Canadian Museum of Nature General Invertebrate Collection

Jean-Marc Gagnon

doi:10.15468/rfr5u8

Canadian Museum of Nature General Invertebrate Collection

Citation

Gagnon J, Blades R (2024). Canadian Museum of Nature General Invertebrate Collection. Version 1.60. Canadian Museum of Nature. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/rfr5u8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-03.

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.

Protista
rank: domain
Porifera
common name: Sponges rank: phylum
Cnidaria
rank: phylum
Brachiopoda
common name: Lampshells rank: phylum
Bryozoa
rank: phylum
Echinodermata
rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

Mostly but not exclusively Canadian coverage, with surrounding waters.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jean-Marc Gagnon
originator
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