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    ‘Onychoteuthe bergii’ [Clubhook squid]

    Date
    1848
    Creator
    Benard, Printmaker
    Object type
    Library reference
    39244
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    height (print): 412mm
    width (print): 275mm
    Subject
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    nature
       > animal
    Description
    Marine zoological study of the Clubhook squid (Onychoteuthe bergii), as a full body image, and with studies of the hooked tentacles extended and in detail.

    Plate 7 in the section “G. Onychoteuthe” from the book Histoire naturelle generale et particuliere des cephalopodes acetabuliferes vivants et fossiles.., by André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac (1786-1836) and Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (1802-1857) (Paris, 1848). Various inscriptions, including below: “Lith. de Benard O.Bergii, Lichtenstein.”
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