Ghent University - Zoology Museum - Insect collection

Occurrence
Latest version published by Ghent University on Mar 25, 2021 Ghent University
Publication date:
25 March 2021
Published by:
Ghent University
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

The Ghent University Zoological museum holds a scientific collection of vertebrate and invertebrate specimens and a collection of anatomic preparates. The museum dates from 1817 and the original idea was to curate a didactic collection for educational purposes. Ghent University Zoology Museum curates a insect collection of over 17000 specimen. The most important collections in this dataset are: Collection De Riemaecker; Collection Felix Plateau; Collection Hostie.

Data Records

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Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Ghent University. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: ce416850-8934-11dc-9962-b8a03c50a862.  Ghent University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Belgian Biodiversity Platform.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Dominick Verschelde
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
Museum Curator
Ugent
Ghent
BE
Dimitri Brosens
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Processor
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) / Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116

Geographic Coverage

Global Coverage

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

Insecta

Class Insecta

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1859-01-01 / 2003-01-01

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers ce416850-8934-11dc-9962-b8a03c50a862
https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=ugent-insects