Accession No

6763

Brief Description

hand-drawn zoological teaching diagram showing the Lucernaridae (a type of jellyfish or medusa) with cross-sections, used in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge, English, early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Class

natural history; physiology; prints; demonstration

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1920

Inscription Date

Material

paper; ink

Dimensions

66mm (width), 1020mm (height)

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, on or before 05/06/2006.

Inscription

Elutherocarpidae
muscle
gonad
Cleistocarpidae (Craterolophus)
Elutherocarpidae (Haliclystus) Lucernaria
[labels]

LUCERNARIDAE
[title]

Description Notes

Hand-drawn zoological teaching diagram showing the muscle of the Lucernaridae (a type of jellyfish or medusa), used in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge, early 20th Century.

The teaching diagram is hand-painted and in colour. It shows the whole Lucernaridae, plus four cross sections.

Complete.

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