Thursday, February 5, 2009
Jellyfish, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, c. 1800
More on this naturalist, artist and explorer (1778-1846) here.
Found via Ailleurs Ici Presque Sans Sommeil. From the collection of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Le Havre.
From top to bottom: Méduse Rhizostoma octopus (Linné, 1788), Méduse Chrysaora hysoscella (Linné, 1766), Méduse Cyanea lamarcki ( Péron et Lesueur, 1810).
Labels:
art,
collections,
natural history,
science
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2 comments:
Awesome! Do you know what species these are?
Maybe a post on cephalpods? Specifically cuttlefish?
Scroll down to the bottom, Sklyer! And yes, why don't you guest post on cuttlefish for me?
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