Dry Invertebrate Store taxa
The following taxa are housed in the Dry Invertebrate Store at the University of Cambridge's Zoology Museum:
Bryozoa
- 2200 specimens
- All catalogued
- Includes Miss Jely’s collection and material from the Sea Lark, Beagle, Harmer and Challenger collections
- Some are spirit specimens while others are mounted dry on slides
Cnidaria
- Specimens are mounted on slides
- Not catalogued
- Includes Professor Gregory's collection
Corals
- Specimens are probably mostly tropical
- Probably databased
- Includes the David Stodard Collection from Aldabra
Barnacles
- Includes Darwin’s material
Echinoderms
- Part catalogued
- Collection is of limited scope but includes some Challenger material
Brachiopods
- Includes some modern material, but very little
- Not catalogued
Molluscs
- Much material is from the McAndrew Collection and John Saul Collection
- There is a drawer of Arctica islandica specimens
- Specimens are catalogued to genus - for species go to individual drawers
Get information about the MacAndrew Collection
Foraminifera and ostracods
- These were either sent to the Natural History Museum (the Brady Collection of Challenger foraminifera) or are in the Earth Science Museum (Sedgwick) collections.
Contact information
Zoology Museum personnel interviewed:
Richard Preece
Senior Assistant Curator in Malacology
Email
Matt Lowe
Collections Manager