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
    Subject
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
    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.
    Associated place
    <The World>
       > Asia
          > Philippines
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