Balanophyllia regia: scarlet and gold star-coral (drawing)
Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888)Licence: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Descriptions
This drawing by PH Gosse was probably used as a teaching aid. It closely resembles plate 26 in his book ‘A naturalists rambles on the Devonshire coast’. The scarlet and gold star-coral (Balanophyllia regia) was described and named by Gosse in 1853.
This object is not on display.
Inscription
lower left yellow chalk inscribed Balanophyllia regia
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