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RBINS DaRWIN
The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences houses a precious collection of zoological, anthropological, paleontological, mineralogical and geological materials and data.... -
RBINS Brachiopoda collection
The RBINS does not have many extant brachiopods, although the collection continues to grow through focused purchases and recent donations. -
RBINS Mammal collection
The RBINS mammal collection contains 63,000 specimens and includes significant osteological material (bones and skeletons). The best represented groups are bats, rodents,... -
RBINS Fish collection
The RBINS fish collection consists of more than 265,000 specimens. Oceanographer Gustave Gilson (director of the RBINS in 1909) started the collection during his study of the... -
RBINS Bird collection
The RBINS bird collection is made up of around 132,000 specimens. It includes a significant collection of skeletons and eggs as well as type material for 123 species. It is one... -
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Belgian Marine Invertebrates coll...
The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Belgian Marine Invertebrates collection contains 130 digitised specimens of 21 taxa. The following classes are included: Bivalvia... -
RBINS Cnidaria collection
The RBINS holds a very important collection of Cnidaria. Dr. E. Leloup from the RBINS and Prof. Dr. Bouillon from the Université Libre de Bruxelles collected non-Siphonophoran... -
RBINS marine Chelicerata collection
The RBINS has specimens of three species of horseshoe crab. The sea spiders in our collection come mainly from Antarctica. -
RBINS Mollusc collection
Within the RBINS collection of Belgian Recent Invertebrates, most of the approximately 1 million specimens are molluscs. A large proportion of this material comes from former... -
RBINS Reptile collection
The RBINS holds more 45,000 reptilian specimens, and type material for 183 species. The majority of the specimens were collected by Gaston-François de Witte during his missions... -
RBINS Echinodermata collection
The RBINS is known for its rich echinoderm collections. The Institute has a particularly rich collection of sea cucumbers, with material from all over the world and many type... -
RBINS Rotifera collection
The RBINS has an important, world-renowned collection, containing Belgian species as well as species from more exotic locations, such as Southeast Asia. -
RBINS Crustacea collection
The RBINS has a rich collection of crustaceans. Within the class Malacostraca, we have large collections of decapods (crabs, shrimps, etc.), Euphausiacea (krill), Amphipoda... -
RBINS Bryozoa collection
The RBINS has important material from the North Sea, including historical collections and recent material, as well as material from freshwater habitats. A lot of material was...