Florida Museum of Natural History (UF)

The UF Invertebrate collection holds >620,000 databased lots of mollusks and marine invertebrates. It began as a Malacology collection almost 100 years ago and ~85% of the holdings are still mollusks. Since 2000 the collection was expanded to cover all invertebrate phyla, focusing on marine taxa. Today it holds >40,000 species from 28 phyla.
Contacts: Gustav Paulay, paulay@flmnh.ufl.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 15 March 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 706,469 specimen records
  • 410,845 (58%) georeferenced
  • 33,042 (5%) with images (40,211 total images)
  • 453,488 (64%) identified to species
  • 1,779 families
  • 8,555 genera
  • 36,936 species
  • 39,105 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Andora (1)
  • Austrofromia (1)
  • Bunaster (3)
  • Celerina (13)
  • Cistina (58)
  • Copidaster (6)
  • Dactylosaster (14)
  • Devania (1)
  • Ferdina (23)
  • Fromia (340)
  • Gomophia (98)
  • Hacelia (1)
  • Leiaster (65)
  • Linckia (470)
  • Narcissia (16)
  • Nardoa (94)
  • Neoferdina (99)
  • Ophidiaster (148)
  • Phataria (2)
  • Tamaria (4)