Brachiopods (Brachiopoda)
Recent specimen of the brachiopod Lingula, with long pedicle emerging from the shell.
Brachiopod specimens can be found in the following historical marine collections that are potentially of use for ocean acidification research:
- Challenger collection at the Natural History Museum, London
- Dry invertebrate store at the Cambridge University Zoology Museum
HMS Challenger collection
Scientists on the 1872-76 HMS Challenger expedition collected a vast amount of natural history material from around the globe, which is accompanied by extensive taxonomic and summary reports. Get information about the Challenger collections housed at the Natural History Museum.
Historical marine collections at:
- Natural History Museum, London
- Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
- British Geological Survey
- National Museums Scotland
- School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Wales
- Zoology Museum, University of Cambridge
The collections at these institutions were surveyed for the UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme.