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Tulane University Museum of Natural History
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The data are withheld from general circulation and disclosure but access may be obtained on a case-by-case basis through negotiation Notes:
TUMNH data records are intended for use by individual researchers, research groups, and for educating the general public about biodiversity. The data may not be repackaged, resold, or redistributed in any form without the express written consent of a curatorial staff member of TUMNH. Use of any of these records in analyses, report, or publications must acknowledge TUMNH as provenance of the original data. TUMNH and its staff are not responsible for any damage, injury or loss due to the use of these data. Description
This dataset contains the data records from the collection held at the Tulane University Museum of Natural History (TUMNH). more
The research collection of fishes at TUBRI is the largest collection of post larval fishes in the world, with over 7 million specimens in over 200,000 lots. Recently renamed in honor of Royal D. Suttkus, the collection also features a type room housing 33 holotypes and 38,835 paratypes representing 125 species, a separately curated osteological collection with 1352 specimens (271 species in 55 families) of which 638 (150 species, 20 families) are cleared and stained preparations, 2010 radiographs representing 21,988 specimens from 284 species and 8 hybrids in 36 families, 2428 scale and otolith samples representing 26 species from 12 families, and 77 sets of branchiostegals of two species of Lepisosteus. Scope Themes: Biology, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity Keywords: Marine/Coastal Contributors
Tulane University; Tulane Museum of Natural History, more, data owner, data provider
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Published in: OBIS-USA: US Ocean Biodiversity Informaton System, more
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Dataset information: Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Museum collection
Metadatarecord created: 2012-12-19
Information last updated: 2014-04-16
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