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iziko South African Museum - Crustacean Collection
Entry ID: iziko_Crustaceans

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Summary
Abstract: The iziko South African Museum houses the most important crustacean (crabs,
lobsters, shrimps, barnacles) collection in South Africa. Significant past
contributions were made by K.H. Barnard, J.R. Grindley and B.F. Kensley
(Crustacea).

It currently contains 5101 records of 274 families.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 34.62   S: -74.58   E: 172.7   W: -97.22

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: iziko South African Museum, South Africa
Dataset Title: Crustacean Collection
Dataset Release Place: Cape Town, South Africa
Dataset Publisher: AfrOBIS, South Africa
Online Resource: http://www.iobis.org/
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1883-01-01
Stop Date: 2003-12-31
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 100 m
Longitude Resolution: 100 m
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 meters - < 250 meters
ISO Topic Category
Quality Overland records were removed.
Access Constraints None.
Use Constraints Acknowledge the use of specific records from contributing databases in the form
appearing in the 'Citation' field thereof (if any); and acknowledge the use of
the OBIS facility.

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citation of any publication made (printed or electronic) that cites OBIS or any
constituent part.

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Data Set Progress
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Originating Center
Data Center
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC
Phone: +61 3 6232 3244
Fax: +61 3 6232 3351
Email: metadata at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia
Personnel
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Email: eric.woehler at gmail.com
Contact Address:
Birds Tasmania
City: Hobart
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7001
Country: Australia
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Publications/References
All database entries are referenced to source documents etc.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2001-05-18
Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-04-10
Future DIF Review Date: 2001-10-31



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