. A general guide to the British Museum (Natural History) ... With plans and a view of the building. British Museum (Natural History). 58 WHALE ROOM. Tunicates, or Ascidians, are worthy of the best attention of the visitor, on account of their near affinity with the Vertebrate stock, of which they may be regarded as a degenerate type. It is in the larvse that the evidence of vertebrate relationship is most conspicuous, as is well shown in fig. 31, where the striking resemblance between a Tadpole and a young Ascidian is dis- played. A fine series of very large shells and some interesting Cuttle
. A general guide to the British Museum (Natural History) ... With plans and a view of the building. British Museum (Natural History). 58 WHALE ROOM. Tunicates, or Ascidians, are worthy of the best attention of the visitor, on account of their near affinity with the Vertebrate stock, of which they may be regarded as a degenerate type. It is in the larvse that the evidence of vertebrate relationship is most conspicuous, as is well shown in fig. 31, where the striking resemblance between a Tadpole and a young Ascidian is dis- played. A fine series of very large shells and some interesting Cuttlefishes, etc., in spirit occupy four upright cases at the sides of the gallery, where are also placed some small table-cases containing a selection of British shells, and series of the eggs. ASCIDIAN Fig. 31.—Tadpole op a Fkog ahd an Ascidian. (From Lankester's " ;) of Molluscs and of the operculum, or plate, by means of which the opening or mouth of the shell is closed in many species. Specimens illustrating the formation of pearls, and other points of special interest connected with Molluscs, are also displayed. Whale Eoom. Whale Eoom. Approached by a staircase, leading from the last (or western- most) of the passages which connect the Bird gallery with the Coral a separate room in which are placed the specimens of Whale-like animals. For these, on account of their large size, no other place could be found in the portion of the Museum galleries already completed. The room has, unfortunately, the disadvantage of being too small to display such. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by W. Clowes and Sons, Limited]
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