Biodiversity Collections at The Academy of Natural Sciences 26 collections Collection Specimens Collections Objects Number in database Description Algae (not including diatoms) 24700 24700 0 Algae including Cyanophytes Bird frozen tissue 5000+ 5000 2000 Bryophytes 76700 76700 2000 Bryophytes stored in packets, boxes or on sheets Crane Flies 10249 5607 5607 Subset of Entomology collection, Crane flies Diatoms 160,000 96000 60000 Microscope slides of Diatoms Entomology 3500000 3500000 30000 Insects [Database for type collection] Fairmont Park Insects 5000 5000 611 Insects collected as part of the Fairmont Park Project Fungi 28600 28600 0 Fungi stored on sheets and/or in packets Herpetology 38000 38000 38000 Amphibians and Reptiles Ichthyology 1,138,720 124851 124851 Fish Invertebrate Paleontology ~1,000,000 105000 39000 Fossil Invertebrates. Invertebrates 18000 2000 Non mollusc, non insect modern invertebrates. Lichens 4500 4500 500 Lichens in packets and/or on sheets, Types databased Malacology ~10000000 495000 469535 Recent marine, freshwater, and terrestrial mollusks Mammalogy 23139 23139 6125 Extant Mammals Mineralogy 26000 26675 Mineral specimens Ornithology 191581 163797 163797 Birds, with strengths in neotropical birds Orthoptera Specimens ? 0 Subset of Entomology collection: Orththoptera Paleobotany 4850 4850 0 Fossil Plants Rotifers 8600+ 1969 1969 Microscope Slides of Rotifers. The worlds most comprehensive Rotifer collection on microslides. Includes the F.J. Myers and W.T. Edmondson collections. Snail frozen tissue 10000 3000 Titian Peale Butterfly and Moth Collection 3982 4267 The Peale Moth and Butterfly Collection of over 3000 specimens is one of the oldest and most scientifically valuable collections of North American insects in any natural history museum. Vascular Plants 1144800 1144800 9000 Herbarium sheets & boxed specimens: Vascular Plants Vertebrate Paleontology 22000 22000 5000 Fossil Vertebrates VIREO N/A 109889 109889 Visual Resources for Ornithology. The world's most comprehensive collection of bird photographs. Well Samples 30000 0 Core samples from wells. Research Databases Name of Database Number of records Description Malacolog 4.0 17289 Names applied to Mollusc species from the Western Atlantic Orthoptera Species File 39000 The Orthoptera Species File (OSF) is a taxonomic database of the worlds orthopteroid insects. All Catfish Project ImageBase 8000 Image database with pictures of catfish for the Planetary Biodiversity Inventory: All Catfish Species (Siluriformes) OBIS IndoPacific Mollusc Database 64000 Species names and distributions of Indo-pacific molluscs The Mussel Project 4800 Global revision of freshwater mussels Terms and Conditions of use for Academy Databases

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