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KU Symbiota provides products and services related to the digitization and management of biocollections, as well as the maintenance and development of related software and IT infrastructure. For general and service inquiries we can be reached at help@symbiota.org.
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The map is displayed on a webpage and contains markers representing the geographic coordinates of specimen records in the portal.

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Screenshot of a sample Glossary entry in a Symbiota data portal. Glossary entries contain textual descriptions of the anatomical elements of biological organisms related to the portal's corresponding specimen records. The entries are organized such that the textual description of an element appears on the left-hand side of the webpage with an image of the anatomical element being described to the right.
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Screenshot of a sample Glossary entry in a Symbiota data portal. Glossary entries contain textual descriptions of the anatomical elements of biological organisms related to the portal's corresponding specimen records. The entries are organized such that the textual description of an element appears on the left-hand side of the webpage with an image of the anatomical element being described to the right.

Glossary entries contain textual descriptions of the anatomical elements of biological organisms related to the portal's corresponding specimen records.

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Screen shot of bee specimen

The Images tab appears as a form on the Occurrence Editor webpage that allows for one-by-one attachment of digital media to a given specimen record in the portal.

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