Antarctic Animals in the Collection of Zoological Museum of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
The article presents a brief history of the formation and analysis of collections of Antarctic species of animals, which are stored in the Zoological Museum of Lviv National Ivan Franko University, and presented more than 300 specimens.
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ANTARCTIC ANIMALS IN THE COLLECTION OF ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF THE
IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV
I.V. Shydlovskyy
Zoological Museum of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Ðåôåðàò: Ó ñòàòò³ ïîäàíî êîðîòêó ³ñòîð³þ ôîðìóâàííÿ òà ðåçóëüòàòè àíàë³çó êîëåêö³é àíòàðêòè÷íèõ âèä³â
òâàðèí, ÿê³ ïðåäñòàâëåí³ á³ëüøå í³æ 300 çðàçêàìè ³ çáåð³ãàþòüñÿ ó Çîîëîã³÷íîìó ìóçå¿ Ëüâ³âñüêîãî
íàö³îíàëüíîãî óí³âåðñèòåòó ³ìåí³ ²âàíà Ôðàíêà.
Ðåôåðàò: Â ñòàòüå îïèñàíà êðàòêàÿ èñòîðèÿ ôîðìèðîâàíèÿ è ðåçóëüòàòû àíàëèçà êîëëåêöèé
àíòàðêòè÷åñêèõ âèäîâ æèâîòíûõ, êîòîðûå ïðåäñòàâëåíû áîëåå ÷åì 300 ýêñïîíàòàìè è õðàíÿòñÿ â
Çîîëîãè÷åñêîì ìóçåå Ëüâîâñêîãî íàöèîíàëüíîãî óíèâåðñèòåòà èìåíè Èâàíà Ôðàíêî.
Abstract: The article presents a brief history of the formation and analysis of collections of Antarctic species of
animals, which are stored in the Zoological Museum of Lviv National Ivan Franko University, and presented
more than 300 specimens.
Key words: Antarctic, animals, collection, Zoological Museum, Lviv
Introduction
Antarctic is one of the most interesting continents on Earth. It is characterised by rough
conditions and rich fauna and is one of the best protected continents on the world wide scale. No
animals are allowed to be killed and collected in Antarctica according to the International Agreement
that was signed on December 1, 1959. Only animals that died from natural causes or accidentally can
be collected. This agreement is enforced by 44 countries of the world. Additionally, the Convention on
conservation of marine resources of Antarctica was signed in Canberra in May 1980. It was followed
by three more international agreements: Annex II to the Protocol on Environmental Quality under the
Antarctic Treaty: Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora (in 1991 known as the "Agreed Measures
for the Protection of flora and fauna of Antarctica"); Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic
seals and International Convention for the regulation of whaling. These decision of the international
community had strong impact on the way how collections of the natural history museums are being
enriched now with Antarctic specimens. First of all, not every museum can have material from
Àntarctica. And the one that have usually carry very few sparse animal specimens. Stuffed specimens
of penguins, gulls and terns as well as shells of molluscs are the most common exhibits in the
museums. Since there is very little information available about Antarctic collections in the Ukrainian
museums, we consider it important to present a brief overview of the creation and expansion of the
collection of Antarctic specimens in the Zoological Museum of the Ivan Franko National University
of Lviv.
Idea of collecting of Antarctic specimens
The idea of collecting Antarctic specimens for the museum arose long ago. Zoological
Museum was founded in 1823, however first Antarctic animals appeared in its collections only in the
thmiddle of the 20 century. Only in August 1955 F.Y. Strautman, than the dean of the Faculty of
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Biology, together with E.K. Lazarenko, who was the rector of Ivan Franko National University of
Lviv, sent a request to the Capitan of the whaling company “Slava” to collect some Antarctic animals
for the Zoological Museum. The request included: skeletons of the sperm whale and of one of the
baleen whales, frozen specimens of birds including penguins, albatrosses, petrels and gulls, preserved
specimens of fish (fishes of the family Nototheniidae, Exocoetidae, Lycodes sp., Borostomias sp.,
Cryodraco sp.), mammal skins (south-american fur seal Arctocephalus gazellà, sea lion Otaria
byronia, elephant seal Mirounga leonine, leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx, crabeater seal Lobodon
carcinophagus, weddell seal Leptonychotes Weddelli) etc. The request was gladly fulfilled already
thnext year in 1956, when trophies from the 10 voyage of the “Slava” whaling fleet included the whole
body of the sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus (to be made into skeleton), the skull of the minke
whale Balenoptera acutorostrata, baleen plates from eight species, spare bones and embryos of six
baleen whales (including one of of humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae) and other marine
animals from the southern seas (Êóëèêîâ, 1956; Øèäëîâñüêèé, 2003; Çàòóøåâñüêèé,
Øèäëîâñüêèé, 2007; Øèäëîâñüêèé, Äèêèé, 2009; Øèäëîâñüêèé, 2009). This gift was very
thvaluable for the museum and also coincided with the 700 year anniversary of the city of Lviv.
The body of the sperm whale was transported from the port in the separate railroad car. It was
subsequently berried in the ground in the “Pogulianka” park for one year for tissues to decompose
naturally. After that all the bones were dig out back, cleaned and reassembled in the complete skeleton,
which is now one of the most famous exhibits in the mammal section. Second request for specimens
was sent to I.O. Zemsky, the scientific leader of the fleet, in 1956. University was asking for a skeleton
of one of the baleen whales (blue, minke or fin whale) as well as some other Antarctic animals. This
time the request was not fulfilled.
stThe next big set of antarctic animals were received by the Museum in the 21 century. All
thspecimens were collected by I.V. Dykyy during his work at the 11 Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition in
2006-2007. While working on the “Akademik Vernadskyy” Antarctic Field Station Ihor Dykyy
collected an enormous collection of invertebrate and vertebrate specimens, which enriched Musem's
collections considerably. He brought skins and skulls belonging to 12 bird species that were not
represented in the Museum before, in addition to skulls of Antarctic seals, diverse crustaceans, corals,
sponges and worms.
Analysis of museums collection of Antarctic animals
Altogether Museum now has over 300 specimens of Antarctic fauna. Molluscs are the major
part of invertebrate collection, while birds and mammals constitute the majority of vertebrates.
Further below we list Antarctic animals from the collection of the Museum in the framework of animal
classification.
Phylum Bryozoa – an unidentified specimen collected March 27, 2006 in the Mik strait near
Penguin Poin, Southern Ocean;
Phylum Spongia – probably three different species, 8 specimens. Set includes single specimen
of Dendrilla àntarctica collected on March 26, 2006 in the Stella Creek strait near Galindez island,
and two more specimens from the Southern Ocean coast of the Galindez island. Other sponge species
were collected on August 14, 2006 in the Mik strait near Galindez island;
Phylum Coelenterata, Classis Anthozoa (Hexacorallia, Actinia) – unidentified specimens
collected on August 14, 2006 in the Mik strait near Galindez island;
Phylum Nemertini – single species Parborlasia corrugans, 13 speciens all were collected on
March 26, 2006 in the Mik strait near Galindez island;
Phylum Mollusca, Classis Gastropoda and Bivalvia – about 10 species, 127 specimens.
Includes: Nacella kerguelensis and N. concinna (21 specimens were collected in 2006 in the Stella
Creek, Mik, Penola and Slip straits on the Galindez island and on the Rasmussen island); Laternula
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elliptica (three specimens collected in February and October 2006 near the Penguin Point, in the
Penola strait on the Galindez island); Trophon albolabratus (one shell collected on August 28, 2006 o
the Pigeon Point on the Galindez island, and two other specimens probably belonging to this species
from the Penguin Point collected on October 11, 2006); Yoldia eightsi (ten shells collected on March
24, 2006 in the bay in the Stella Creek strait near the Galindez island); Neobuccinum eatoni (three
shells collected in the Penola and Mik straits); Marseniopsis mollis (one specimen of this species was
collected on February 24, 207 on the Jetti pier);
Phylum Arthropoda (Crustacea, Isopoda) – two species, 29 specimens including Glyptonotus
antarcticus (were all collected on June 27, 2006 in the Jetti strait);
Phylum Echinodermata (classes Asteridea and Echinoidea) – probably four species, 61
specimens including Sterechinus neumayeri (two specimens collected in February 2006 in the Stella
Creek strait), Odontaster validus, O. meridionalis, Neosmilaster sp. (all collected between June 15,
2006 and February 17, 2007 on the islands of Galindez, Corner and Winter);
Phylum Brachiopoda – single specimen was collected on April 12, 2006 in the Stella Creek
strait on the side of the Bellinshausen sea.
Phylum Tunicata (classes Ascidia and Salpae) – two species, ten specimens of which were
collected on March 26, 2006 near the Thumb Rock in the Stella Creek strait;
Phylum Chordata (superclassis Pisces, classis Osteichtyes) – four specimens belonging to
three species including Harpagifer antarcticus (caught on February 17, 2007 in the Stella Creek
strait), two specimens of Trematomus bernacchii (both caught on October 11, 2006 near the Penguin
Point) and Notothenia sp. (caught on February 12, 2007 in the Jetti strait);
Classis Aves – eleven species altogether, 43 specimens including Pygoscelis papua (one adult
female was found dead on March 31, 2006 on the Galindez island, two skulls from the islands of
Black and Galindez collected on March 19, 2006 and March 25, 2009 respectively, and one egg shell
found on November 25, 2006 on the Small Yalury island); P. adeliae (two pulls were found dead on
2006 and January 13, 2007 on the Yalury island, adult skull found on February 19, 2007 on the
Galindez island and five egg shells were collecte on February 16, 2007 on the Great Yalury island); P.
antarcticus (bird remains were found on March 18, 2006 on the Three Little Pigs island); Aptenodytes
patagonicus (bird skull was found on the island of South Georgia in January 2007); Phalacrocorax
[atriceps] bransfieldensis (two skulls and two dead birds were found during February-September
2006 on the Galindez island); Pagodroma nivea (dead bird was found on June 1, 2002 on the Galindez
island and two more skulls collected on March 26, 2006 on the Galindez island and on February 21,
2007 on the Peres cape of the Antarctic peninsula); Oceanites oceanicus (one bird was found dead but
does not have precise label); Chionis alba (two birds found dead on the island of Galindez in 2002 and
2007 respectively, and one skull was found on January 17, 2007 on the same island); Sterna vittata
(dead bird was found on 2003 on the island of Galindez, one skull was collected on February 13, 2007
in the Stella Creek strait and one egg was collected on December 20, 2006 on the Great Yalury island);
Larus dominicanus (one dead bird was found in 2002 and two skulls were collected on February 2006
on the Galindez island); Catharacta [skua] maccormickii (one pull was found dead near the nest on
February 19, 2006 on the Galindez island, and one skull and two dead adult birds were found in the
same place in February 2006; furthermore, tree eggs were collected in 2007 on the Galindez island).
Classis Mammalia – approximately ten species (35 specimens), mainly jaws, jaw parts and
teeth of seals (including Lobodon carcinophagus, which lower jaw was found on the island of
Rasmussen on February 20, 2006, one complete and one incomplete sculls found on the Galindez
island in 2002 and Black island in 2006 respectively; two sculls of Arctocephalus gazellà collected in
2006 in the Mik strait and on the island of Skua; also Mirounga leonine, Leptonychotes Weddelli,
Physeter macrocephalus, Balenoptera acutorostrata).
Most of the Antarctic specimens in the collection of Zoological Museum are dry-preserved,
such as shells, skeletons, skins, exoskeletons and bones, bird eggs, and dried embryos. Very few whole
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specimens were preserved in liquid fixatives. Geographically, majority of the specimens were
collected on the Galindez island and around it in the ocean, especially in the neighbourhood of the
“Akademik Vernadskyy” field station, also in Stella Creek and Mik straits, near the Jetti pier and in the
bas of Pigeon Point, Penguin Point and Marina Point. Some specimens originated from other islands
of Argentina archipelago, including Grotto, Rasmussen, King Georg, Winter, Corner, South Georgia,
Black, Howgard, Bruce, Krulse, Skua, Great and Small Yalury, Three Little Pigs. On the other hand,
“Slava” expedition was collecting specimens all over the Antarctic region.
On the overall, the collection of Antarctic animals in the Zoological Museum of the Ivan
Franko National University of Lviv includes almost 50 species belonging to 10 phyla of the Animal
Kingdom. These specimens make part of the exhibition as well as scientific collection, and allows
Museum to attract public attention and educate peoples about the nature conservation and protection
of unique natural habitats.
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