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This collection was begun in the late 1800s. It contains approximately 150,000 specimens and is one of the largest and most complete regional collections in the United States. Approximately 80% of the collection consists of North Carolina material, although 42 states, 15 countries and about 400 species are represented. Other states with substantial representation include California, Delaware, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Voucher repository services are provided for a wide variety of public and private interests. Specimens are primarily housed in ethanol or formalin; skeletons, photo vouchers, and other materials are also included. |
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Search Amphibians and Reptiles Database |
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Currently comprising about 105,000 lots (1.2+ million specimens) and geographically and taxonomically diverse taxa, NCSM's collection of fishes is one of the larger repositories in the nation and has attained the classification of National Ichthyological Resource center. It amply documents the diversity of fishes in North Carolina and the southeastern U.S. from the Blue Ridge to the Gulf Stream and the depths below, freshwater taxa from the mid Atlantic region from New Jersey to South Carolina (including West Virginia), and marine fishes of the South Atlantic Bight. Also included is representation from throughout North America and marine and freshwater collections from selected regions around the world. Currently, a significant portion of holdings are databased and georeferenced and concerted efforts to complete this task are ongoing. There are special collections of skeletal material, numerous specimens of large tank and vat species, and a diverse and growing collection of vouchered, 95% ethanol-preserved tissue available for DNA research (searchable in the Storage Medium field of the Full Search screen). Results of all searches may be mapped via the Map Results command on the Results screen and partial collection data associated with each lot can be viewed by clicking on map balloon pointers.
It should be noted that prior holdings of several regional institutions now reside at NCSM, including the University of North Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences (UNC-IMS), Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (in part), Duke U., NC State U., Western Carolina U., Stockton State U.(NJ), and several additional collegiate, resource agency, and private collections from NC, SC, VA, WV, MD, and NJ, including all vouchers for the NC Division of Water Quality's statewide IBI stream assessment program. Materials from some of these are cited in past publications by prior catalog numbers of these institutions. The collections are being incorporated into NCSM's holdings and databased with NCSM catalog numbers. However cross-referencing of all prior institutional numbers is carefully maintained and may be searched via the Previous Catalog number field in the Full Search screen. |
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Search and Map Fishes Database
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For additional mapping capabilities see Discover Life |
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With more than 50,000 lots (741,000+ specimens), NCSM's research collections of freshwater decapods
(native crayfish [26,000+ specimens]), freshwater mollusks (31,000 lots, 644,000+ specimens) and
millipedes and centipedes (10,000 lots, 50,000+ specimens) is rapidly growing. The section houses numerous primary type specimens.
NCSM acquired the University of North Carolina, Institute of Marine Sciences collections of marine and brackish water mollusks and crustaceans. Our crayfish collection is one of the nation's most significant. Although its focus is North Carolina and the southeastern states, the Museum's myriapod holdings are of international significance, with major holdings from across North America. Crayfish and freshwater mollusk collections are computerized and currently searchable.
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Search Invertebrates Database
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For mapping of our collections see Discover Life |
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