Collection Details

Invertebrates compiled by W.Block

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Collection Details

Custodian
Bill Block
Collection Acronym
BLOCK
Description
Observations taken from literature cited by W.Block. Data includes 800 species, 220 references and 3000 observations. There are some marine species that are listed in SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS).
Domain
Terrestrial
Taxa Groups
Insects, Mites, Other invertebrates, Rotifers, Tardigrades,

List 706 taxa from this collection
Collection Status
Data collection complete
Acknowledgements
Block, W. (1992) An annotated bibliography of Antarctic invertebrates (terrestrial and freshwater), British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
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Resource Code: - block_invertebrates
Resource Name: - Invertebrates compiled by W.Block
Keywords: - invertebrates, sub-Antarctic
Basis of Record: - Derived (from literature)

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Data Details

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Spatial Coverage
62° 00' 00.0" N to 85° 13' 00.1" S | 62.0000° to -85.2167°
176° 00' 00.0" W to 172° 30' 00.0" E | -176.0000° to 172.5000°
Date Range of Collection
None entered
Metadata
block_invertebrates - A dataset of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic invertebrates