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Florida Biodiversity Collection Marine Invertebrates (FWRI-FSBC I)

Dry and fluid preserved marine invertebrate specimens. Primarily from Florida, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean, collected primarily from 1960s-present.

Curator: Paul Larson, paul.larson@myfwc.com (ORCID #: 0000-0002-4698-3124)
Homepage: https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/specimen-collections/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 12 April 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY (Attribution)
Rights Holder: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Address:
Florida Biodiversity Collection
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
100 8th Ave SE
St. Petersburg, FL   33701
United States
Collection Statistics
  • 162,854 specimen records
  • 156,606 (96%) georeferenced
  • 105,002 (64%) identified to species
  • 917 families
  • 2,513 genera
  • 4,132 species
  • 4,186 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics