Marine Biological Reference Collections: CBMR-General (ICM-CSIC)

Elena Guerrero1, Pere Abelló1, Antoni Lombarte1, Roger Villanueva1, Montserrat Ramón1, Ana Sabatés1, Ricardo Santos1

1 ICM-CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37., E-08003, Barcelona, Spain

Corresponding author(s): Elena Guerrero (cbr@icm.csic.es)Pere AbellóAntoni LombarteRoger VillanuevaMontserrat RamónAna SabatésRicardo Santos

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Guerrero E, Abelló P, Lombarte A, Villanueva R, Ramón M, Sabatés A, Santos R (2023). Marine Biological Reference Collections: CBMR-General (ICM-CSIC). Version 1.31. Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (CSIC). Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.15470/qlqqdx http://doi.org/10.15470/qlqqdx

Abstract

The Marine Biological Reference Collections (CBMR) are located at the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) in Barcelona, Spain. The CBR are a Unit of Service where around 15000 referenced species are preserved, catalogued and maintained for their study. The most represented marine groups at the CBMR are fish, crustaceans, molluscs and echinoderms, but also other groups are present. The studies based on the CBMR specimens are focused on biodiversity, biogeography, taxonomy (type species), invasive and alien species, and genetic analysis. Several PhD theses have also been carried out in collaboration with the CBMR.

The CBMR are a reference point for the marine biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea, but in their facilities the CBMR also hold specimens from all the oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Antarctic and Arctic). The Collections are constantly receiving new specimens and updating. The main sources of specimens are oceanographic surveys and different kind of sampling programs carried out by the research projects run by the ICM-CSIC. However, the CBMR have also received (in the past and currently) different collections donated by naturalists, researchers, other institutions, and particulars. 

The CBMR were created in 1981, in the earlier history of the ICM-CSIC, by Jaume Rucabado, Domingo Lloris and Concepción Allué. The Collections were later recognized and catalogued by the Spanish Ministry of Culture in 1990. In the last decade, the CBMR initiated a new stage where the information was digitized and the physical preservation of specimens updated to the new rules (such as change from formaldehyde to ethanol). The CBMR are now part of GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility), thus making public and available all data collections and their metadata. We have also incorporated the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to monitor and study the geographical distribution of our specimens and moreover, the CBMR started to act as repository of DNA voucher collections for genetic analyses.

As a unit of service of the ICM-CSIC we think that education and outreach of marine science is of crucial importance for the society and for that reason the CBMR take active part in several outreach activities with schools, universities and general public.   

For more information or details you can visit our webpage (http://cbr.icm.csic.es/en/node) and send us an e-mail (cbr@icm.csic.es). We will be happy to help you.

Keywords: Occurrence, specimen, marine, animalia, protista, chromista, Chordata, Arthropoda, Annelida, Cnidaria, Echinoderma, Mollusca, Nemertea, Sipincula, fish, crustaceans, echinoderms, tunicata, , Occurrence

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=cbr-icm

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Phylum Arthropoda
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Order: Amphipoda, Euphausiacea, Isopoda, Lophogastrida, Mysida, Calanoida, Scalpelliformes, Decapoda, Cumacea

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Phylum Mollusca
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda, Bivalvia
Order: Myopsida, Octopoda, Oegopsida, Sepiida, Spirulida, Vampyromorpha, Decapodiformes 
Family: Arcidae, Cardiidae, Glossidae, Gryphaeidae, Limidae, Mactridae, Pandoridae, Pectinidae, Pharidae, Pinnidae, Psammobiidae, Veneridae, Anomiidae, Hiatellidae, Mytilidae, Noetiidae, Nuculidae, Ostreidae, Tellinidae, Solecurtidae, Pteriidae, Solenidae, Nassariidae, Donacidae, Lucinidae, Umbraculidae, Corbulidae, Buccinidae

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Phylum Echinodermata
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea, Crinoidea, Echinoidea, Holothuroidea, Ophiuroidea

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Phylum Annelida
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Eunicida

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Kingdom Chromista 
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Chromista 
Phylum: Ciliophora 
Class: Oligotrichea
Order: Oligotrichida
Family: Tontoniidae

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Phylum Chordata
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Acipenseriformes, Anguiliformes, Atheriniformes, Batrachoidiformes, Beloniformes, Beryciformes, Carcharhiniformes, Cetomimiformes, Chimaeriformes, Clupeiformes, Cypriniformes, Dactylopteriformes, Elopiformes, Gadiformes, Gasterosteiformes, Gobiesociformes, Heterodontiformes, Hexanchiformes, Lamniformes, Lampridiformes, Lophiiformes, Mugiliformes, Myctophiformes, Myliobatiformes, Myxiniformes, Notacanthiformes, Ophidiiformes, Orectolobiformes, Perciformes, Petromyzoniformes, Pleuronectiformes, Rajiformes, Salmoniformes, Scorpaeniformes, Siluriformes, Squaliformes, Squatiniformes, Stomiiformes, Syngnathiformes, Tetraodontiformes, Torpediniformes, Zeiformes

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Phylum Mollusca
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Architectonicidae, Calliostomatidae, Calyptraeidae, Capulidae, Cassidae, Clathurellidae, Columbellidae, Costellaridae, Dorididae, Fasciolariidae, Marginellidae, Muricidae, Naticidae, Ovulidae, Polyceridae, Raphitomidae, Scaphandridae, Triviidae, Trochidae, Turritellidae, Aporrhaidae, Cancellariidae, Marginellidae, Ranellidae, Fissurellidae

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Phylum Mollusca
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Polyplacophora
Family: Acanthochitonidae

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Order Stomatopoda
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Squillidae, Hemisquillidae , Nannosquillidae, Parasquillidae

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Phylumm Nemertea
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Nemertea
Class: Anopla
Family: Lineidae

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Subphylum Tunicata
Taxonomic ranks
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Phlebobranchia
Family: Ascidiidae

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Phylum Sipuncula
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Sipuncula
Class: Phascolosomatidea, Sipunculidea

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Class Pycnogonida
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Pycnogonida 

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Worldwide spatial coverage

Fishes

The specimens of the reference collection of Fish come mostly from the following geographical areas:

• W Mediterranean (31%): Catalan and Iberian Mediterranean ...
• SE Atlantic (28%): Angola, Valdivia Bank, Namibia ...
• Central-E Atlantic (8%): Gulf of Guinea, Mauritania, Sahara, Senegal ...
• Central-E Pacific (7%): California, Mexico ...
• W Indian ocean (7%): Mozambique, Somalia ...

Many specimens were collected from fishery research cruises (Atlor, Bathos, Benguela, CEEMEX, Marca, MEDITS, Mozambique, Sahara, Valdivia ...), but also from exchanges, doantions and diverse sampling procedures.

Decapods

The specimens of the Decapoda-General collection were mainly collected from the following geographical zones:

• SE Atlantic Ocean (43 %): Angola, Namibia …
• W Mediterranean Sea (36 %)
• Central-E Pacific (10 %): Mexico …
• Central-E Atlantic Ocean (7 %): Guinea …
• And other zones of the Atlantic Ocean (France, Galicia; Newfoundland, Gulf of Mexico, Beagle Channel), the Indian Ocean (Mozambique) and the Antarctic Ocean.

Most specimens of the Decapoda-General collection have been collected in oceanographic and fishery research cruises and coastal samplings: Africana, Bathos, Batimar, Benguela, CEEMEX, Marca, MEDITS, Namibia, Valdivia…

Cephalopods

The collection contains about 1,500 specimens. The two main areas of origin are the SE Atlantic Ocean (62%, Namibia, Valdivia Bank) and the W Mediterranean (33%). There are about 60 species from the SE Atlantic Ocean and about 40 species from the Mediterranean Sea.

The main collecting cruises were: Atlor, Bathos, Benguela, MEDITS and Valdivia.

Other taxa

There are specimens of the phyllum Echinodermata from the deep Mediterranean Sea (up to 2,850 m), belonging to the classes Asteroidea, Echinoidea and Holothuroidea.

Cumacean species, the majority of them are types (holotypes, paratypes, allotypes; there are types of 20 species. Their origin is varied: Antarctic Ocean-Shetland Islands, Gulf of Thailand, Pacific Ocean-New Caledonia, Persian Gulf, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea.
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Natural collections description

Collection name: CBMR-General
Collection identifier: http://www.gbif.es/ic_colecciones.php?ID_Coleccion=9751
Formation period: 1975-current
Specimen preservation method: Alcohol
Specimen preservation method: Formalin
Curatorial unit: Between 27000 and 29000 (specimen)

Methods

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Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Marine Biological Reference Collections: CBMR-General (ICM-CSIC)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.gbif.es/archive.do?r=cbr-icm
Publication date of data: 2023-02-07
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2016-04-24
Hierarchy level: Dataset