101038nature12373

101038nature12373 is a catalog identifier used in natural history collections and biodiversity data repositories to reference a specific record within a broader collection.

The identifier likely derives from an institutional or project-specific schema, where numeric sequences index records and the textual component 'nature' indicates the domain or collection tier.

A record associated with this identifier would typically contain metadata such as the taxonomic classification, specimen or photograph details, collection locality, date, collector, method of preservation, and information about the repository.

Such identifiers enable data integration across platforms, allowing researchers to retrieve related records, link occurrences to environmental data, and cite the record in scholarly work.

As a convention, accession and catalog numbers are intended to be stable over time, though format and governance vary among institutions.