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R. M. Bohart Museum of Entomology (UCDC-Tardigrada)

The Bohart's insect collections are a valuable resource for research, and the museum's professional staff conduct research that benefits science and the community. The facilities contains the world's largest collection of tardigrade water bears.

Contacts: Bohart Museum of Entomology, bmuseum@ucdavis.edu
Homepage: http://bohart.ucdavis.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 96de4d36-8b5e-4ae5-8938-a82b2f2b2d2d
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://mywaterbears.org/portal/content/dwca/UCDC-Tardigrada_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
Address:
RM Bohart Museum of Entomology
University of California/Entomology
1 Shields Avenue
Davis, CA   95616
USA
530 752-0493
Collection Statistics
  • 25,620 specimen records
  • 490 (2%) georeferenced
  • 25,620 (100%) with images (138,141 total images)
  • 13,264 (52%) identified to species
  • 14 families
  • 48 genera
  • 187 species
  • 194 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution - South Island
Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that term
  • Canterbury (198)
  • Fjordland (1)
  • Hawke's Bay (1)
  • Invercargill (2)
  • Malborough Sound (4)
  • Marlborough (6)
  • Nelson (6)
  • Open Bay Islands (2)
  • Otago (32)
  • Selwyn (5)
  • Southland (86)
  • Tasman (63)
  • Taumaka (7)
  • Waimakariri (1)
  • Waimate (3)
  • West Coast (103)
  • Westland (28)