Two siphonophores
Date
1853
Creator
Adolf Sauer (German) , Lithographer
After
Object type
Library reference
RCN47172
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 377mm
width (print): 272mm
width (print): 272mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Anatomical studies of marine siphonophores. Figures 1-5 Hippopodius hippopus (here described as Hippopodius neapolitanus). Figures 6-9 the String jellyfish Apolemia uvaria. Each is pelagic colony of zooids. The plate has studies of the whole colonies at slightly enlarged or natural size (figures 1 and 6) with corresponding anatomical details (figures 2-5 and 7-9 respectively).
Plate 6 from the book Die schwimmpolypen oder siphonophoren von Messina by Albert Kölliker (Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1853)
Inscribed above: ‘Tab.VI’. Inscribed below: ‘A Dehler et E Bittinger del. Lith. Anst. v. Emil Wilhelmi in Lpzg. Ad Sauer. Fig. 1-5 Hippopodus neapolitanus. Fig 6-9 Apolemia uvaria.’
Albert von Kölliker (1817-1905) Swiss anatomist and physiologist was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1860.
Plate 6 from the book Die schwimmpolypen oder siphonophoren von Messina by Albert Kölliker (Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1853)
Inscribed above: ‘Tab.VI’. Inscribed below: ‘A Dehler et E Bittinger del. Lith. Anst. v. Emil Wilhelmi in Lpzg. Ad Sauer. Fig. 1-5 Hippopodus neapolitanus. Fig 6-9 Apolemia uvaria.’
Albert von Kölliker (1817-1905) Swiss anatomist and physiologist was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1860.
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