NHMO DNA Bank Other invertebrate groups collection

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by University of Oslo on Jun 3, 2026 University of Oslo
Publication date:
3 June 2026
Published by:
University of Oslo
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

The NHMO DNA Bank Other invertebrate groups collection at the Natural History Museum in Oslo (NHMO), Norway contains mainly tissue and extracted DNA samples of various zoological groups not included in any of the other DNA Bank collections (Birds, Mammals, Fish, Amphibians and reptiles, Arthropods, Invertebrates and Lophophorata).The collection is databased in Corema, a software that has been developed in close cooperation between the NHMO and the developer, Compositae AS (https://www.coremadb.com/). An accession generally refers to a given individual at a specific place and time; for each accession, one or more items may exist.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 851 records.

5 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Occurrence (core)
851
MaterialSample 
851
Preparation 
846
ResourceRelationship 
725
Amplification 
17
Permit 
0

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Johannessen L E, Johnsen A (2026). NHMO DNA Bank Other invertebrate groups collection. Version 1.287. University of Oslo. Occurrence dataset. https://corema.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=o_dna_other&v=1.287

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Oslo. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 2e71efb1-78c9-4475-9056-96beeaf9ca42.  University of Oslo publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Norway.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Lars Erik Johannessen
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Collection manager
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
  • Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern
NO-0318 Oslo
NO
Arild Johnsen
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Professor
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
  • Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern
NO-0318 Oslo
NO
Rukaya Johaadien
  • User

Geographic Coverage

Global but with a main focus on Norway

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Temporal Coverage

Formation Period 1875-current

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 2e71efb1-78c9-4475-9056-96beeaf9ca42
https://corema.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=o_dna_other