Canadian Museum of Nature General Invertebrate Collection
Citation
Gagnon J, Blades R (2024). Canadian Museum of Nature General Invertebrate Collection. Version 1.59. Canadian Museum of Nature. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/rfr5u8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-06.Description
The Canadian Museum of Nature's General Invertebrate collection contains groups such as the cnidarians, various free-living helminths and non-segmented worms, and the echinoderms. Most of the museum's 47,000 lots of general invertebrates are from Canadian aquatic and terrestrial habitats, including the Canadian Arctic.Sampling Description
Method steps
Taxonomic Coverages
Protista, Porifera, Cnidaria, Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Echinodermata, and other small taxonomic groups.
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Protistarank: domain
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Poriferacommon name: Sponges rank: phylum
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Cnidariarank: phylum
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Brachiopodacommon name: Lampshells rank: phylum
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Bryozoarank: phylum
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Echinodermatarank: phylum
Geographic Coverages
Mostly but not exclusively Canadian coverage, with surrounding waters.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Jean-Marc Gagnonoriginator
position: Curator, Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-613-364-4066
email: jmgagnon@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/our-science/science-experts/jean-marc-gagnon/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2778-4215
Rob Blades
metadata author
position: Digital Collections Information Manager
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
email: rblades@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/our-science/science-experts/rob-blades/
Jean-Marc Gagnon
curator
position: Curator, Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-613-364-4066
email: jmgagnon@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/our-science/science-experts/jean-marc-gagnon/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2778-4215
Jean-Marc Gagnon
administrative point of contact
position: Curator, Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-613-364-4066
email: jmgagnon@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/our-science/science-experts/jean-marc-gagnon/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2778-4215