Reproduction
Object Category
model
Common Name
Freshwater leech, four-eyed leech
Description
Series of 36 wax models showing the development of a leech by Rudolf Weisker. The original Weisker Catalogue lists 38 models in this series.
Binomial Name
Hemiclepsis marginata
Collection
Wax Models, Weisker Wax Models
Associated Person
Production Date
circa 1880 to circa 1887
Publications
- Grant Museum Blog Series
- Nicholls, Emma-Louise, Specimen of the Week Blog Series
- Davies, Nina, The Rudolf Weisker Wax Model Embryo Series Clepsine marginata (=Hemiclepsis marginata)
- Nicholls, Emma-Louise, Specimen of the Week Blog Series
Accession Number
LDUCZ-G525
Administration Name
Grant Museum of Zoology
Hierarchy
Animalia (kingdom)
Eumetazoa (subkingdom)
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Annelida (phylum/division)
Clitellata (class)
Hirudinea (subclass)
Rhynchobdellida (order)
Glossiphoniidae (family)
Hemiclepsis (genus)
marginata (species)
