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
  • Alentiana (4)
  • Antinoe (5)
  • Antinoella (4)
  • Arcteobia (17)
  • Austrolaenilla (2)
  • Bylgides (5)
  • Enipo (19)
  • Eucranta (4)
  • Eulagisca (1)
  • Eunoa (2)
  • Eunoe (63)
  • Gattyana (36)
  • Gorgoniapolynoe (2)
  • Halosydna (8)
  • Harmothoe (260)
  • Hermenia (1)
  • Iphione (11)
  • Lagisca (81)
  • Lepidametria (8)
  • Lepidonotus (192)
  • Malmgrenia (1)
  • Neopolynoe (11)
  • Nychia (2)
  • Polynoe (25)
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.