Christmas tree worm, Spirobranchus giganteus 1 and feather duster worm, Sabella spallanzanii 2,3. Cymospira gigantea, Anfitrite ventilabro, Anfitrite dello Spallanzani. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Lasinio, 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.

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