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Yale University Herbarium (YPM-YU)

Contacts: Patrick W. Sweeney, patrick.sweeney@yale.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 June 2017
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://macroalgae.org/portal/content/dwca/YPM-YU_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
  • 11,835 specimen records
  • 9,619 (81%) georeferenced
  • 11,791 (100%) with images (12,123 total images)
  • 10,213 (86%) identified to species
  • 212 families
  • 668 genera
  • 2,774 species
  • 2,972 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Aegira (2)
  • Ascocyclus (3)
  • Asperococcus (24)
  • Castagnea (9)
  • Chilionema (1)
  • Chordaria (53)
  • Cladosiphon (1)
  • Coilodesme (4)
  • Desmotrichum (10)
  • Dictyosiphon (18)
  • Elachista (25)
  • Eudesme (1)
  • Giraudia (1)
  • Halorhipis (2)
  • Halothrix (2)
  • Haplogloia (1)
  • Hecatonema (4)
  • Hummia (1)
  • Laminariocolax (1)
  • Leathesia (9)
  • Liebmannia (3)
  • Litosiphon (3)
  • Mesogloia (12)
  • Mikrosyphar (1)
  • Myelophycus (4)
  • Myriactis (1)
  • Myrionema (11)
  • Myriotrichia (7)
  • Phycocelis (1)
  • Punctaria (25)
  • Rhadinocladia (1)
  • Soranthera (3)
  • Sphaerotrichia (1)
  • Stictyosiphon (3)
  • Stilophora (17)
  • Streblonema (4)
  • Strepsithalia (1)
  • Striaria (5)