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The Marine Invertebrates Department holds approximately 5 million specimens of marine invertebrates, emphasizing mollusks and crustaceans of southern California, Baja California, and the eastern Pacific in general. Included are worldwide collections in selected mollusk and crustacean groups. The collection holds 134 primary and 700 secondary type specimens. Recent growth in the collection includes vernal pool invertebrates, largely from California's Central Valley region, and the acquisition in 1988 of more than 80,000 lots of benthic marine invertebrates donated by the Marine Review Committee of the California Coastal Commission. This is the largest collection of southern California benthic marine invertebrates in existence. The Marine Invertebrates Department is supported in part by the Herbert N. Lowe Conchology Collection Fund. The collection is presently under the care of Ms. Wendy Strohmeyer, Collections Care Assistant, with the assistance of departmental
associates. Articles California Shells Use Policy Due to reduced budgets and staffing, the Marine Invertebrates Department is temporarily closed. We are unable to honor requests for specimen identification, new loans, or use of the collections at this time. Individuals or organizations wishing to return loaned material should contact Curator of Collections Paisley Cato at 619.255.0226. We regret this inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. |
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