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Types in the Brussels museum are curated by Dr C. Massin who can be reached on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Read more on the echinoderm types deposited in the Brussels collection in:

  • Cherbonnier, G. 1951. Holothuries de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Deuxième série), 41: 65 pp, 28 pls.
  • Jangoux M., Massin Cl. 1986. Catalogue commenté des types d'Echinodermes actuels conservés dans les collections nationales belges. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Biologie), 56: 83-97. icon download here (3.2 MB)

To find out more about the RBINS collection click on Darwin, the specimen database of the RBINS.


Names are put in their original spelling and are ordered alphabetically according to genus name and then specific epithet.

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