Museum of aquatic biology, Ocean University

Museum of aquatic biology, Ocean University

The aquatic organisms Museum of Guangdong Ocean University was established on July 1, 1991. There are nine exhibition rooms for cetaceans, fish, shellfish, seaweed, shrimps and crabs, echinoderms, coelenterates and other aquatic animals, with a total of 3000 species of aquatic organisms on display. These specimens are displayed according to the classification system, neat and beautiful. They are not only scientific and academic, but also rich in knowledge and interest. They are of high teaching, scientific research and ornamental value. They are also a place for popular science education.

Museum overview

Aquatic Biology Museum of Guangdong Ocean University

Aquatic Organisms Museum of Guangdong Ocean University

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Type natural science natural nature museum

It is subordinate to Guangdong Ocean University

Official opening hours July 1991

It is located in the east of Huguangyan, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, and the west of the main campus of Guangdong Ocean University

It has a construction area of more than 5000 square meters and a display area of more than 3000 square meters

The layout of the new building is a five story structure of independent buildings, magnificent, spacious and beautiful. There are exhibition hall of the main building, aquarium hall and open-air pool.

The exhibition hall on the second floor of the main building is equipped with cetacean exhibition room, fish exhibition room, multimedia room and "Professor Zhu Yuanding Memorial Hall". The exhibition hall on the third floor is equipped with shellfish exhibition room, shrimp and crab exhibition room and "Professor Zhang Xi Memorial Hall". The exhibition hall on the fourth floor is equipped with seaweed exhibition room, mangrove exhibition room, turtle and amphibian exhibition room, coelenterate, link and echinoderm exhibition room, as well as "academician Zeng Chengkui Memorial Hall" and marine biology picture and text room. The top floor and the bottom floor of the main building are used as classification laboratory, specimen making room and storage room respectively. In the main hall of each floor, large, beautiful and rare species are mainly arranged; in the side exhibition room, specimens are displayed according to the classification system of each category. Try to make the products scientific, knowledgeable and interesting.

Development history

The Aquatic Biology Museum of Guangdong Ocean University is an institution for collection, research and exhibition of cultural relic specimens. With its intuitive and visual display, it shoulders the important function of popularizing scientific and cultural knowledge. It is a place of national history and culture. With museums, universities have an important fortune. As a marine institution of higher learning, how can Guangdong Ocean University reflect the characteristics of aquatic organisms so that teachers and students can have more contact with various kinds of aquariums? With the establishment of the Aquatic Biology Museum, we can "integrate thousands of miles of sea territory into one room and gather thousands of species of aquatic people into one museum". It not only includes marine life, but also contains freshwater life, and plays an active role in teaching, scientific research and science popularization. In this way, the Aquatic Biology Museum of Guangdong Ocean University was born.

The Aquatic Biology Museum of Guangdong Ocean University was officially opened to the public on July 1, 1991. Lu Jinlun, former Secretary of the Party committee of Zhanjiang Fisheries College, wrote an inscription for the opening of the Museum: "striving to run the Aquatic Biology Museum well is a major contribution to the development of aquatic industry.". On September 13, 1991, Zhanjiang people's broadcasting station announced the official opening of the museum.

In July 1997, the Museum of Hydrobiology of Guangdong Ocean University established the memorial hall for Professor Zhang Xi, former deputy director of Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of Nanhai Institute of Oceanography, China's marine limnologist and founder of shellfish science.

In June 1998, the Aquatic Biology Museum of Guangdong Ocean University established the "academician Zeng Chengkui Performance Hall" (changed to Memorial Hall in September 2005) for academician Zeng Chengkui, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, honorary director of Institute of Oceanography of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Honorary Professor of Guangdong Ocean University and founder of China's algae science.

In December 1999, the Aquatic Biology Museum of Guangdong Ocean University established the memorial hall for Professor Zhu Yuanding, former dean of Shanghai Fisheries College, aquatic educator and founder of fish taxonomy in China.

From June to August, 2001, under the attention of the superior leaders, it was decided to build a new museum building.

In November 2004, a new museum with an area of more than 5000 square meters was finally built, and the Aquatic Biology Museum of Guangdong Ocean University was relocated from Xiashan campus to Huguangyan main campus.

In November 2005, the aquarium Hall of Aquatic Biology Museum of Guangdong Ocean University was completed and officially opened to the public.

architectural composition

The museum building as a whole closely reflects the idea of "ocean" as the theme, and uses the necessary sculptures to create landmark buildings. The treatment of the architectural details and the creation of a piece of water stone in the inner courtyard reveal the strong atmosphere of fish ocean as the theme everywhere. The plane layout is compact and concentrated, the functional division is clear, and the visiting streamline is unobstructed. The rooms are reasonably arranged with complete functions, such as the water treatment room serving the aquarium and the barrier free access for the disabled. The treatment of the architectural space is very successful. The flow of visitors and the indoor and outdoor space are interspersed with each other. The climax is repeated and the change is rich and fascinating.

Collection

The Aquatic Biology Museum of Guangdong Ocean University is one of the largest aquatic biology museums in China, with a large number of excellent biological specimens. A brief list is as follows:

Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis): Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis), also known as husked fish, is a national first-class protected animal. It is a large-scale migratory fish. It is a unique ancient rare fish in the Yangtze River Basin of China, and also one of the most primitive species in the world. Acipenser sinensis belongs to cartilage scale fish, with long fusiform body, plow shaped snout, thick base, sharp snout and slightly upward. Under the mouth, in a row, the front of the mouth has a short beard. The eyes are small. There is a crescent shaped water hole on each side of the head behind the eyes. The whole body is covered with five elements of prismatic bone plate. The caudal fin is crooked and the upper lobe is especially developed. Chinese sturgeon is one of the 27 species of sturgeon in the world. It is huge, powerful and can reach more than 4 meters in length. In the Zhou Dynasty, more than 1000 BC, Chinese sturgeon was called King tuna, which is a real "living fossil".

Nautilus: Nautilus is the oldest and lowest living cephalopod. It has the reputation of "living fossil". It is an important material for studying animal evolution, paleoecology and paleoclimatology. In China, Nautilus is listed as a national class I protected animal. The umbilicus of the Nautilus is either open or closed. From the center of the shell to the mouth of the shell, many shell chambers are separated by arc-shaped diaphragms, and the number increases with the growth of the Nautilus. The last shell room is the largest, and its body lives in it, so it is called "living room". There are more than 30 other empty shell rooms, which are smaller and can store air, so they are called "air room". There is a small hole in the center of each diaphragm, and each shell chamber is connected by a string pipe. Air conditioning in the air chamber can make it float in the sea, which is very similar to cuttlebone of cuttlefish. According to the latest research, the Nautilus slowly discharges the liquid in the shell chamber through the local penetration of the string pipe, which makes the body weight reduce and float up. Then, the surrounding pressure presses the sea water back to the shell chamber, which makes the body weight increase and sink, just like a small submarine. The distribution range of Nautilus is narrow. It only lives in the tropical ocean. It is mainly distributed in the southwest Pacific between Samoa Islands in the East, Kalimantan island in the west, renyain Bay in the Philippines in the north and Sydney in Australia in the south. Nautilus is a kind of benthic animal. It inhabits from 5m to 400m in water depth. It is located in the outer edge of the continental shelf and on the continental slope, with the largest number at about 400m in water depth, so it is also called "sub deep sea animal".

Giant salamander: giant salamander is the largest and most precious amphibian in the world. Its cry is very similar to the cry of children, so people also call it "giant salamander", which is a national second class protected aquatic wildlife. Among amphibians, it is the largest, with a total length of 1-1.5 meters. The heaviest one can weigh more than 100 Jin. Its shape is somewhat similar to that of a lizard, but it is fatter and flatter. Recently, scientists have studied: when giant salamander was young, it used gills to breathe, and when it grew up, it used lungs to breathe. Andrias davidianus lives in streams in mountainous areas. It lives in caves with clear water, low sand content, fast water flow and backwater. The head of Andrias davidianus is flat, blunt and round, with large mouth, underdeveloped eyes and no eyelids. The front part of the body is flat, and the tail gradually turns to be flat. There are obvious skin folds on both sides of the body, short and flat limbs, four front and five back fingers and toes, with micro web. The tail is round with fins above and below. The body color of Andrias davidianus can change with different environment, but it is generally grayish brown. The body surface is smooth without scales, but there are various stripes, covered with mucus. The color of body abdomen is light. The natural distribution of origin is mainly concentrated in Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan and other provinces in China.

Horseshoe crab: also known as horseshoe crab, a total of 4 species, found in Asia and the east coast of North America. Although it is also called horseshoe crab, it is not a crab, but is related to scorpion, spider and extinct trilobite. Horseshoe crab is a kind of animal as old as trilobite (now only fossil). The ancestors of horseshoe crab appeared in the Devonian period of Paleozoic in geological history. At that time, dinosaurs had not yet risen and primitive fish had just come out

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