Recent Invertebrates Specimens

Katrina Menard1, Paul King2, Paul King1, Janet Braun3, Elsbeth Dowd1, Sarah Sanger1

1 Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., 73072, Norman, United States; 2 Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., 73072, NORMAN, United States; 3 Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., 73072, Norman, United States

Corresponding author(s): Katrina Menard (kmenard@ou.edu), Paul King (pking@ou.edu)

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Abstract

The Collection of Recent Invertebrates, with its >500,000 specimens, presents a nice sampling of invertebrate diversity. Focus of the collection is on Oklahoma invertebrates, but it also contains specimens from more than 100 countries and territories. We are unique among invertebrate collections by pursuing cataloging of all of our specimens.

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen

General description

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Data published through GBIF: http://65.52.215.125/ipt/resource?r=recinv

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The collection includes specimens from around the world.
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Living time period: 1860 - Present

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Recent Invertebrates Specimens
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Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://65.52.215.125/ipt/archive.do?r=recinv
Publication date of data: 2016-06-08
Language: English
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Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2014-02-07
Hierarchy level: Dataset