‘Porpita mediterranea’
Date
1853
Creator
Adolf Sauer (German) , Lithographer
After
E Bittinger (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 Blue button jellyfish Porpita porpita (here referred to as Porpita mediterranea) a colony of marine hydroids. Ten structural figures including main studies of the whole colony (figures 1-2) viewed from above and from the side, both under magnification. With corresponding anatomical details (figures 3-10).
Plate 12 from the book Die schwimmpolypen oder siphonophoren von Messina by Albert Kölliker (Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1853)
Inscribed above: ‘Tab.XII’. Inscribed below: ‘E Bittinger del. Lith. Anst. v. Emil Wilhelmi in Lpzg. Porpita mediterranea.’
Albert von Kölliker (1817-1905) Swiss anatomist and physiologist was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1860.
Plate 12 from the book Die schwimmpolypen oder siphonophoren von Messina by Albert Kölliker (Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1853)
Inscribed above: ‘Tab.XII’. Inscribed below: ‘E Bittinger del. Lith. Anst. v. Emil Wilhelmi in Lpzg. Porpita mediterranea.’
Albert von Kölliker (1817-1905) Swiss anatomist and physiologist was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1860.
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