Larva and adult Lepas anserifera and Cineras vittatus
Date
1835
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 325mm
width (drawing): 204mm
width (drawing): 204mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ink drawings by an unknown artist showing the ova, larva, and adult form of the Lepas anserifera, also known as the goose barnacle, and the larva of the Cineras vittatus, now known as the Doxander vittatus or vitate snail.
Plate 5, figures 1-6 from John Vaughan Thompson's paper titled 'Discovery of the metamorphosis in the second type of the cirripedes, viz. the lepades, completing the natural history of these singular animals, and confirming their affinity with the crustacea', published in volume 125 of Philosophical Transactions.
Inscribed with publication and plate details. An ink inscription below reads 'Should these figures be engraved, it would be better to remove fig. 5 away from the legs of fig. 2 and place it at the opposite side. Those parts of the legs which it at present conceals could then be completed from those of the other side'. This is indeed what happened, as figure 5 is represented separately in the published plate. Figure 6 is pasted on top of the other figures as a flap, partially obscuring figures 1 and 3. Not signed.
John Vaughan Thompson (1779-1847) was a British surgeon, marine biology, zoologist, and botanist.
Plate 5, figures 1-6 from John Vaughan Thompson's paper titled 'Discovery of the metamorphosis in the second type of the cirripedes, viz. the lepades, completing the natural history of these singular animals, and confirming their affinity with the crustacea', published in volume 125 of Philosophical Transactions.
Inscribed with publication and plate details. An ink inscription below reads 'Should these figures be engraved, it would be better to remove fig. 5 away from the legs of fig. 2 and place it at the opposite side. Those parts of the legs which it at present conceals could then be completed from those of the other side'. This is indeed what happened, as figure 5 is represented separately in the published plate. Figure 6 is pasted on top of the other figures as a flap, partially obscuring figures 1 and 3. Not signed.
John Vaughan Thompson (1779-1847) was a British surgeon, marine biology, zoologist, and botanist.
Object history
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Related fellows
John Vaughan Thompson (British) , Military surgeon, Marine biologist