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
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-44061 Name: Schnurr & Malyutina, 2014 Eurycope aculeata Continent / Ocean: North Atlantic Expedition / Station: BIOICE; St. 2330 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Munnopsidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-44061 Name: Schnurr & Malyutina, 2014 Eurycope aculeata Continent / Ocean: North Atlantic Expedition / Station: BIOICE; St. 2330 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Munnopsidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-44061 Name: Schnurr & Malyutina, 2014 Eurycope aculeata Continent / Ocean: North Atlantic Expedition / Station: BIOICE; St. 2330 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Munnopsidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-44044 Name: Schnurr & Malyutina, 2014 Eurycope elianae Continent / Ocean: North Atlantic Expedition / Station: BIOICE; St. 2330 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Munnopsidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-44044 Name: Schnurr & Malyutina, 2014 Eurycope elianae Continent / Ocean: North Atlantic Expedition / Station: BIOICE; St. 2330 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Munnopsidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-44049 Name: Schnurr & Malyutina, 2014 Eurycope elianae Continent / Ocean: North Atlantic Expedition / Station: BIOICE; St. 2330 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Munnopsidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-44049 Name: Schnurr & Malyutina, 2014 Eurycope elianae Continent / Ocean: North Atlantic Expedition / Station: BIOICE; St. 2330 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Munnopsidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Solvin Zankl
Catalog number: ZMH-K-40220 Name: Brandt, 2003 Frontoserolis abyssalis Continent / Ocean: Antarctica, South Atlantic Ocean Expedition / Station: ANT XIX-3; St. 46-6 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Serolidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Solvin Zankl
Catalog number: ZMH-K-40007 Name: Eights, 1852 Glyptonotus antarcticus Continent / Ocean: Antarctica, South Atlantic Ocean Expedition / Station: South Atlantic Ocean Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Chaetiliidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Renate Walther
Catalog number: ZMH-K-43199 Name: (Timm, Kaiser & Brandt, 2013) Iolanthe matsi Continent / Ocean: Southern Ocean Expedition / Station: ANDEEP-3; St. 133-2 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Acanthaspidiidae Preparation: SEM Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Terue C. Kihara
Catalog number: ZMH-K-46141 Name: Kaiser & Brix, 2018 Ketosoma hessleri Continent / Ocean: North-East Atlantic Expedition / Station: Vema; St. 6-7 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Nannoniscidae Preparation: CLSM Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Terue C. Kihara
Catalog number: ZMH-K-46141 Name: Kaiser & Brix, 2018 Ketosoma hessleri Continent / Ocean: North-East Atlantic Expedition / Station: Vema; St. 6-7 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Nannoniscidae Preparation: CLSM Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Terue C. Kihara
Catalog number: ZMH-K-46139 Name: Kaiser & Janssen, 2018 Ketosoma ruehlemanni Continent / Ocean: Equatorial Pacific Expedition / Station: BIONOD; St 43 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Nannoniscidae Preparation: CLSM Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Terue C. Kihara
Catalog number: ZMH-K-46139 Name: Kaiser & Janssen, 2018 Ketosoma ruehlemanni Continent / Ocean: Equatorial Pacific Expedition / Station: BIONOD; St 43 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Nannoniscidae Preparation: CLSM Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Terue C. Kihara
Catalog number: ZMH-K-46139 Name: Kaiser & Janssen, 2018 Ketosoma ruehlemanni Continent / Ocean: Equatorial Pacific Expedition / Station: BIONOD; St 43 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Nannoniscidae Preparation: CLSM Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Terue C. Kihara
Catalog number: ZMH-K-46140 Name: Brix & Kihara, 2018 Ketosoma vemae Continent / Ocean: North-East Atlantic Expedition / Station: Vema; St. 2-6 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Nannoniscidae Preparation: CLSM Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Terue C. Kihara
Catalog number: ZMH-K-46140 Name: Brix & Kihara, 2018 Ketosoma vemae Continent / Ocean: North-East Atlantic Expedition / Station: Vema; St. 2-6 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Nannoniscidae Preparation: CLSM Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Terue C. Kihara
Catalog number: ZMH-K-46142 Name: Kaiser & Brix, 2018 Ketosoma werneri Continent / Ocean: Southwest Atlantic Expedition / Station: DIVA-3; St. 534 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Nannoniscidae Preparation: CLSM Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Terue C. Kihara
Catalog number: ZMH-K-46142 Name: Kaiser & Brix, 2018 Ketosoma werneri Continent / Ocean: Southwest Atlantic Expedition / Station: DIVA-3; St. 534 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Isopoda Family: Nannoniscidae Preparation: CLSM Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Roxana Timm
Catalog number: ZMH-K-60240 Name: Bruzelius, 1859 Laetmatophilus Continent / Ocean: North Atlantic Expedition / Station: IceAGE RR; St. 225-1 Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Amphipoda Family: Podoceridae Preparation: CLSM Stage: Adult Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Martin Schwentner
Catalog number: ZMH-K-19627 Name: Lepidurus viridis setosus Continent / Ocean: South East Australia Expedition / Station: Victoria Collection name: Crustacea Class: Branchiopoda Order: Notostraca Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Martin Schwentner
Catalog number: ZMH-K-19627 Name: Lepidurus viridis setosus Continent / Ocean: South East Australia Expedition / Station: Victoria Collection name: Crustacea Class: Branchiopoda Order: Notostraca Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Holotype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-42944 Name: Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2011 Leucon(Crymoleucon) weddellensis Continent / Ocean: Antarctica Expedition / Station: Weddell Sea Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Cumacea Family: Leuconidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Photo: Nancy Mercado
Catalog number: ZMH-K-42944 Name: Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2011 Leucon(Crymoleucon) weddellensis Continent / Ocean: Antarctica Expedition / Station: Weddell Sea Collection name: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Cumacea Family: Leuconidae Preparation: Ethanol Stage: Adult Type status: Paratype Legal Status: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0