OCCURRENCE

DMNS Parasite Collection (Arctos)

Latest version published by Denver Museum of Nature & Science on 28 September 2023 Denver Museum of Nature & Science
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Parasite Collection houses approximately 6,000 specimens or specimen lots of ectoparasites and endoparasites. Parasite specimens are linked to DMNS bird and mammal hosts, primarily collected since 2006, with a focus on the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains regions. The collection is largely fluid, with some specimens mounted on slides.
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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 1,186 records.

1 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)
    1186
  • Multimedia 
    2

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.

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Versions

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How to cite

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Denver Museum of Nature & Science Parasite Collection

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Denver Museum of Nature & Science. 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: e8c6d072-2955-4c3e-955c-d9dfb0a2f91d.  Denver Museum of Nature & Science publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by U.S. Geological Survey.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Who created the resource:

John Demboski
Curator of Vertebrate Zoology
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
80205-5798 Denver
CO
US
+01 303-370-6443

Who can answer questions about the resource:

John Demboski
Curator of Vertebrate Zoology
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
80205-5798 Denver
CO
US
+01 303-370-6443
Andrew Doll
Zoology Collections Manager
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
80205-5798 Denver
CO
US
303-370-8387
https://www.dmns.org/science/zoology/staff/andrew-doll/

Who filled in the metadata:

John Demboski
Curator of Vertebrate Zoology
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
80205-5798 Denver
CO
US
+01 303-370-6443

Who else was associated with the resource:

Programmer
David Bloom
VertNet Coordinator
http://vertnet.org
Programmer
John Wieczorek
Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
http://vertnet.org/
Point Of Contact
Dusty McDonald
Point Of Contact
Garth Spellman
Curator of Ornithology, Department of Zoology
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
80205-5798 Denver
CO
US
(303) 370-6469
https://www.dmns.org/science/zoology/staff/garth-spellman/

Geographic Coverage

The DMNS parasite collection is global, with the largest holdings from the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains region.

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

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Class  Arachnida,  Cestoda,  Chromadorea,  Insecta,  Secernentea

Temporal Coverage

Living Time Period 2006-present

Additional Metadata

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Purpose Natural History Research and Education
Alternative Identifiers e8c6d072-2955-4c3e-955c-d9dfb0a2f91d
http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=dmn