FUNDus!
Aremus islandica
Catalog number: ZMH-K-52787 Name: Aremus islandica Segadilha, Gellert & Błażewicz, 2018 Continent / Ocean: North Atlantic Expedition / Station: South Island, Iceland Basin Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Tanaidacea Family: Typhlotanaidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Collection: Crustacea
The collection is the largest German collection of crustaceans and houses approximately 850,000 individuals of over 7,100 crustacean species. The scientific material includes significant historical material, including from the Gazelle and Challenger expeditions and from the Godeffroy and Pfeffer collections. More than 90% of the species in the collection come from the sea (especially the Southern Hemisphere); while the rest includes freshwater, terrestrial, and even fossil material. The biogeographic focus is on the southern continent, Polar Regions, and the deep sea. Research focuses on the systematics, biogeography, and evolution of Ostracoda, Copepoda, Peracarida (Isopoda, Amphipoda, Cumacea, Tanaidaea), and Decapoda.
Contact:
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change - Hamburg site
Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3
20146 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 238317-629
E-mail: n.mercadosalas@leibniz-lib.de
