Improvements for the Invertebrate Zoology Collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

9709892 McHugh哈佛大学比较动物学博物馆（MCZ）的无脊椎动物动物学系收藏了一些最广泛和历史上最重要的后生动物和原生动物收藏品。在大约307，100批（近100万个标本）中，有近10，000个模式标本。蜘蛛收藏是世界第二大;甲壳类收藏是美国最大的收藏之一;刺胞动物是世界上最好的十种动物之一，而六角海绵可能是世界上最大的动物。国际科学界不断使用这些收藏品，大量出版物引用这些收藏品，这证明了这些收藏品的价值。目前，空间的严重短缺阻碍了MCZ无脊椎动物收藏的常规管理;目前只有2.7%的货架空间是空的，可用于收藏重组和扩展。该项目将安装一个自动化存储系统，使日常收集相关活动更有效，允许整合海绵收集和最近的收购，并为未来的收购提供空间。这些变化将直接改善对科学界的服务，并使未来的大型策展项目更加可行。

9709892 McHugh The Department of Invertebrate Zoology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) of Harvard University houses some of the most extensive and historically important metazoan and protozoan collections available to researchers today. Among the approximately 307,100 lots (nearly one million specimens) in the collections are almost 10,000 type specimens. The spider collection is the second largest in the world; the crustacean collection is one of the largest in the U.S.; the cnidarian holdings are among the ten finest in the world; and the hexactinellid sponges probably represent the largest collection in the world. The steady use of the collections by the international scientific community and the large number of publications citing the collections attest to the valuable nature of these holdings. Currently, a severe shortage of space impedes routine curation of the invertebrate collections at the MCZ; only 2.7% of current shelving space is empty and available for collection reorganization and expansion. This project to install a compactorized storage system will make routine collection-related activities more efficient, allow for the integration of the sponge collection and recent acquisitions, and provide space for future acquisitions. These changes will directly improve service to the scientific community and will make future large-scale curatorial projects more feasible.