COLETA - IMAR/DOP-Uac reference collection from 1977 to 2012

doi:10.14284/23

COLETA - IMAR/DOP-Uac reference collection from 1977 to 2012

Citation

Institute of Marine Research (IMAR - Azores), Portugal; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries (DOP) - UAC, Portugal (2015): COLETA - IMAR/DOP-Uac reference collection from 1977 to 2012. https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/23 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-14.

Description

Reference collection of the IMAR/DOP-UAz, consisting in several taxa preserved with different methods and collected mostly in the Azores area. The reference collection has been created in order to be a referential of marine species of the Azores, both common and rare. Thus, new occurrences could be compared with new ones. Therefore, material in the collection can be useful for new scientific and taxonomic studies.

Additional info

Specimens collected in the Azores (few collected in Madeira island and near seamounts) from 1977 to 2012. The collection consists mostly of preserved animals, however few specimens from other groups are also present. Preserved specimens consists of organisms inhabiting coastal areas until the deep-sea. All are marine species, except for one terrestrial record.
The specimens were collected by different persons and from different sources: during research cruises or scientific field work, by commercial or recreational fishermen, coastal and beach strandings, donations, etc. Most of the specimens are preserved in formalin, but other preservation methods, such as dry, alcohol and frozen, are also used according to the preserved specimen.

Taxonomic Coverages

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2

Animalia
rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

ANE, Azores

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
Institute of Marine Research

originator
University of the Azores; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries
PT

Diana Catarino
metadata author
University of the Azores; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries
PT
email: dianacatarino@uac.pt
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0635-6174

Diana Catarino
point of contact
University of the Azores; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries
PT
email: dianacatarino@uac.pt
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0635-6174

João Gonçalves
administrative point of contact
University of the Azores; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries
PT
email: joao.ma.goncalves@uac.pt