Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10390
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Specimens 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): 295mm
width (print): 232mm
width (print): 232mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine zoological studies of types of the sponge Euplectella.
Plate 4 figures 1-4 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 “Fig.1. Euplectella (cucumber) very rare. Fig.2. True Regadéra (Spanish) probably Aspergillum. Fig.3,4. Primary state of Euplectella, nat.size. 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 4 figures 1-4 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 “Fig.1. Euplectella (cucumber) very rare. Fig.2. True Regadéra (Spanish) probably Aspergillum. Fig.3,4. Primary state of Euplectella, nat.size. 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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