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CURATORS & STAFF

Dr. Christopher Taylor, Crustacean Curator
Dr. Lawrence M. Page, Crustacean Curator Emeritus
Christine A. Mayer, Database Manager

ABOUT THE CRUSTACEAN COLLECTION

The Illinois Natural History Survey Crustacean Collection is one of the largest state collections of crustaceans in North America. A few specimens now housed in the collection were collected in the late 1800's by Stephen A. Forbes. They formed the basis for the first article to appear in the Survey's Bulletin "List of Illinois Crustacea." More specimens were collected during the first half of the 1900's in conjunction with the insect surveys organized by Herbert H. Ross. A large part of the collection comes from specimens collected from 1972 to 1982 for Lawrence M. Page's "The Crayfishes and Shrimps (Decapoda) of Illinois" published in 1985.

The collection contains primary types of six species. The collection contains about 83,000 specimens (over 10,000 lots) of approximately 300 species in 26 families. Almost all are from North America. About 50% of the collection is from Illinois; the remainder is mostly from the southeastern United States. The best represented groups are crayfishes, shrimps, scuds, slaters, and pill bugs.

SPECIES LISTS, DATABASES & DISTRIBUTIONS

•  Crustacea of Illinois
• INHS Crustacean Collection Database

OUTREACH

Please phone Mike Jeffords (217) 333-5986 for more information.

LINKS

• What is Astacology?
• Illinois Crustaceans by County
• Threatened & Endangered Species in IL