Yale University Peabody Museum (IZ-YPM)
Primary strengths of the Division of Invertebrate Zoology include large holdings of Western Atlantic invertebrates represented not only by recently acquired specimens, but also by a strong historical component dating to the late 1800s, totaling approximately 3 million individuals, thousands of which are the type specimens of species new to science.
Contacts: Eric Lazo-Wasem, eric.lazo-wasem@yale.edu
Homepage: http://www.peabody.yale.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 April 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Rights Holder: Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Collection Statistics
- 145,810 specimen records
- 60,145 (41%) georeferenced
- 22,759 (16%) with images (47,892 total images)
- 85,712 (59%) identified to species
- 1,787 families
- 4,948 genera
- 13,803 species
- 13,918 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
This project is supported by the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology through an award titled
"Advancing Revisionary Taxonomy and Systematics: Integrative Research and Training in Tropical Taxonomy"
(DEB-1456674).
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not
necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.