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The nematodes collection (IN) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris)

Latest version published by MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle on Mar 20, 2024 MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle

The national collection of parasitic nematodes, established in the 19th century, has developed since 1960 and its present diversity makes it one of the top three collections in the world. For parasites of vertebrates, it covers all groups of Secernentea (clades III, IV, V): Rhadiasides, Cosmocercides, Ascarides, Oxyurida, Spirurides, Trichostrongles, Metastrongles etc., while Adenophorea groups (clade I), are well represented (Trichinelloidea) or rare (Muspiceoidea) in the collection. For the arthopod parasites, Oxyurida and Rhigonematides make up the bulk of the collection. The Tylenchida and Mermithida are less well represented, as are the parasites of oligochaetes and molluscs. Specimens originate from around the world but tropical regions are particularly well represented. They were collected during MNHN missions or were gifts of French and foreign colleagues. In total the collection includes about 1000 lots of types, 2000 slides and over 25 000 lots in vials (a lot, preserved in 70% alcohol, corresponds to the sample taken from a host specimen and thus includes one to hundreds specimens, fixed in hot alcohol, or more rarely in 5-10% formalin).

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 34,724 records. 4 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

  • Occurrence (core)
    34724
  • Identification 
    34393
  • Identifier
    0
  • Multimedia 
    0
  • Reference 
    0

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Downloads

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Data as a DwC-A file download 34,724 records in French (1 MB) - Update frequency: unknown
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Metadata as an RTF file download in English (6 KB)

Versions

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Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. 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: e0ebf2a1-3656-468a-b0b6-1aa93ff43fef.  MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF France.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Nematoda; Oligochatea; Hirudinea; Invertebrates; Zoology; Taxonomy; Specimens; Collections; Types

Contacts

Who created the resource:

MNHN
Provider
MNHN

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Pierre Lozouet
Correspondant
MNHN

Who filled in the metadata:

Simon Chagnoux

Who else was associated with the resource:

Content Provider
Jean-Loup Justine
Content Provider
Jimmy Cassone
Content Provider
Sébastien Soubzmaigne

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers e0ebf2a1-3656-468a-b0b6-1aa93ff43fef
http://collections.mnhn.fr/ipt/resource?r=mnhn-in