{"id":98005,"date":"2023-01-19T15:33:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T13:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/xerocrassa-edmundi\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T17:20:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T15:20:11","slug":"xerocrassa-edmundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/en\/xerocrassa-edmundi\/","title":{"rendered":"<i>Xerocrassa edmundi<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of the world\u2019s animal and plant species are still to be described. Year after year, researchers describe new species for science. This is the case of the species <strong><em>Xerocrassa edmundi<\/em><\/strong> Mart\u00ednez\u2013Ort\u00ed, 2006, described in the twenty-first century by <a href=\"https:\/\/mvhn.wordpress.com\/dr-a-martinez-orti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alberto Mart\u00ednez Ort\u00ed.<\/a>. He studied samples collected from the province of Castell\u00f3 on which he based his description of this new species.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>holotype<\/strong> and some <strong>paratypes<\/strong> are conserved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/mvhn.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Museu Valenci\u00e0 d\u2019Hist\u00f2ria Natural<\/a> , while other paratypes (specimens collected at the same time as the holotype) are to be found in the Museum\u2019s collection. This dispersion guarantees that some originals will be secure in the event of the loss or destruction of some of the samples in one particular museum. This is equivalent to a computer back-up, and this type of geographical dispersion is commonly employed to safeguard original specimens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Type specimens<\/strong> are of great scientific value and are treasured as witnesses of the evolution of the elements present today in our natural diversity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_97993\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97993\" class=\"wp-image-97993 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2005-0549_Xerocrassa_edmundi_VS_FU-615x404.jpg\" alt=\"exemplar de Xerocrassa edmundi\" width=\"615\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2005-0549_Xerocrassa_edmundi_VS_FU-615x404.jpg 615w, https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2005-0549_Xerocrassa_edmundi_VS_FU-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2005-0549_Xerocrassa_edmundi_VS_FU-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2005-0549_Xerocrassa_edmundi_VS_FU-1536x1008.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2005-0549_Xerocrassa_edmundi_VS_FU-2048x1344.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-97993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shell of <i> Xerocrassa edmundi<\/i> MZB 2005\u20130549<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bioexplora.cat\/WIKICOLLECTA\/index.php\/en\/especimens-tipus\/item\/xerocrassa-edmundi-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Xerocrassa edmundi<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/museucienciesjournals.cat\/amz\/issue\/06-2008-amz\/els-exemplars-tipus-de-les-col-leccions-malacologiques-del-museu-de-ciencies-naturals-de-barcelona-i-del-museu-valencia-dhistoria-natural\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"book-autors\">Mart\u00ednez-Orti, A., Uribe, F.,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"book-year\">2008.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"book-title\">Els exemplars tipus de les col\u00b7leccions malacol\u00f2giques del Museu de Ci\u00e8ncies Naturals de Barcelona i del Museu Valenci\u00e0 d&#8217;Hist\u00f2ria Natural.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"book-title-publicacio\">Arxius de Miscel\u00b7l\u00e0nia Zool\u00f2gica,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"book-volum\">6:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"book-pagines\">1-156,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"book-doi\">DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.32800\/amz.2008.06.0001<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of the world\u2019s animal and plant species are still to be described. Year after year, researchers describe new species for science. This is the case of the species Xerocrassa edmundi Mart\u00ednez\u2013Ort\u00ed, 2006, described in the twenty-first century by Alberto Mart\u00ednez Ort\u00ed.. He studied samples collected from the province of Castell\u00f3 on which he based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3526],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tipus-mcnb-en"],"acf":{"destacat_portada":true,"presentacio_socials":[],"publicar_al_quiosc":true,"segona_part":"","tambe_us_pot_interessar":"","img_cap":97999,"presenta_peu":false,"imatge_llistat":false,"nou_carrusel":false,"boto_de_link_o_mail":false,"arxius_adjunts":false,"links_associats":false,"presenta_fills":"no","activeu_alerta":false,"text_alerta":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museuciencies.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}