Species of sea sponge. Purple Cladiella species 1, purple Renilla reniformis 2, orange puffball sponge, Tethya aurantium 3, white encrusting sponge, Geodia gibberosa 4, and green marine algae, Codium bursa 5. Lobularia paonazza, Renilia paonazza, Tetia arancia, Geodia bernoccoluta, Lamarckia borsa. 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 and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840
Species of sea sponge. Purple Cladiella species 1, purple Renilla reniformis 2, orange puffball sponge, Tethya aurantium 3, white encrusting sponge, Geodia gibberosa 4, and green marine algae, Codium bursa 5. Lobularia paonazza, Renilia paonazza, Tetia arancia, Geodia bernoccoluta, Lamarckia borsa. 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 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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