Zoology


Image caption Barbatia setigera collected on the Red Sea by Peter Forsskål in 1761. Collection number TSZB 5883. Foto: Mari Karlstad, Norges arktiske universitetsmuseum

 

 

The zoological collections of the Arctic University Museum of Norway comprise over 160.000 collection numbers, each of which can contain several specimens. The collection is divided into a wet and a dry magazine and houses 27 unique type specimens (holotypes) and 56 paratypes.

 

 

 

 

The zoological collections

Database
Group
Number of objects
Responsible
TSZA
Annelida
3539
Andreas Altenburger
TSZB
Bivalvia
12419
Andreas Altenburger
TSZBr
Bryozoa, Brachiopoda and Entoprocta
2741
Andreas Altenburger
TSZC
Coleoptera
22963
Jostein Kjærandsen
TSZCh
Chelicerata (Arachnida and Pycnogonida)
1079
Andreas Altenburger
TSZCr 
Crustacea
19210
Andreas Altenburger
TSZD
Diptera
26606
Jostein Kjærandsen
TSZE
Echinodermata
4846
Andreas Altenburger
TSZF
Foraminifera and other protozoa
2358
Andreas Altenburger
TSZG
Gastropoda and other Mollusca not Bivalvia 
13702
Andreas Altenburger
TSZL
Lepidoptera 
23767
Jostein Kjærandsen
TSZM
Mammalia
2691
Karl Frafjord
TSZP
Pisces 
3124
Karl Frafjord
TSZR
Radiata (Cnidaria and Ctenophora)
1007
Andreas Altenburger
TSZT
Tunicata
1016
Andreas Altenburger
TSZX
Various mainly terrestrial groups
22813
Jostein Kjærandsen
TSZY
Various marine groups incl. Porifera
427
Andreas Altenburger
Birds
6636
Håkon Dahlen
Bird eggs
1936
Håkon Dahlen

 

 

Details can be found on the website of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Arthropod collection, Tromsø Museum

NORSC - Sciaroidea at Tromsø University Museum

Entomology collection, UiT Tromsø Museum

Annelida collection (TSZA) The Arctic University Museum of Norway

Bivalvia collection (TSZB) The Arctic University Museum of Norway

Bryozoa, Brachiopoda and Entoprocta (TSZBr) The Arctic University Museum of Norway

Chelicerata collection (TSZCh) The Arctic University Museum of Norway

Crustacea collection (TSZCr) The Arctic University Museum of Norway

Echinodermata (TSZE) The Arctic University Museum of Norway

Foraminifera and other protozoa (TSZF) The Arctic University Museum of Norway

Gastropoda collection (TSZG) The Arctic University Museum of Norway

Cnidaria and Ctenophora (TSZR) The Arctic University Museum of Norway

Tunicates collection (TSZT) The Arctic University Museum of Norway

Various marine groups from the collection at (TSZY) The Arctic University Museum of Norway

Insect collection, UiT, University Museum (TSZ). Insect labeling project and PhD-duty-work

  

or at

 

Collection search portal

 

 

 Contact our collection manager for inquiries and loan requests



Members:

Andreas Altenburger (Principal investigator)
Anju Angelina Hembrom
Vanessa Molin Paynter
Bastian Fromm (Principal investigator)
Vanessa Pitusi
Joel Vikberg Wernström
Jostein Kjærandsen (Principal investigator)