Reproduction
model
Descripción
Wax model showing generative system by Rudolf Weisker, Model consists of wax applied to both sides of a glass pane with brass frame. Specimen is further encased in black wooden frame and base with glass on both sides (not original - this specimen is pictured in 'Lankester long course 1887 2' image as being on a black wooden circular stand).
The wax is cracked in half on the rear side and the glass pane is broken in lower right hand corner. There are modern labels attached to the front of the exterior glass showing parts of the generative system.
Fasciola hepatica
Wax Models, Lankester 1890 Grant Museum Catalogue, Weisker Wax Models
Fecha
circa 1870 to circa 1890
Documentation
- Nicholls, Emma-Louise, Specimen of the Week Blog Series
- Nicholls, Emma-Louise, Specimen of the Week Blog Series
Número del objeto
LDUCZ-D44
Grant Museum of Zoology
Hierarchy
Animalia (kingdom)
Eumetazoa (subkingdom)
Bilateria
Protostomia
Platyzoa
Platyhelminthes (phylum/division)
Trematoda (class)
Echinostomida (order)
Fasciolidae (family)
Fasciola (genus)
hepatica (species)