Page Contents: Section | Significance | Background | Location & Dates | Taxonomic Contents | Documentation | Description of Collection | Collection Inventory | Collection Assets
University of Miami Collection
Section Responsible for Processing
MBC
Significance
Collection primarily consists of specimens collected during large-scale investigations of the macro-fauna of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from West Africa to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Panama in the eastern tropical Pacific. Material was collected by the University of Miami, using research vessels including the GERDA, JOHN ELLIOTT PILLSBURY, and JAMES M. GILLIS. Additional collections were made using the COLUMBUS ISELIN in the Bahamas, and other vessels in the Gulf of Mexico. The PILLSBURY and GILLISS stations were located every 15-30 miles apart around the circumference of the Caribbean and northeastern South America, from the intertidal to a depth of 8,650 m in the Puerto Rico Trough.
Background
Initial PIs: Dr. Frederick M. Bayer and the late Dr. Gilbert L. Voss
Support provided by the National Geographic Society, NSF, and other agencies. Collections formerly housed at the University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences.
Collection Location and Dates
Tropical Atlantic and eastern Pacific. 1964-1975. Intertidal to 7,938 m; 20% > 800m.
Taxonomic Contents
Echinodermata: primarily ophiuroids.
Documentation
Published cruise narratives housed in LACM Echinoderms Collection.
Description of Collection
Almost entirely wet; few dry lots. Sorted to class. Presently stored in Echinoderms Collection wet range. Station data has been digitized.
Collection Inventory
Approximately 2,500 lots.
Collection Assets
No collection assets available.