Natural History Museum Rotterdam - Specimens

Occurrence
Latest version published by Natural History Museum Rotterdam on Nov 22, 2023 Natural History Museum Rotterdam
Publication date:
22 November 2023
License:
CC-BY-NC 4.0

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Description

Specimen database of the Natural History Museum Rotterdam. The total collection is estimated to hold 420.000 specimens, of which over 85% are digitized at the specimen level and contained in this dataset. Arthropods (56%; mostly European) and molluscs (30%; worldwide recent specimens, fossil specimens from North-West Europe) make up the bulk of the collection. Chordates make up 9% of the collection and include a significant amount of fossil terrestrial and marine vertebrates from the Netherlands and the southern North Sea, while recent specimens predominantly originate from the Netherlands. Plants make up 5% of the collection and originate almost exclusively from the Netherlands. The collections of other taxonomic groups, e.g. Fungi and various marine invertebrates, are small, but do contain well documented interesting records. The dataset can also be accessed through the GBIF hosted portal at https://specimens.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl/.

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 378,996 records.

2 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)
378996
Multimedia 
23587
MeasurementOrFacts 
16935

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.

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Natural History Museum Rotterdam. 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: a307e4d7-1de2-4adc-95d5-a0a8d5f57236.  Natural History Museum Rotterdam publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Netherlands Biodiversity Information Facility.

Keywords

Occurrence; Occurrence

Contacts

Frans J A Slieker
  • Originator
  • Honorary curator
Natural History Museum Rotterdam
  • Westzeedijk 345 (Museumpark)
NL-3015 AA Rotterdam
NL
Henry van der Es
  • Originator
  • Collection manager
Natural History Museum Rotterdam
  • Westzeedijk 345 (Museumpark)
NL-3015 AA Rotterdam
NL
Remko Andeweg
  • Originator
  • Honorary curator
Natural History Museum Rotterdam
  • Westzeedijk 345 (Museumpark)
NL-3015 AA Rotterdam
NL
Bram W Langeveld
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Curator
Natural History Museum Rotterdam
  • Westzeedijk 345 (Museumpark)
NL-3015 AA Rotterdam
NL
Stephanie Schnörr
  • Originator
  • Collection Manager
Natural History Museum Rotterdam
  • Westzeedijk 345
3015 AA Rotterdam
NL
Niels Raes
  • Processor
  • Node manager
NLBIF
  • PO Box 9517
NL-2300 RA Leiden
NL
  • +31.71.7519362
Jeroen Creuwels
  • Programmer
  • Data manager
NLBIF
  • PO Box 9517
NL-2300 RA Leiden
Zuid-Holland
NL
  • +31717519362

Geographic Coverage

Global distribution

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

Taxonomic Coverage

All life, both fossil and recent, with emphasis on Arthropoda, Mollusca, Chordata and Plantae.

Kingdom Plantae (plants)
Phylum Arthropoda (arthropods), Mollusca (molluscs), Chordata (vertebrates)

Temporal Coverage

Formation Period 1750-current

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers a307e4d7-1de2-4adc-95d5-a0a8d5f57236
https://ipt.nlbif.nl/resource?r=nmr_specimens