Colección del Banco de Tejidos, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona

Description

The Tissue Bank of Chordates collection contains more than 1.400 animals. From most of them tissue sample and liver are conserved. Basically are birds and mammals of the Iberian Peninsula. Samples are preserved in alcohol. A 100% of the whole collection has been computerized. Only samples with taxonomic identification below Family have been selected.

Streghts

1- Preventive preservation of collections: analyses and monitoring of environmental conditions,

2- Catalogue completed.

How to cite

Colección del Banco de Tejidos, MCNB

Usage restrictions

1- Use of specimens of protected by law species,

2- To obtain samples by molecular analyses.

Types of objects

Tissue sample.

[ES] Muestra de tejido.

Types of resources

Mainly preserved.

[ES] Principalmente preservados.

Preservation methods

Some in alcohol.

[ES] Algunos en alcohol.

Taxonomic range

Kingdoms covered include: Animalia.

The Colección del Banco de Tejidos, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona collection includes members from the following taxa:
Metazoa, Aves, Mammalia, Reptilia, Actinopterygii, Elasmobranchii and Amphibia.

Geographic range

Spain.

Number of specimens in the collection

The estimated number of specimens in the Colección del Banco de Tejidos, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona collection is 1,435.

Of these 1,435 are databased. This represents 100.0 % of the collection.

Click the Records & Statistics tab to access those database records that are available through the atlas.

Sub-collections

The Colección del Banco de Tejidos, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona collection contains these significant collections:

• Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona: MCNB-Tissue

Metadata last updated on 2023-08-25 12:06:55.0