Zadock Thompson Zoological Collections - Caribbean Island Biogeography (CARBIO) Arachnid Collection (UVM-UCC)
The Caribbean Island Biogeography (CARBIO) Arachnid Collection is part of the University Vermont Natural History Collection. With over 100,000 DNA-grade specimens preserved in ethanol this collection is the largest and most complete collection spiders and other arachnids from the Caribbean. These arachnids continue to play an integral role in helping scientists better understand how biodiversity is generated on island archipelagos.
Contact: Ingi Agnarsson (ingi.agnarsson@uvm.edu)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: c6d37c78-53a5-4eb2-89d2-7c3ed0e90fc0
DwC-Archive Publishing: https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/datasets/datapublisher.php
Live Data Download: Login for access
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC 4.0 (Attribution-Non-Commercial International)
Rights Holder: The University of Vermont
Access Rights: Not-for-profit use only
Collection Statistics
- 7,128 occurrence
- 5,917 (83%) georeferenced
- 64 families
- 86 genera
- 0 species
