National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Invertebrates (NMNH-Invertebrates)

Contacts: Thomas Orrell, orrellt@si.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 22 October 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Parsed IPT import workflow
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 45,048 specimen records
  • 28,987 (64%) georeferenced
  • 931 (2%) with images
  • 5,733 (13%) identified to species
  • 940 families
  • 1,873 genera
  • 3,444 species
  • 672 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Autolytus (6)
  • Branchiosyllis (1)
  • Brania (1)
  • Ehlersia (2)
  • Haplosyllis (3)
  • Langerhansia (2)
  • Odontosyllis (4)
  • Opisthosyllis (18)
  • Parapionosyllis (1)
  • Parasphaerosyllis (3)
  • Sphaerosyllis (1)
  • Syllis (7)
  • Trypanosyllis (3)
  • Typosyllis (39)