Canadian Museum of Nature Crustacea Collection

Jean-Marc Gagnon

doi:10.15468/thiry8

Canadian Museum of Nature Crustacea Collection

Citation

Gagnon J, Blades R (2025). Canadian Museum of Nature Crustacea Collection. Version 1.61. Canadian Museum of Nature. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/thiry8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-16.

Description

Dating back to the 1800s, the Canadian Museum of Nature's Crustacea Collection contains specimens associated with the exploration and development of Canada. Gammaridea, Caprellidea, Isopoda, Hyperiidea, and Mysidacea are the major groups found in the collection, which totals ca. 176,000 lots. The Amphipoda representation is particularly substantial as a result of the many years of research by Dr. Edward L. Bousfield

Taxonomic Coverages

The Crustacea Collection contains strong taxonomic representation of the following large groups: Cladocera, Ostracoda, Copepoda, Amphipoda, Isopoda, Cumacea, Mysidacea, Euphausidea, and Decapoda. Amphipods are particularly well represented, following the field work and taxonomic research of Dr. Edward L. Bousfield.

Cladocera
common name: water flea rank: class
Ostracoda
rank: order
Copepoda
rank: subclass
Amphipoda
rank: order
Isopoda
rank: order
Cumacea
rank: order
Mysidae
rank: family
Euphausiacea
rank: order
Decapoda
rank: order

Geographic Coverages

The primary geographic representation is North America (not exclusively), with emphasis on Canada, including Canadian Arctic. A large proportion of the taxa are marine (Northeast Pacific, Arctic and Northwest Atlantic).

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jean-Marc Gagnon
originator
position: Curator, Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-613-364-4066
email: jmgagnon@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/our-science/science-experts/jean-marc-gagnon/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2778-4215

Rob Blades
metadata author
position: Digital Collections Information Manager
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
email: rblades@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/our-science/science-experts/rob-blades/

Jean-Marc Gagnon
curator
position: Curator, Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-613-364-4066
email: jmgagnon@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/our-science/science-experts/jean-marc-gagnon/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2778-4215

Jean-Marc Gagnon
administrative point of contact
position: Curator, Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
Ontario
CA
Telephone: 1-613-364-4066
email: jmgagnon@nature.ca
homepage: https://nature.ca/en/our-science/science-experts/jean-marc-gagnon/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2778-4215