Crustacea
Curator-in-Charge: Estefania Rodriguez
Collections Assistant: Lily Berniker
- For loan requests: Go to the Loans page and fill out the request form.
- For visitation requests: Go to the Visits page and fill out the request form.
- Donors: Please refer to the Invertebrate Zoology policies regarding the deposition of material.
The AMNH Crustacea collection consists of approximately 10,000 catalogued specimens, most of which you can find online here.
Last August, we received ~13,000 fiddler crabs from Frank Barnwell. You can see the story of the Frank and his collection here 13,000 Crabs Crawl into a Museum Collection
Here is more on the arrival of the crabs.