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.
From this collection a total of 165 digital objects are displayed in FUNDus
![preview Cyclodius ungulatus](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-1120_Cyclodius__ungulatus_1.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Stephanie Köhnk
Catalog number: ZMH-K-1120 Name: Cyclodius ungulatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) Continent / Ocean: Indian Ocean Expedition / Station: Sansibar, Insel Bani, Riff Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Family: Xanthidae Preparation: µCT, Ethanol Stage: Adult Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Desmosoma renatae](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-40998_Desmosoma_renatae_1.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-40998 Name: Desmosoma renatae Brix, 2007 Continent / Ocean: South East Atlantic Expedition / Station: Meteor 48-1; St. 344 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Desmosomatidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Disparella maiuscula](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-40674_Disparella_maiuscula_3.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-40674 Name: Disparella maiuscula Kaiser & Brix, 2005 Continent / Ocean: Antarctica Expedition / Station: ANT XIX-4; St. 131 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Desmosomatidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Disparella maiuscula](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-40674_Disparella_maiuscula_4.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-40674 Name: Disparella maiuscula Kaiser & Brix, 2005 Continent / Ocean: Antarctica Expedition / Station: ANT XIX-4; St. 131 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Desmosomatidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Disparella maiuscula](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-40674_Disparella_maiuscula_1.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-40674 Name: Disparella maiuscula Kaiser & Brix, 2005 Continent / Ocean: Antarctica Expedition / Station: ANT XIX-4; St. 131 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Desmosomatidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Disparella maiuscula](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-40674_Disparella_maiuscula_2.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-40674 Name: Disparella maiuscula Kaiser & Brix, 2005 Continent / Ocean: Antarctica Expedition / Station: ANT XIX-4; St. 131 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Desmosomatidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Dolichiscus spinosetosus](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-39613_Dolichiscus_spinosetosus.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Solvin Zankl
Catalog number: ZMH-K-39613 Name: Dolichiscus spinosetosus Brandt, 1999 Continent / Ocean: Antarctica, South Atlantic Ocean Expedition / Station: Kap Norvegia Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Austrarcturellidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Echinocythereis jorunbrix](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-22327_Echinocythereis_jorunbrix_2.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-22327 Name: Echinocythereis jorunbrix Brandão & Karanovic, 2015 Continent / Ocean: North East Atlantic Expedition / Station: Me 85-3-963-EBS Collection name: Crustacea Class: Ostracoda Order: Podocopida Family: Trachyleberididae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Echinocythereis jorunbrix](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-22327_Echinocythereis_jorunbrix_3.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-22327 Name: Echinocythereis jorunbrix Brandão & Karanovic, 2015 Continent / Ocean: North East Atlantic Expedition / Station: Me 85-3-963-EBS Collection name: Crustacea Class: Ostracoda Order: Podocopida Family: Trachyleberididae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Echinocythereis jorunbrix](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-22327_Echinocythereis_jorunbrix_1.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-22327 Name: Echinocythereis jorunbrix Brandão & Karanovic, 2015 Continent / Ocean: North East Atlantic Expedition / Station: Me 85-3-963-EBS Collection name: Crustacea Class: Ostracoda Order: Podocopida Family: Trachyleberididae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Eugerdella huberti](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-42418_Eugerdella_huberti_1.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-42418 Name: Eugerdella huberti Schnurr & Brix, 2012 Continent / Ocean: Atlantic Expedition / Station: DIVA 2; St. 64-5 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Desmosomatidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Eugerdella kurabyssalis](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-45095_Eugerdella_kurabyssalis_3.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-45095 Name: Eugerdella kurabyssalis Golovan, 2015 Continent / Ocean: Northwest Pacific Expedition / Station: KURAMBIO-I; St. 9-9-E Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Desmosomatidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Eugerdella kurabyssalis](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-45095_Eugerdella_kurabyssalis_2.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-45095 Name: Eugerdella kurabyssalis Golovan, 2015 Continent / Ocean: Northwest Pacific Expedition / Station: KURAMBIO-I; St. 9-9-E Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Desmosomatidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Eugerdella kurabyssalis](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-45095_Eugerdella_kurabyssalis_1.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-45095 Name: Eugerdella kurabyssalis Golovan, 2015 Continent / Ocean: Northwest Pacific Expedition / Station: KURAMBIO-I; St. 9-9-E Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Desmosomatidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Eugerdella serrata](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-41004_Eugerdella_serrata_3.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-41004 Name: Eugerdella serrata Brix, 2006 Continent / Ocean: Antarctica Expedition / Station: ANT XIX-4; St. 133 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Desmosomatidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Eugerdella serrata](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-41004_Eugerdella_serrata_2.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-41004 Name: Eugerdella serrata Brix, 2006 Continent / Ocean: Antarctica Expedition / Station: ANT XIX-4; St. 133 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Desmosomatidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Eugerdella serrata](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-41004_Eugerdella_serrata_1.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-41004 Name: Eugerdella serrata Brix, 2006 Continent / Ocean: Antarctica Expedition / Station: ANT XIX-4; St. 133 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Desmosomatidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Eugerdella theodori](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-41003_Eugerdella_theodori_2.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-41003 Name: Eugerdella theodori Brix, 2007 Continent / Ocean: South East Atlantic Expedition / Station: Meteor 48-1; St. 344 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Desmosomatidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Eugerdella theodori](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-41003_Eugerdella_theodori_1.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-41003 Name: Eugerdella theodori Brix, 2007 Continent / Ocean: South East Atlantic Expedition / Station: Meteor 48-1; St. 344 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Desmosomatidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Eulimnogammarus olivaceus](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-21636_Eulimnogammarus_viridis_4.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-21636 Name: Eulimnogammarus olivaceus (Dybowsky, 1874) Continent / Ocean: Asia Expedition / Station: Baikal Lake Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Amphipoda Family: Eulimnogammaridae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Eulimnogammarus olivaceus](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-21636_Eulimnogammarus_viridis_2.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-21636 Name: Eulimnogammarus olivaceus (Dybowsky, 1874) Continent / Ocean: Asia Expedition / Station: Baikal Lake Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Amphipoda Family: Eulimnogammaridae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Eulimnogammarus olivaceus](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-21636_Eulimnogammarus_viridis_3.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-21636 Name: Eulimnogammarus olivaceus (Dybowsky, 1874) Continent / Ocean: Asia Expedition / Station: Baikal Lake Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Amphipoda Family: Eulimnogammaridae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Eulimnogammarus olivaceus](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-21636_Eulimnogammarus_viridis_1.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-21636 Name: Eulimnogammarus olivaceus (Dybowsky, 1874) Continent / Ocean: Asia Expedition / Station: Baikal Lake Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Amphipoda Family: Eulimnogammaridae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
![preview Euphausia superba](https://media.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/iiif/3/crustaceae%2Fprev%2FZMH-K-26048_Euphausia_superba.jpg/full/^max/0/default.jpg)
Photo: Solvin Zankl
Catalog number: ZMH-K-26048 Name: Euphausia superba Dana, 1850 Continent / Ocean: Antarctica, South Atlantic Ocean Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Euphausiacea Family: Euphausiidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0