Home >> Collection Search Page >> Collection Profile

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
  • 4,949 genera
  • 13,803 species
  • 13,918 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Actaea (26)
  • Actaeodes (4)
  • Atergatis (9)
  • Carpilius (9)
  • Carpilodes (1)
  • Chlorodiella (13)
  • Chlorodopsis (1)
  • Cycloxanthops (2)
  • Cymo (2)
  • Domecia (7)
  • Etisus (4)
  • Eupanopeus (1)
  • Eurypanopeus (31)
  • Eurytium (6)
  • Euxanthus (1)
  • Gaillardiellus (1)
  • Glyptoxanthus (1)
  • Heteractaea (1)
  • Lachnopodus (3)
  • Leptodius (35)
  • Liomera (16)
  • Lophoxanthus (2)
  • Lophozozymus (4)
  • Lydia (1)
  • Macromedaeus (1)
  • Menippe (25)
  • Micropanope (2)
  • Neoxanthias (3)
  • Palapedia (1)
  • Panopeus (1)
  • Paractaea (2)
  • Paragalene (1)
  • Paraliomera (1)
  • Pilodius (4)
  • Pilumnus (28)
  • Platypodia (3)
  • Platyxanthus (1)
  • Psaumis (1)
  • Pseudoliomera (1)
  • Quadrella (3)
  • Tetraxanthus (10)
  • Xanthias (3)
  • Xantho (14)
  • Xanthodius (10)
  • Zosimus (2)
  • Zozimus (5)
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.