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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Marine Invertebrates (LACM)

Global marine invertebrates, largely benthic, primarily fluid preserved. Composite collections from numerous sources (sampling expeditions, individual collectors, academic institution collections, agency collections, etc.).

Program Manger for Diversity Intiative for the Southern California Ocean: Dean Pentcheff, pentcheff@nhm.org, 1-213-763-3217 (ORCID #: 0000-0002-4049-3941)
Curator and Director of Marine Biodiversity Center: Regina Wetzer (ORCID #: 0000-0003-2674-5150)
Collections Homepage: https://research.nhm.org/mbc/collections
Museum Homepage: https://nhm.org/research-collections
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 10 April 2024
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://invertebase.org/portal/content/dwca/LACM_DwC-A.zip
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY (Attribution)
Rights Holder: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation
Address:
Marine Biodiversity Center
Natural History Museum of LA County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA   90007
Collection Statistics
  • 4,822 specimen records
  • 4,822 (100%) georeferenced
  • 2,850 (59%) identified to species
  • 464 families
  • 781 genera
  • 856 species
  • 857 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution
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This project is supported by the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology through an award titled "Advancing Revisionary Taxonomy and Systematics: Integrative Research and Training in Tropical Taxonomy" (DEB-1456674). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.