Benthic Invertebrate Collection

SIO Benthic Invertebrates Collection

Benthic Invertebrate Collection
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA. 92093-0206
USA

Contact: William A. Newman, Curator (wnewman@ucsd.edu)
Telephone: (619) 534-4820 or 534-2150
Telephone Fax: (619) 534-5306

OVERVIEW

The collection includes approximately 40,000 lots of sorted specimens. Approximately 30,000 have been cataloged and about 30% of these have been identified to species. Researchers from the institution have collected samples from the intertidal and neritic zone, the basins of the continental borderland, and the bathy-abyssal plains. Although world wide in scope, greatest strengths are in the North Pacific Ocean, especially Southern California to Panama. The holdings also include a representative collection of reef corals especially from the central Pacific. Collecting devices have included SCUBA, otter trawls, grabs, sleds and dredges. Published catalogs and an electronic data base of holdings of various groups are available at nominal cost*, and specimens may be examined here or by loan to qualified researchers.

CATALOGS and DATABASE

Catalogues

Crustacea Part I Decapod and Stomatopoda, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No. 77-9, October 1977, 72 pp. $10.00 US / five disks - $10.00 US (WinZip - $5.00 US)

Brachiopoda, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No. 78-19, July 1978, 4 pp. $4.00 US / one disks - $4.00 US (WinZip - $2.00 US).

Echinodermata, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No. 82-5, June 1982, 66 pp. $10.00 US / three disks - $10.00 US (WinZip - $5.00 US).

Mollusca, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No. 95-24, October 1995, 167 pp. $10.00 US / five disks - $10.00 US (WinZip - $5.00 US).

Coelenterata, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No. 98-02, May 1998, 67 pp. $10.00 US / three disks - $8.00 US (WinZip - $4.00 US).

Porifera, SIO Reference Series, SIO Reference No. 98-06, May 1998, 36 pp. $10.00 US / three disks - $8.00 US (WinZip - $4.00 US).

*All checks must be payable to the "Regents of the University of California"

The Data Base:

dBase (Borland International) III, IV, 5x and Access Office 97-98 (Microsoft Corporation) databases contained in the published catalogs are available on 3.5 inch IBM formatted floppies, or they can be ordered compressed with WinZip (Nico Mak Conputing, Inc.). The format and a sample output of the database are as follows:

Description of database format:

        SCRIPPS_INST_COLLECTIONS.mdb

        PHYLUM  Text    50
        CLASS   Text    18
        ORDER   Text    30
        FAMILY  Text    21
        TAXA_No Numeric (Calculated from above) 15
        GENUS   Text    35
        SPECIES Text    30
        GEN & SPECIES   Text (Calculated from above two) 50
        AUTHOR  Text    35
        CATALOG_No [PRIME-KEY]  Number (Double) 8
        ACCESSION_No's  Number (Double) 8
        STATION Text    35
        LOCATION        Text    78
        DEG_LAT Number (Single) 4
        MIN     Number (Single) 4
        NS      Text    1
        DEG_LONG        Number (Single) 4
        MNTS    Number (Single) 4
        EW      Text    1
        DEPTH_START     Number (Single) 4
        DEPTH_END       Number (Single) 4
        GEAR_USED       Text    30
        ECOL_NOTES      Text    121
        DATE    TEXT    25
        TIME    Text    15
        SHIP    Text    20
        COLLECTOR       Text    50
        DETERMINER      Text    30
        TYPE    Text    11
        NOTES_FIELD_CURATORIAL  Text    78
        FIXATIVE        Text    10
        No_SPECIMENS_in_LOT     Text    10

Example of a Database Report:

APLACOPHORA

CHAETODERMATIDAE

Falcidens hartmani (Schwabl)

M 1823 R-47. San Diego Trough. 32o26'N 117o27'W 1241-1190m Epibenthic sled. Mud. October 22, 1971 R/V Agassiz. Coll. F. Rokop, S. Luke. Det. A. Scheltema.

M 1843 R-17. San Diego Trough. 32o26.8'N 117o28'W 1241-1199m Epibenthic sled. Mud. January 18, 1971 R/V Agassiz. Coll. F. Rokop. Det. A. Scheltema.

M 1948 R-36. San Diego Trough. 32o26"N 117o27'W 1241-1190m Epibenthic sled. Mud. April 20, 1971 R/V Agassiz. Coll. F. Rokop. Det. A. Scheltema.

Loan Policy:

Loans can be made to qualified individuals through their institutions for the purposes of research, exhibition, or education. Student loans should be made through their professor. Holotypes, Paratypes, one-of-a-kind, or very rare specimens may be limited to inspection at Scripps. Any technique that alters the physical state of the specimen must be authorized.

Outgoing loans are accompanied by a loan form which describes the specimens, gives the collection data, and shows numerically how many of each species is loaned. Loans are normally made for a period of one year, though extensions may be granted upon written request from the loan recipient. The Benthic Invertebrate Collection should be acknowledged in publications resulting from use of material or data. A reprint of each such publication or report is requested for the collections library.

Holotypes of any new species described should be deposited in the Benthic Invertebrate Collection here at the institution in La Jolla, California, or other major collection deemed appropriate by the Curator, and paratypes should be deposited in the United States National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C. unless other arrangements have been approved.

Material loaned may not be transferred to individuals or institutions other than those designated as borrowers without prior written authorization. Loans are intended for research only and should not be for commercial purposes or sale. These and any additional policies as may be determined on a case by case basis, are intended to ensure the collection remains accessible to and best serves the interests of the academic community.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
www@gdcmp1.ucsd.edu

SIO Benthic Invertebrates Collection