Sea urchins
Date
1872
Creator - Organisation
After
Antoine Sonrel (Swiss-born American) , Illustrator
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 180mm
width (print): 168mm
height (mount): 284mm
width (mount): 210mm
width (print): 168mm
height (mount): 284mm
width (mount): 210mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine zoological studies of five specimens of echinoids.
Figure 1. Ten-lined urchin Eucidaris metularia (here styled Cidaris metularia).
Figure 2. Austrocidaris canaliculata (here styled Goniocidaris canaliculata).
Figures 3-4. Goniocidaris (Goniocidaris) tubaria (here styled Goniocidaris geranioides).
Figure 5. Black sea urchin Arbacia lixula (here styled Arbacia pustulosa).
Figures 6-7. Tetrapygus niger (here styled Arbacia nigra).
Plate 1g accompanying the paper ‘Illustrated catalogue…Revision of the echini’, by Alexander Agassiz, Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, v.3 (Cambridge Mass., 1872-1873), plates.
Inscribed above: ‘A. Aggassiz, Revision of the Echini. PL.Ig’. Inscribed below: A.Sonrel photo. American photo-Relief Co., Printers, Phila.’
Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (1835-1910) Swiss-born American marine biologist and engineer.
Figure 1. Ten-lined urchin Eucidaris metularia (here styled Cidaris metularia).
Figure 2. Austrocidaris canaliculata (here styled Goniocidaris canaliculata).
Figures 3-4. Goniocidaris (Goniocidaris) tubaria (here styled Goniocidaris geranioides).
Figure 5. Black sea urchin Arbacia lixula (here styled Arbacia pustulosa).
Figures 6-7. Tetrapygus niger (here styled Arbacia nigra).
Plate 1g accompanying the paper ‘Illustrated catalogue…Revision of the echini’, by Alexander Agassiz, Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, v.3 (Cambridge Mass., 1872-1873), plates.
Inscribed above: ‘A. Aggassiz, Revision of the Echini. PL.Ig’. Inscribed below: A.Sonrel photo. American photo-Relief Co., Printers, Phila.’
Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (1835-1910) Swiss-born American marine biologist and engineer.