Mammal Endo- and Ectoparasite Collection (NEON-MEEP)

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This collection contains endo- and ectoparasites removed from small mammal vouchers during preparation. Specimens are preserved in 80-95% ethanol.

Contacts: NEON Biorepository, biorepo@asu.edu
Collection Manager: Laura Steger, lsteger@asu.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0002-0878-4132)
Mammal Preparator: Rosie Liao, rliao7@asu.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0001-7943-049X)
Imaging: Joscelyn Wooden, jwooden1@asu.edu (ORCID #: 0009-0007-2982-1987)
Small mammal box trapping data product: https://data.neonscience.org/data-products/DP1.10072.001
Small mammal sequences DNA barcode data product: https://data.neonscience.org/data-products/DP1.10076.001
Rodent pathogen status, hantavirus data product: https://data.neonscience.org/data-products/DP1.10064.001
Rodent pathogen status, tick-borne data product: https://data.neonscience.org/data-products/DP1.10064.002
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 3078a3b7-e536-46bc-b7c0-794cd7e8c95c
Digital Metadata: EML File
GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/b768078a-6e05-4ade-8b70-13eb3279861b
Cite this collection:
NEON Biorepository Data Portal (2024). NEON Biorepository Mammal Endo- and Ectoparasite Collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dtfteu accessed via the NEON Biorepository Data Portal, https://biorepo.neonscience.org/ on 2024-04-18.
Collection Statistics
  • 695 specimen records
  • 695 (100%) georeferenced
  • 31 (4%) with images (143 total images)
  • 2 (0.29%) identified to species
  • 4 families
  • 2 genera
  • 1 species
  • 1 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
  • Dioctophyme (2)