Various Groups of invertebrate animals (no insects)
The type collections of various invertebrate groups include a mixture of species from all over the world, dating mostly from the start of the 20th century. They stem mostly from expeditions and field trips undertaken by the Natural History Museum Basel.
The individual catalogues comprise the following groups:
Acanthocephala (thorny-headed worms)
Specimens originate from New Caledonia
Principal author: Porta
2 taxa, 5 entries
Annelida (segmented worms)
Specimens originate mainly from New Caledonia, Sulawesi (formerly Celebes), Sri Lanka
Principal author: Michaelsen
66 taxa, 89 entries
Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
Material originates from the Red Sea (Hexacorallia)
Principal author: Klunzinger
7 taxa, 7 entries
Echinodermata (echinoderms)
Material originates from Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)
Principal authors: Sarasin, Döderlein
4 taxa, 7 entries
Nematoda (round worms)
Material originates from Europe, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
Principal author: Kreis
33 taxa, 37 entries
Nematomorpha (stringworms)
Material originates from Switzerland
1 taxon, 1 entry
Nemertea or Nemertini (ribbon worms)
Material originates from Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)
Principal author: Isler
2 taxa, 2 entries
Onychophora (velvet worms)
Material originates from Colombia
Author: Fuhrmann, 1913
1 taxon, 1 entry
Plathelminthes (flatworms)
Material originates from Sulawesi (formerly Celebes), India, Colombia and New Caledonia
Principal authors: Baer, de Beauchamp, von Graff, Fuhrmann, Krsmanovic, Schröder, Zschokke
59 taxa, 81 entries
