Reproduction
Object Category
model
Common Name
Crayfish
Developmental Stage
embryo
Description
Series of 10 wax models showing the early stages of embryonic development of the crayfish. Made by Paul Loth. All on black wooden bases - nine bases are circular, one is oval with built-up supports to hold the last model in the series. One model (the last one in the series) has some damage.
Binomial Name
Astacus astacus
Collection
Wax Models, Weisker Wax Models
Associated Person
Production Date
dated 1891 to dated 1891
Publications
- Nicholls, Emma-Louise, Specimen of the Week Blog Series
Accession Number
LDUCZ-H702
Administration Name
Grant Museum of Zoology
Hierarchy
Animalia (kingdom)
Eumetazoa (subkingdom)
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda (phylum/division)
Crustacea (subphylum/subdivision)
Malacostraca (class)
Eumalacostraca (subclass)
Eucarida (superorder)
Decapoda (order)
Pleocyemata (suborder)
Astacoidea (superfamily)
Astacidae (family)
Astacus (genus)
astacus (species)
