NBC

NBC Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Created by merging these institutions:

• L: Botanical collections
• NHN: National Herbarium of the Netherlands
• ZMA(N): Zoölogisch Museum Amsterdam
• NMNL. National Museum of Natural History Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands
• NNML: Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis, Leiden, itself a merger of:
  • RMNH: Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie
  • RGM: Rijksmuseum van Geologie en Mineralogie
• NNM: Former acronym for NNML, used in older literature, historical

• Abbreviation: NBC
• Location: Darwinweg 2, Leiden, Netherlands

Links

• Website: http://www.naturalis.nl/en/

Associated publications

• Beaufortia
• Blumea
• Contributions to zoology
• Entomologische Tabellen
• Flora Malesiana
• Flora of the Guianas (Book Series)
  • Website
• Gorteria
• Natuur van Nederland
• Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen
• Persoonia
• Scripta Geologica
• Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands
• Zoologische mededelingen

Type and figured specimen publications

• van der Mije, S.D., Kamminga, P. & Dekker, R.W.R.J. 2023. Type specimens of non-passerines in Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Animalia, Aves). Zookeys 1155ː 1–311. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1155.98097 Reference page. 
• van Soest, R.W.M. 1979. A catalogue of the Coelenterate type specimens of the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam. IV. Gorgonacea, Actiniaria, Scleractinia. Beaufortia 29(353): 81–126. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Type specimen catalogs

• Collections portal overview
• Bioportal, datebase for specimens and species with images
• Brahms, database of the National Herbarium of the Netherlands with images. If you click on an image, the malformed URL can be repaired by hand.
• Medialib, repository of the images of Naturalis, but searchable only with registration code of the specimen

For more multimedia, look at Media donated by Naturalis Biodiversity Center on Wikimedia Commons.