Marine Biodiversity Information System of Colombia.

Colombian Museum of Natural Marine History (MHNMC) of the Coastal and Marine Research Institute - INVEMAR - is the main collection of marine species of Colombia. Through the MHNMC, INVEMAR has developed the Marine Biodiversity Information System (SIBM for its initials in Spanish) in order to organize its collections and to analyze biodiversity information. The core of this system organizes records of the lots held in the MHNMC with their collection data as well as the information about their placement within the collection. The core also includes a comprehensive arrangement (including images) of the taxonomic groups represented in the collection, including additional information about their systematic and taxonomy from a variety of scientific sources. Currently, the collection holds about 32,000 catalogued lots, mainly fishes, echinoderms, crustaceans, molluscs, polychaetes and corals, mostly collected from the Caribbean, as well as about 2,000 lots from the Colombian northern Pacific continental shelf, and donations from universities and national and international museums. The marine collection is now considered one of the largest and best organized in the southern Caribbean. (Source: INVEMAR).

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access_constraints ["Use Constraints: Data users should acknowledge Colombian Museum of Natural Marine History (MHNMC). Acknowledge the use of specific records from contributing databases in the form appearing in the 'Citation' field thereof (if any). For information purposes, email to obissupport@marine.rutgers.edu the full citation of any publication made (printed or electronic) that cites OBIS or any constituent part. Recognize the limitations of data in OBIS.", "Access Constraints: Data supplied to OBIS via Colombian Museum of Natural Marine History (MHNMC) are freely accessible by the public."]
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metadata-date 2007-08-07
metadata-language eng; USA
metadata_type geospatial
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resource-type dataset
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Groups
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  • National Provider
  • North America
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  • amerigeoss
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  • ckan
  • colombia-fish-species
  • colombia-invertebrate-species
  • geo
  • geoss
  • invemar
  • marine-biodiversity-data
  • marine-species-taxonomy
  • national
  • north-america
  • united-states
isopen False
metadata_created 2025-11-20T23:45:58.086204
metadata_modified 2025-11-20T23:45:58.086210
notes Colombian Museum of Natural Marine History (MHNMC) of the Coastal and Marine Research Institute - INVEMAR - is the main collection of marine species of Colombia. Through the MHNMC, INVEMAR has developed the Marine Biodiversity Information System (SIBM for its initials in Spanish) in order to organize its collections and to analyze biodiversity information. The core of this system organizes records of the lots held in the MHNMC with their collection data as well as the information about their placement within the collection. The core also includes a comprehensive arrangement (including images) of the taxonomic groups represented in the collection, including additional information about their systematic and taxonomy from a variety of scientific sources. Currently, the collection holds about 32,000 catalogued lots, mainly fishes, echinoderms, crustaceans, molluscs, polychaetes and corals, mostly collected from the Caribbean, as well as about 2,000 lots from the Colombian northern Pacific continental shelf, and donations from universities and national and international museums. The marine collection is now considered one of the largest and best organized in the southern Caribbean. (Source: INVEMAR).
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num_tags 14
title Marine Biodiversity Information System of Colombia.