ICM-CSIC: Colecciones Biológicas Marinas de Referencia (CBMR)

Description

The Reference Marine Biological Collections (CBMR) are located at the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) in Barcelona. They were founded in 1981, thanks to the efforts of Jaume Rucabado, Domingo Lloris and Concepción Allué. Its official inauguration was in March 1982. In 1990 they were cataloged by the Ministry of Culture of Spain (C. Sanz-Pastor and F. de Piérola, 1990. – Museums and Collections of Spain).

[ES] Las Colecciones Biológicas Marinas de Referencia (CBMR) se encuentran en el Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM-CSIC) en Barcelona. Se fundaron el año 1981, gracias al esfuerzo de Jaume Rucabado, Domingo Lloris and Concepción Allué. Su inauguración oficial fué en Marzo de 1982. En 1990 fueron catalogadas por el Ministerio de Cultura de España (C. Sanz-Pastor and F. de Piérola, 1990. – Museos y Colecciones de España).

Strengths

Research lines don't exist. The biological collections are an Unit of Service of the ICM for the cataloguing, the preservation and the study of the deposited marine organisms (fish, crustaceans and cephalopods).

Usage restrictions

1 -The type specimens are not sent and they can only be consulted in the facilities of the CBR. 2 - the borrowed material won't be subjected to destructive techniques (dissection, extraction of organs, etc.), for that supposition additional material exists. Only in special cases the extraction of some samples can be authorized, but always under previous application.

Access restrictions

The access to the CBR is carried out after previous application to the curator and keeping in mind the work to carry out. This application can be made in person or by means of postal mail, e-mail, fax or telephone. It is also possible to be access to the preserved specimens previous application backed up by some scientific institution. In this supposition, the applicant will receive by mail or messenger the ordered material without postal costs. After the agreed time, the applicant will return the material paying himself the postal fees.

Types of objects

Some bones, some entire organisms.

[ES] Algunos huesos, algunos organismos enteros.

Types of resources

Preserved.

[ES] Preservados.

Preservation methods

Some alcohol, some deep-frozen.

[ES] Algunos alcohol, algunos ultracongelados.

Taxonomic range

Kingdoms covered include: Animalia.

The ICM-CSIC: Colecciones Biológicas Marinas de Referencia (CBMR) collection includes members from the following taxa:
Agnatha, Cephalopoda, Chondrichthyes, Crustacea and Teleostomi.

Geographic range

Western Mediterranean, Atlantic Ocean (Canada, Canary-Sahara Bank, Namibia and Argentina), Indian Ocean (Mozambique), Southeast Pacific Ocean (Chile).

Number of specimens in the collection

The estimated number of specimens in the ICM-CSIC: Colecciones Biológicas Marinas de Referencia (CBMR) collection is 39,027.

Of these 27,318 are databased. This represents 70.0 % of the collection.

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

Sub-collections

The ICM-CSIC: Colecciones Biológicas Marinas de Referencia (CBMR) collection contains these significant collections:

• Marine Biological Reference Collections: CBMR-General (ICM-CSIC)
• Zariquiey Marine Crustacean Legacy Collection. CBMR-Zariquiey (ICM-CSIC)
• Otoliths Reference Collection. CBMR-AFORO (ICM-CSIC)

Metadata last updated on 2023-08-25 09:17:09.0