Invertebrate Zoology Details

The Invertebrate Collection at the Biodiversity Institute contains 1771 lots, including 122 lots of type specimens. There are 1130 lots of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria, Scleractinia, Zoanthidea and Corallimorpharia) from all over the world; 124 lots of medusozoans (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa, Staurozoa, Scyphozoa and Cubozoa) from Japan, United States and Panama; 160 lots of Kansas mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida and Veneroida); 85 lots of land snails from Kansas and Florida (Mollusca: Gastropoda); 95 lots of South American earthworms and 50 lots of Caribbean earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta); 95 lots of Kansas crayfish (Arthropoda: Malacostraca: Decapoda); 27 lots of tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda); 1 lot of a brittlestar (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea); 1 lot of a sea slug (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia); 1 lot of a scaphopod (Mollusca: Scaphopoda); and 1 lot of a Nematoda. Most specimens are wet-preserved and there are histological slides of some.