Other Invertebrate Phyla

Curator-in-Charge: Estefania Rodriguez ([email protected])
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.

Check out our NSF-funded DigIn[vertebrates) project to image and database our marine invertebrate collection!

sea star on a beach, with empty mussel shell
Often called “ starfish ,” sea stars aren’t fish at all. They’re invertebrates: animals that have no backbone. Sea stars have the ability to regenerate. If a fish bites off a sea star’s arm, it can grow a new one!
Starfish, ©Philippe Clement/AGE Fotostock

Below is a taxon list of our "Other Invertebrate Phyla" collections.

  • Acanthocephala
  • Brachiopoda
  • Bryozoa
  • Chaetognatha
  • Chordata
  • Crustacea
  • Ctenophora
  • Echinodermata
  • Echiura
  • Entoprocta
  • Gastrotricha
  • Gnathostomula
  • Hemichordata
  • Mesozoa
  • Nematomorpha
  • Nemertea
  • Onychophora
  • Placozoa
  • Platyhelminths
  • Porifera
  • Rotifera
  • Sipuncula
  • Tardigrada