Object Category
model
Description
Two wax models showing the anatomy of male and female worms. Made by Rudolf Weisker. The female is the longer of the two models and has been previously repaired. The glass topped, black cardboard presention box for this specimen is on GT.R3-S1.
Binomial Name
Trichinella spiralis
Collection
Wax Models, Lankester 1890 Grant Museum Catalogue, Weisker Wax Models
Associated Person
Production Date
circa 1870 to circa 1890
Accession Number
LDUCZ-F4
Administration Name
Grant Museum of Zoology
Hierarchy
Animalia (kingdom)
Eumetazoa (subkingdom)
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Nematoda (phylum/division)
Trichinella (genus)
spiralis (species)