Limnias melicerta: rotifer (drawing)
Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888)Licence: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Descriptions
This chalk drawing by PH Gosse was probably used as a teaching aid. It depicts a species of rotifer (Limnias melicerta) or ‘wheel animal’. PH Gosse wrote a book with CT Hudson titled ‘'The Rotifera or Wheel-Animalcules’’.
This object is not on display.
Inscription
lower centre right yellow chalk inscribed Melicerta
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