Species of marine demosponges and soft corals. Callyspongia bullata 1, Spongia crogiuolo 2, Spongia vulgare 3, Amphimedon complanata 4, Halichondria panicea 5. Spugna bullata, Spugna croginolo, Spugna volgare, Spugna mano, Spugna paniforme. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Corsi, drawn by Jean Gabriel Pretre and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century.
Species of marine demosponges and soft corals. Callyspongia bullata 1, Spongia crogiuolo 2, Spongia vulgare 3, Amphimedon complanata 4, Halichondria panicea 5. Spugna bullata, Spugna croginolo, Spugna volgare, Spugna mano, Spugna paniforme. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Corsi, drawn by Jean Gabriel Pretre and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century.