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TAXONOMYCOLLECTION, PRESERVATION AND
MOUNTING
PRACHEE RAJPUT
SYNOPSISINTRODUCTIONTAXONOMIC COLLECTIONTYPES OF COLLECTIONMETHODS OF COLLECTIONRECODING DATACURATION PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONRELAXINGMAUNTINGSTORAGECATALOGUNINGREFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
Taxonomy The classification of organisms in a
hierarchal system or in taxonomic ranks (eg; domain ,kingdom, phylum ,or class ,genus , species) based on shared characteristics or on phylogenetic relationship inferred from the fossil record or established by genetic analysis
Taxonomic collection
Biological collections are typically preserved plant or animal specimens along with specimen documentation such as labels and notation
TYPES OF PRESERVATION
Dry preservation. Wet preservation. Biological low-temperature preservation.
CONT….Dry preservation wet preservation
VALUE OF BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS
Museum are only place where extinct species are preserved.
Specimens rarely found in any collection. Many areas in world are geographically
inaccessible. Material from such area are invaluable and preserved at all cost.
METHODS OF COLLECTION
Mist net Attracting Nocturnal insects with light trap
Cont…
Malaise traps
CONT…
Insects are collected mainly by beating and sweeping.
Cont…
Plankton Net Dip Net
CONT….
Trawling and dredging for collecting Deep sea Animals;
CONT…
Aspirator Berlese funnel
CONT…
killing bottles
RECORDING DATA
Geographic localityData stage[adult male, female or immature form]Altitude or depthHostName of collector
RELAXING
Relaxing chamber and Relaxing beetle in hot water
MOUNTING
Direct pinning Double mounting and pointing Carding Spreading
REFERENCE
Goswami.S.C 2004-methedology Of Collection And Identification..Pp55-67.
Dalella And Sharma ,Text Book Of Taxonomy Pp25-48
Www.Slideshare.Net28/Taxonomy. Www.Lorise-convervation.Org/ Www.Authorstreem.Com/Taxonomy/
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