Invertebrates — Combined minor collections (4 sections)
About this product
Overview
Invertebrates — Combined minor collections (4 sections) groups 32 collection units from 4 sections within the LS Invertebrates division (Life Sciences), covering an estimated 361,402 individual items held across 169,864 curatorial/storage units. Material is predominantly whole organisms (28 of 32 collection units), whole or partial organism (3 of 32 collection units), and artefacts (1 of 32 collection units). Geographic coverage is centred on World marine, World aquatic (marine and freshwater), and Unspecified. Preservation is mainly other, dried, and microscope slide. Named taxa represented in this product include Porifera, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Echinoidea, and Ophiuroidea, among others.
Value
Curatorial assessment rates this product highly on Strategy/mission/research, Scope and depth, and Identification (avg. 3.7/5 across its top three scored dimensions), indicating it is well positioned for external licensing relative to other NHM holdings. Its breadth and depth of coverage make it suitable as a comprehensive reference dataset rather than a niche sample.
Use Cases
- training data for computer-vision species-identification and biodiversity-monitoring models
- high-resolution specimen imagery for scientific illustration, publishing, and natural-history media
- reference datasets for evolutionary biology, morphometrics, and comparative anatomy research
- content for natural-history apps, citizen-science platforms, and museum digital exhibits
- academic and institutional research licensing (biodiversity, systematics, and comparative studies)
- a comprehensive reference dataset or benchmark corpus, given the depth of coverage within this group
Assets (32)
Chelicerates - Pycnognida - Slide collection
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Chelicerates - Pycnognida - Wet collection
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Chelicerates - Pycnogonida - Dry collection
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Chelicerates - Xiphosura - Dry collection
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Chelicerates - Xiphosura - Slide collection
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Chelicerates - Xiphosura - Wet collection
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Echinodermata - Asteroidea - Dry collection
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Echinodermata - Asteroidea - Unsorted material - Wet collection
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Echinodermata - Asteroidea - Wet collection
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Echinodermata - Crinoidea - Dry collection
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Echinodermata - Crinoidea - Wet collection
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Echinodermata - Echinoidea - Dry collection
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Echinodermata - Echinoidea - Unsorted material - Wet collection
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Echinodermata - Echinoidea - Wet collection
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Echinodermata - Holothuroidea - Unsorted material - Wet collection
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Echinodermata - Holothuroidea - Wet collection
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Echinodermata - Ophiuroidea - Dry collection
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Echinodermata - Ophiuroidea - Unsorted material - Wet collection
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Echinodermata - Ophiuroidea - Wet collection
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Echinodermata - Slide collection
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Echinodermata - Unsorted material - Dry collection
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Echinodermata - Wax models
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Invertebrates - Institute of Oceanographic Sciences - Residue material - Wet collection
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Plankton - Institute of Oceanographic Sciences - Unidentified material - Wet collection
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Porifera - Dry collection
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Porifera - Porifera - Wax blocks
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Porifera - SEM stubs
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Porifera - Slide collection
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Porifera - Unidentified material - Wet collection
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Porifera - Unidentified material DC - Dry collection
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Porifera - Unidentified material WC - Dry collection
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Porifera - Wet collection
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