Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10389
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‘Double form of Euplectella’ [Venus’s flower basket]
Date
1878
Creator
C L G (British) , Lithographer
After
William Chimmo (1828 - 1891, British) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X346/2
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 292mm
width (print): 205mm
width (print): 205mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine zoological study of the sponge Euplectella aspergillum.
Plate 3 from the monograph On Euplectella aspergillum. Also on a new form of globigerina; phosphorescent animalcules..., by William Chimmo (London, Taylor and Francis, 1878). The plate is inscribed “Double form of Euplectella on same root. W.Chimo del. C.L.G. lith. Mintern Bros imp.”
William Chimmo (1828-1891) Royal Navy Captain and hydrographer dredged for these marine sponges off the Philippine Islands.
Plate 3 from the monograph On Euplectella aspergillum. Also on a new form of globigerina; phosphorescent animalcules..., by William Chimmo (London, Taylor and Francis, 1878). The plate is inscribed “Double form of Euplectella on same root. W.Chimo del. C.L.G. lith. Mintern Bros imp.”
William Chimmo (1828-1891) Royal Navy Captain and hydrographer dredged for these marine sponges off the Philippine Islands.
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