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
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 1 March 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Collection Statistics
  • 145,802 specimen records
  • 55,044 (38%) georeferenced
  • 22,758 (16%) with images (47,891 total images)
  • 85,562 (59%) identified to species
  • 1,785 families
  • 4,942 genera
  • 13,792 species
  • 13,907 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Artemesia (2)
  • Atypopenaeus (1)
  • Farfantepenaeus (91)
  • Fenneropenaeus (3)
  • Funchalia (36)
  • Litopenaeus (5)
  • Marsupenaeus (2)
  • Melicertus (1)
  • Metapenaeopsis (78)
  • Metapenaeus (14)
  • Parapenaeopsis (4)
  • Parapenaeus (32)
  • Pelagopenaeus (2)
  • Penaeopsis (16)
  • Penaeus (109)
  • Peneus (1)
  • Protrachypene (8)
  • Rimapenaeus (3)
  • Trachypenaeopsis (1)
  • Trachypenaeus (42)
  • Xiphopenaeus (10)
  • Xylotrya (3)