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: 2 April 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
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
  • 4,949 genera
  • 13,803 species
  • 13,918 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Amblyosyllis (1)
  • Autolytus (76)
  • Branchiosyllis (5)
  • Brania (1)
  • Desmosyllis (1)
  • Epigamia (8)
  • Erinaceusyllis (1)
  • Eusyllis (30)
  • Exogone (11)
  • Gattiola (2)
  • Grubea (2)
  • Grubeosyllis (3)
  • Haplosyllis (12)
  • Hemisyllis (1)
  • Myrianida (13)
  • Odontosyllis (30)
  • Opisthosyllis (6)
  • Parapionosyllis (1)
  • Proceraea (20)
  • Procerea (3)
  • Salvatoria (5)
  • Stephanosyllis (2)
  • Syllides (6)
  • Syllis (64)
  • Trypanosyllis (8)
  • Typosyllis (3)
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.