Illinois Natural History Survey - Crustacean Collection (INHS-CRUSTACEAN)
The collection contains primary types of nine species and secondary types of 5 species. The collection contains over 91,000 specimens and 12,100 lots of approximately 350 species in 30 families. Almost all are from North America. About 50% of the collection is from Illinois; the remainder is mostly from the southeastern United States. The best represented groups are crayfishes, shrimps, scuds, slaters, and pill bugs. A few lots of marine crustaceans found along the North American coastline are also present in the collection.
Fluid Collections Manager: Enrique Santoyo-Brito, esbrito@illinois.edu
Acting Curator: Dusty Swedberg, swedberg@illinois.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 20 May 2024
Cite this collection: Illinois Natural History Survey - Crustacean Collection. Occurrence dataset (ID: 257ea482-2d6f-4cf4-846d-8efeb58f6727) https://biocoll.inhs.illinois.edu/portal/content/dwca/INHS-CRUSTACEAN_DwC-A.zip accessed via the INHS Collections Data Portal, biocoll.inhs.illinois.edu/portal, 2025-02-18).
Collection Statistics
17,946 specimen records
16,838 (94%) georeferenced
5,409 (30%) with images (5,441 total images) 5,945 (33%) identified to species 32 families 24 genera 209 species 216 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution - Illinois
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Adams (66 ) Alexander (161 ) Bond (21 ) Boone (47 ) Brown (10 ) Bureau (32 ) Calhoun (86 ) Carroll (47 ) Cass (24 ) Champaign (176 ) Christian (68 ) Clark (48 ) Clay (74 ) Clinton (24 ) Coles (105 ) Cook (264 ) Crawford (43 ) Cumberland (27 ) DeKalb (31 ) DeWitt (54 ) Douglas (59 ) DuPage (43 ) Edgar (61 ) Edwards (28 ) Effingham (46 ) Fayette (89 ) Ford (28 ) Franklin (62 ) Fulton (34 ) Gallatin (80 ) Greene (34 ) Grundy (52 ) Grundy & LaSalle (1 ) Hamilton (44 ) Hancock (45 ) Hardin (400 ) Henderson (23 ) Henry (25 ) Iroquois (82 ) Jackson (149 ) Jasper (36 ) Jefferson (52 ) Jersey (46 ) Jo Daviess (76 ) Johnson (191 ) Kane (67 ) Kankakee (106 ) Kendall (54 ) Knox (19 ) LaSalle (81 ) Lake (168 ) Lawrence (21 ) Lee (54 ) Livingston (58 ) Logan (46 ) Macon (68 ) Macoupin (26 ) Madison (42 ) Marion (80 ) Marshall (22 ) Mason (53 ) Massac (124 ) McDonough (24 ) McHenry (95 ) McLean (85 ) Menard (14 ) Mercer (16 ) Monroe (224 ) Montgomery (26 ) Morgan (45 ) Moultrie (34 ) Ogle (64 ) Peoria (26 ) Perry (51 ) Piatt (90 ) Pike (93 ) Pope (192 ) Pulaski (108 ) Putnam (10 ) Randolph (57 ) Richland (39 ) Rock (2 ) Rock Island (37 ) Saline (97 ) Sangamon (91 ) Schuyler (17 ) Scott (11 ) Shelby (58 ) St. Clair (61 ) Stark (15 ) Stephenson (54 ) Tazewell (35 ) Union (218 ) Vermilion (158 ) Wabash (30 ) Warren (9 ) Washington (43 ) Wayne (60 ) White (88 ) Whiteside (47 ) Will (172 ) Willamson (1 ) Williamson (82 ) Winnebago (104 ) Woodford (29 ) [Cook] (1 ) [Lee] (1 ) [Macon] (1 ) [McHenry] (1 ) [McLean] (1 ) [Ogle] (1 )