Zoology Museum, University of Cambridge
The collections in the Zoology Museum at the University of Cambridge that may be relevant for ocean acidification studies are grouped into:
- Spirit Store
- Dry Invertebrate Store
Important collection:
- McAndrew Collection
Overview
The Spirit Store contains the animal collections - vertebrates and invertebrates - preserved in IMS (Industrial Methylated Spirit).
The nucleus of the Dry Invertebrate Store is the mollusc collection - the McAndrew Collection in particular.
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Dry Invertebrate Store taxa
See a summary of what can be found in the Dry Invertebrate Store.
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MacAndrew Collection
Find out detailed information about Robert MacAndrew's mollusc collection, which dates from the mid-19th century.
Curation and collection management
Preservation and storage:
- The spirit store material, now in IMS, is likely to have first been fixed in formalin. Some may have remained in formalin until recently. The collection is organised taxonomically.
- Some dry invertebrate store specimens are mounted on slides, other stored dry in drawers and cupboards.
Database information:
- 15-20% (90,000 specimens) of the entire collection is databased – this includes the whole spirit store collection, but only a limited proportion of specimens have full collection date and location data.
- Dry invertebrate store specimens are catalogued to varying extents – see information provided for individual taxa.
Contact information
Zoology Museum personnel interviewed:
Richard Preece
Senior Assistant Curator in Malacology
Email
Matt Lowe
Collections Manager