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Bugs - SCAN Portal (SCAN-SCAN)

This dataset was obtained from the SCAN Symbiota site ( http://scan-bugs.org/portal/index.php ).

These data are meant to provide a comprehensive snapshot database for people and organizations that are interested in Channel Islands biodiversity. This data was generated from many data providers, and we strongly encourage data users to obtain data directly from SCAN when using the data for research and reporting purposes. Downloading data directly from the SCAN ensures that you have the most recent annotations.
Home Page: http://scan-bugs.org/portal/index.php
Collection Type: PreservedSpecimen
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 23 January 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 57,057 occurrence
  • 31,451 (55%) georeferenced
  • 7,285 (13%) with images
  • 13,972 (24%) identified to species
  • 579 families
  • 1,118 genera
  • 1,506 species
  • 1,405 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Extra Statistics
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