Two siphonophores
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 marine siphonophores. Figures 1-8 Chelophyes appendiculata (here described as Diphyes sieboldii). Figures 9-15 the sea-raft Velella velella (here described as Velella spirans). Each is colony of zooids, Velella with a characteristic ‘sail’. The plate has studies of the whole colonies at x4 and x3 magnifications (figures 1 and 9) with corresponding anatomical details (figures 2-8 and 10-15 respectively).
Plate 11 from the book Die schwimmpolypen oder siphonophoren von Messina by Albert Kölliker (Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1853)
Inscribed above: ‘Tab.XI’. Inscribed below: ‘A. de la Valette del. Lith. Anst. v. Emil Wilhelmi in Lpzg. Ad Sauer. Fig. 1-8 Diphyes Sieboldii. Fig 9-15 Velella spirans.’
Albert von Kölliker (1817-1905) Swiss anatomist and physiologist was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1860.
Plate 11 from the book Die schwimmpolypen oder siphonophoren von Messina by Albert Kölliker (Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1853)
Inscribed above: ‘Tab.XI’. Inscribed below: ‘A. de la Valette del. Lith. Anst. v. Emil Wilhelmi in Lpzg. Ad Sauer. Fig. 1-8 Diphyes Sieboldii. Fig 9-15 Velella spirans.’
Albert von Kölliker (1817-1905) Swiss anatomist and physiologist was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1860.
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