• Stammer Collection: Plankton fauna from the Greifswald area. Hans-Joachim Stammer (* 1899 - † 1968), scientific assistant in Greifswald 1923 - 1927. Collection taken over in 1927.

• Creplin Collection: Endoparasites (Plathelminthes, Nemathelminthes). Christian Friedrich Heinrich Creplin (* 1788 - † 1863), scientific assistant and later curator in Greifswald 1831 - 1863. ca. 300 species, with types. Including catalogs (Creplin without date). Collection taken over in 1831.
• Schilling collection: Ectoparasites (Acari and Insecta). Johann Christian Wilhelm Schilling (* 1790 - † 1874), ornithologist, curator in Greifswald 1820 - 1853. ca. 2000 jars. Collection acquired in 1853.

• Deecke Collection: Mollusca worldwide. Wilhelm Deecke (* 1862 - † 1934), geologist, professor in Greifswald 1886 - 1906. 2,600 species in total (4,650 different taxa according to card index); in detail: Polyplacophora (15), Gastropoda (1,566), Cephalopoda (78), Scaphopoda (2), Bivalvia (635), Mollusca indet. (300). With card index. Collection acquired in 1897. This extensive collection is in urgent need of revision according to modern criteria.

• Müller Collection: Limnic (Greifswald area) and marine (Atlantic, Mediterranean) Ostracoda. Christian Gustav Wilhelm Müller (* 1857 - † 1940), scientific assistant and later professor in Greifswald 1870 - 1923. With types. With catalog (Viehberg around 1999, unpubl.).

• Gerstaecker Collection (so-called “New Collection of the Institute”): General collection. Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker (* 1828 - † 1895), director of the Zoological Museum in Greifswald 1876 - 1895. 4 cabinets with 240 boxes, approx. 20,000 specimens, with types.
• Heckel collection: Diptera (15,000 specimens), Lepidoptera (80 boxes) and Coleoptera (10,000 specimens) from Germany. Paul Heckel (* 1856 - † 1935), land surveyor, tax inspector and land registry director in Stralsund, among other places. Collection acquired in 1935.
• Collection of von Bernuth: mainly Coleoptera and Lepidoptera from Western Pomerania (basis of the so-called Old Institute Collection, created 1935 - 36). Emil von Bernuth (* 1807 - † 1874), head forester in Jägerhof. With catalogs incl. supplementary booklets, created 1854 - 57. Collection acquired in 1878.

• Collection Clasen: Coleoptera from Mecklenburg. Friedrich Wilhelm Erdmann Clasen (* 1792 - † 1882), teacher in Rostock. 31 boxes. Collection in Greifswald since ca. 1968, only identified as the Clasen collection in 1989.
• Heckel collection: see Insecta below
• Hillecke collection: Coleoptera from the Harz foreland. C. Hillecke, Quedlinburg. With catalogs.
• Collection Keilbach/Hennicke: Staphylinidae from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Rolf Keilbach (* 1908 - † 2001), zoology professor in Greifswald 1953 - 73; Sylvia Hennicke, Greifswald. 40 boxes.
• Menzel-Harloff collection: Coleoptera from Rügen. Holger Menzel-Harloff, Saßnitz. 30 boxes. Collection acquired in 2006.
• Collection Müller-Motzfeld: Carabidae of the Palaearctic. Gerd Müller-Motzfeld (* 1941 - † 2009), scientific assistant, curator of the museum and zoology professor in Greifswald 1966 - 2006. 204 boxes, 333 types.
• Nürnberg collection: Carabidae from West Mecklenburg. Werner Nürnberg (* 1893 - † 1979), teacher in Schwerin. 9 boxes. With catalog.
• Pogge collection: Coleoptera from Western Pomerania incl. Rügen. Karl Pogge (dates unknown), forester in Neubrück near Briesen/Mark. 68 boxes, 20,000 specimens. With index. Collection given as a gift in 1935 and received in 1938.
• Schmidt collection: Coleoptera worldwide. Otto Carl Friedrich Gustav Schmidt (* 1788 - † 1863), Privy Senior Government Councillor in Stettin. 144 boxes, 8,200 species. With catalogs. Collection purchased in 1860.
• Bernuth's collection: see Insecta below.
• Regional collection Coleoptera from Western Pomerania. Various former diploma and doctoral students at ZIMG. 50 boxes.

• Heckel collection: see Insecta below.
• Manteufel collection: Lepidoptera from Western Pomerania. Paul Rudolf Wilhelm Manteufel (* 1887 - † 1981), Wolgast. 45 boxes. With catalog. Collection acquired in 1981.
• Collection Peter: Lepidoptera from the Greifswald area. Karl Peter (* 1870 - † 1955), professor of anatomy in Greifswald. 50 boxes. With index. Collection received in 1934.
• Pfau collection: Lepidoptera from Western Pomerania. Johannes Pfau (* 1882 - † 1966), teacher in Anklam and Wolgast. 40 boxes, with types. With index and correspondence.
• Plötz collection: from material from the Bernuth collection. Carl Plötz (* 1814 - † 1886), assistant collector in Greifswald 1877 - 78. 60 boxes, with types. With catalog.
• Pogge collection: Rhopalocera worldwide, Microlepidoptera, etc. Carl Friedrich Pogge (* 1811 - † 1867), merchant in Greifswald. 350 boxes. With catalogs by Pescatore (exotic Rhopalocera, 1907) and Fenske (Palaearctic Microlepidoptera, 1952). Collection purchased in 1887.
• Schmidt collection: Lepidoptera worldwide. see Coleoptera below.
• Bernuth collection: see Insecta below.

• Groth Collection: Synanthropic Diptera from Western Pomerania. Ulrich Groth (* 1927), scientific assistant in Greifswald.
• Heckel collection: see Insecta below.
• Jaschhof collection: Lestremiinae (Cecidomyiidae) worldwide with a focus on the Palaearctic. Mathias Jaschhof (* 1963), curator in Greifswald from 2006 - 2007. 7,500 micropreparations, with types.
• Karl collection: Anthomyiidae and Muscidae from Pomerania. Otto Karl (* 1868 - † 1945), school principal in Stolp in Pomerania. 3 boxes.
• Bernuth collection: see Insecta below.

The total collection (excluding the identification collection) comprises around 2,212 standing specimens, 500 bellows, 166 skeletons, 48 anatomical specimens, 250 microscopic specimens, 2,161 clutches and 125 nests. The standing specimens are recorded in a catalog file. In addition, there is the collection of the Hiddensee ornithological station with around 157 standing and hanging specimens and 500 bellows.
In addition to the Pomeranian collection (see below), the bird collection contains a systematic cross-section of the world's avifauna and includes expedition specimens, donations and purchases from two centuries. The inventory and electronic cataloging of the extensive collection was begun in 2007.

• Pogge Collection: Egg collection of (mainly) pre-Pomeranian birds. Karl Pogge (dates of life unknown), forester in Neubrück near Briesen/Mark. Originally about 800 eggs, mostly whole clutches. Collection awarded as a gift in 1935 and received in 1938.
• Pomeranian collection: specimens of species found in Pomerania, mostly from pre-Pomeranian sites. Created by Johann Christian Wilhelm Schilling (* 1790 - † 1874), ornithologist, curator in Greifswald 1820 - 1853; later expanded with less intensity. With catalog card index.
• Sturm collection: egg collection. Hans Sturm (dates unknown), ornithologist, Greifswald.
• Lehmann Collection: egg collection of European birds. Emil Lehmann (* 1857 - † 1927), teacher, Pyritz in Pomerania. Collection received as a gift in 1928.
• Verifiable individual collections in the general collection: Grafen von Bismarck-Bohlen, Karlsburg. Birds of prey and waterfowl. Received in 1931 (from Fritz Ulrich von Bismarck-Bohlen, * 1884 - † 1945). This overview is currently being edited.

The total collection includes 380 dry specimens, 65 bellows, 120 skeletons and 137 skulls, mostly of mammals. Wet specimens of other vertebrates in the order of several thousand cannot be precisely quantified at present. A collection card index exists.

• Verifiable individual collections classified in the general collection: Kommerzienrat Rahn, Stettin. Bellies of 40 mammals, 142 birds and 2 crocodiles from Brazil. Preserved under Hornschuch. This overview is currently being edited.