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, 2025-02-12).
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 - Kentucky
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Adair (1 ) Allen (38 ) Allen/ Simpson (1 ) Anderson (1 ) Ballard (26 ) Barren (21 ) Bath (6 ) Bell (11 ) Boone (9 ) Boyd (2 ) Boyle (7 ) Breathitt (8 ) Breckinridge (19 ) Bullitt (6 ) Butler (15 ) Caldwell (8 ) Caldwell/ Crittenden (2 ) Caldwell/ Hopkins (3 ) Calloway (44 ) Campbell (2 ) Carlisle (12 ) Carroll (3 ) Carter (5 ) Casey (20 ) Christian (24 ) Clay (4 ) Clinton (14 ) Crittenden (39 ) Cumberland (7 ) Daviess (5 ) Daviess/ Ohio (3 ) Edmonson (5 ) Elliot (1 ) Estill (1 ) Estill/ Jackson (1 ) Floyd (19 ) Fulton (4 ) Gallatin (1 ) Garrard (3 ) Grant (1 ) Graves (15 ) Grayson (7 ) Grayson/ Hardin (3 ) Green (10 ) Greenup (7 ) Hancock (2 ) Hardin (12 ) Harlan (11 ) Hart (23 ) Henderson (6 ) Henry (1 ) Hickman (19 ) Hickman/ Fulton (2 ) Hopkins (4 ) Jackson (3 ) Jefferson (19 ) Jessamine (3 ) Johnson (1 ) Kenton (5 ) Knott (1 ) Larue (10 ) Laurel (8 ) Laurel/ Rockcastle (3 ) Lawrence (8 ) Lee (6 ) Leslie (6 ) Letcher (3 ) Lewis (4 ) Lincoln (12 ) Livingston (64 ) Logan (36 ) Lyon (2 ) Madison (13 ) Magoffin (8 ) Marshall (6 ) McCracken (10 ) McCreary (16 ) McLean (8 ) Meade (1 ) Menifee (5 ) Menifee/ Powell (4 ) Mercer (2 ) Metcalf (1 ) Metcalfe (12 ) Monroe (16 ) Montgomery (2 ) Morgan (2 ) Muhlenburg (2 ) Nelson (1 ) Nelson/ Washington (1 ) Ohio (6 ) Oldham (4 ) Owsley (2 ) Pendleton (3 ) Perry (4 ) Pike (7 ) Powell (7 ) Pulaski (16 ) Robertson (1 ) Rockcastle (14 ) Rockcastle/ Laurel (1 ) Rowan (10 ) Russell (2 ) Scott (1 ) Shelby (3 ) Simpson (4 ) Spencer (2 ) Taylor (4 ) Todd (12 ) Trigg (29 ) Trimble (4 ) Union (2 ) Warren (14 ) Washington (2 ) Wayne (49 ) Wayne/ McCreary (29 ) Webster (10 ) Whitley (9 ) Wolfe (2 )