‘Praya diphyes’
Date
1853
Creator
Adolf Sauer (German) , Lithographer
After
Adolph Freiherr von La Valette-St. George (1831 - 1910, German) , Anatomist
Object type
Library reference
RCN47172
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 377mm
width (print): 272mm
width (print): 272mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Anatomical studies of the marine siphonophore Rosacea cymbiformis (here described as Praya diphyes) a pelagic colony of zooids. Eight structural figures, including a main study of the whole colony, slightly enlarged (‘etwas weniges vergrößert’) and with corresponding anatomical details (figures 2-8).
Plate 9 from the book Die schwimmpolypen oder siphonophoren von Messina by Albert Kölliker (Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1853)
Inscribed above: ‘Tab.IX’. Inscribed below: ‘A de la Valette del. Lith. Anst. v. Emil Wilhelmi in Lpzg. Praya diphyes.’
Albert von Kölliker (1817-1905) Swiss anatomist and physiologist was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1860.
Plate 9 from the book Die schwimmpolypen oder siphonophoren von Messina by Albert Kölliker (Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1853)
Inscribed above: ‘Tab.IX’. Inscribed below: ‘A de la Valette del. Lith. Anst. v. Emil Wilhelmi in Lpzg. Praya diphyes.’
Albert von Kölliker (1817-1905) Swiss anatomist and physiologist was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1860.
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