Description
The collection of arachnids and myriapods of the MNRJ is the most important in Latin America, housing about 2,000 type specimens. The collection of Opiliones is the second most important in the world, with around 40,000 registered specimens.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 20,099 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Kury, A.B. (2014 - ) The collection of Arachnida, Myriapoda and Onychopora of the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Museu Nacional / UFRJ. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: d206a2a0-cf78-4085-b808-2356058b742a. Museu Nacional / UFRJ publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Brazil.
Keywords
Occurrence; Arachnida; Chilopoda; Diplopoda; Onychophora; Araneae; Opiliones; Scorpiones; Solifugae.; Specimen; Occurrence
Contacts
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- Point Of Contact
Geographic Coverage
The arachnid and myriapod collection of MNRJ includes specimens from all over the world, with focus on Neotropics, but the vast majority are records from Brazil.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | Museu Nacional, Arachnida |
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| Collection Identifier | MNRJ ARAC |
| Parent Collection Identifier | MNRJ |
| Specimen preservation methods | Alcohol |
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| Curatorial Units | Between 1 and 250 lots |
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Additional Metadata
| Purpose | To serve as repository for biodiversity in the World, especially Brazil. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | d206a2a0-cf78-4085-b808-2356058b742a |
| https://ipt.sibbr.gov.br/mnrj/resource?r=mnrj_arachnidakury |