Metridium senile, Cylista elegans, Etc.

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Patch of marine ecosystem with various sea anemones including Metridium senile, etc.

Actinoloba dianthus.—Sagartia bellis.—S. troglodytes.—S. rosea.—S. venusta.—S. sphyrodeta.

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Artist

Name:: Gosse, Philip Henry
Dates:: 1810-1888
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Lithograph
Lithographer:: Dickes, William
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Smithsonian Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Actinologia britannica
Author:: Gosse, Philip Henry
Publisher:: London: Van Voorst, 1860
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Description:

Color plate showing a patch of rocky marine ecosystem populated by various sea anemones, most of which were classified in the genus Sagartia at the time of publication. Below is the full list of featured species, in alphabetical order. The currently accepted name is mentioned in parentheses:

Actinoloba dianthus (Metridium senile)
Sagartia bellis (Cereus pedunculatus)
Sagartia rosea (Cylista elegans var. rosea)
Sagartia sphyrodeta (Actinothoe sphyrodeta)
Sagartia troglodytes (Cereus pedunculatus)
Sagartia venusta (Cylista elegans var. venusta)

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