Name:
Invertebrate collection excluding insects (Luomus)
Name (fi):
Selkärangattomat eläimet (ei hyönteiset) (Luomus)
Publisher short name:
Luomus (Zoology)
Publisher short name (fi):
Luomus (eläintiede)
Publisher short name (sv):
Luomus (zoologi)
Type:
Specimens
Description:
Invertebrate specimen collection (excl. insects) of the Finnish Museum of Natural History. The domestic (Finnish) and exotic collections are kept separately. Collection is currently divided into four subcollections.
Description (fi):
Luonnontieteellisen keskusmuseon selkärangattomien eläinten näytekokoelma. Kokoelma on fyysisesti järjestetty kotimaiseen (Itä-Fennoskandian) ja ulkomaiseen osaan, pääpaino on kotimaisessa aineistossa. Vuodesta 1999 karttunut aineisto ja suuri osa vanhemmasta aineistosta on digitoitu, hämähäkkien digitointi on kesken.
Notes:
The information in the database may sometimes represent transcription and interpretation of old label data, particularly for older samples this often does not reflect current taxonomical views.
Taxonomic coverage:
Metazoa (excl. Vertebrata, Insecta)
Temporal coverage:
1840-
Coverage basis:
Invertebrates (excl. insects), from Finland and worldwide.
Geographic coverage:
World
Methods:
The majority of the material has been electronically catalogued and is available online, pending some parts of the mollusc collection and marginal exotic taxa.
License for use:
Creative Commons Attribution
Publisher name (en):
Finnish Museum of Natural History
Basis for concealment or embargo:
Locality details of some endangered species may be concealed from the public view
Basis for concealment or embargo (fi):
Uhanalaisten lajien tarkat löytöpaikkatiedot piilotetaan yleisen politiikan mukaisesti.
Size (approx.):
350000
% digitized (approx.):
90
Location of collection:
MZH, Arkadiankatu 7
Person responsible:
Salvador, Rodrigo; Laakkonen, Hanna
Location of data and backups:
Kotka collection management system
Amount of type specimens (approx.):
1000
Language:
mixed
Data quality:
5 star
Status of this metadata:
satisfactory – could be improved
Contact email:
hanna.laakkonen@helsinki.fi
Collection quality:
Professional / professionally curated
Institution code:
MZH