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Cartilage, trabecular bone and bone marrow in a mouse femur

An elderly anatomist contemplates the heart that he has excised from the corpse of a beautiful, young woman. Photogravure by R. Schuster, 1907, after a painting by E. Simonet, 1890.

Blood vessel in a melanoma, SEM

Canine skull with osteosarcoma

An elderly anatomist contemplates the heart that he has excised from the corpse of a beautiful, young woman. Photogravure by R. Schuster, 1906, after a painting by E. Simonet, 1890.

Cocoon from medicinal leech Hirudo verbena

Single human T8 vertebra from infant at term, micro-CT

Orchid aerial root (Phalaenopsis sp.), transverse section

La maladie des pêcheurs d'éponges nus / Skévos Zervos.

A bibliography of Protozoa, sponges, Coelenterata, and worms : including also the Polyzoa, Brachiopoda, and Tunicata, for the years 1861-1883 / by D'Arcy W. Thompson ; edited for the syndics of the University press.

The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by A.E. Shipley. Freshwater sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa / by N. Annandale.

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Porifera

Images from the collections

Images referencing Porifera

Works from the collections

Cocoon from medicinal leech Hirudo verbena

La maladie des pêcheurs d'éponges nus / Skévos Zervos.

Orchid aerial root (Phalaenopsis sp.), transverse section

A bibliography of Protozoa, sponges, Coelenterata, and worms : including also the Polyzoa, Brachiopoda, and Tunicata, for the years 1861-1883 / by D'Arcy W. Thompson ; edited for the syndics of the University press.

The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by A.E. Shipley. Freshwater sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa / by N. Annandale.

Porifera

Images from the collections

Images referencing Porifera

Works from the collections

Cocoon from medicinal leech Hirudo verbena

La maladie des pêcheurs d'éponges nus / Skévos Zervos.

Orchid aerial root (Phalaenopsis sp.), transverse section

A bibliography of Protozoa, sponges, Coelenterata, and worms : including also the Polyzoa, Brachiopoda, and Tunicata, for the years 1861-1883 / by D'Arcy W. Thompson ; edited for the syndics of the University press.

The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by A.E. Shipley. Freshwater sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa / by N. Annandale.

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