-22.

Description

Specimen database of the Natural History Museum Rotterdam. The total collection is estimated to hold 373.200 specimens, of which around 85% are digitized at the specimen level and contained in this dataset. Arthropods (56%; mostly European) and molluscs (30%; worldwide recent specimens, fossil specimens from North-West Europe) make up the bulk of the collection. Chordates make up 9% of the collection and include a significant amount of fossil terrestrial and marine vertebrates from the Netherlands and the southern North Sea, while recent specimens predominantly originate from the Netherlands. Plants make up 5% of the collection and originate almost exclusively from the Netherlands. The collections of other taxonomic groups, e.g. Fungi and various marine invertebrates, are small, but do contain well documented interesting records.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

All life, both fossil and recent, with emphasis on Arthropoda, Mollusca, Chordata and Plantae.

Arthropoda
common name: arthropods rank: phylum
Mollusca
common name: molluscs rank: phylum
Chordata
common name: vertebrates rank: phylum
Plantae
common name: plants rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

Global distribution

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Frans J A Slieker
originator
position: Honorary curator
Natural History Museum Rotterdam
Westzeedijk 345 (Museumpark)
Rotterdam
NL-3015 AA
NL
homepage: https://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl

Henry van der Es
originator
position: Collection manager
Natural History Museum Rotterdam
Westzeedijk 345 (Museumpark)
Rotterdam
NL-3015 AA
NL
homepage: https://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl

Remko Andeweg
originator
position: Honorary curator
Natural History Museum Rotterdam
Westzeedijk 345 (Museumpark)
Rotterdam
NL-3015 AA
NL
homepage: https://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl

Bram W Langeveld
originator
position: Curator
Natural History Museum Rotterdam
Westzeedijk 345 (Museumpark)
Rotterdam
NL-3015 AA
NL
email: langeveld@hetnatuurhistorisch.nl
homepage: https://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl

Bram W Langeveld
metadata author
position: Curator
Natural History Museum Rotterdam
Westzeedijk 345 (Museumpark)
Rotterdam
NL-3015 AA
NL
Telephone: +31.10.2660463
email: langeveld@hetnatuurhistorisch.nl
homepage: https://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl

Niels Raes
processor
position: Node manager
NLBIF
PO Box 9517
Leiden
NL-2300 RA
NL
Telephone: +31.71.7519362
email: nlbif@naturalis.nl
homepage: http://www.nlbif.nl
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4329-4892

Bram W Langeveld
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Natural History Museum Rotterdam
Westzeedijk 345 (Museumpark)
Rotterdam
NL-3015 AA
NL
Telephone: +31.10.2660463
email: langeveld@hetnatuurhistorisch.nl
homepage: https://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl