model
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Series of five wax models showing the development of cyst in pig muscle. Made by Rudolf Weisker. Models were originally in glass topped, black wooden presentation box. Two of the models have light damage in the form of striations on the tops.
Trichinella spiralis
Wax Models, Lankester 1890 Grant Museum Catalogue, Weisker Wax Models
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
circa 1870 to circa 1890
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
LDUCZ-F6
Grant Museum of Zoology
Hierarchy
Animalia (kingdom)
Eumetazoa (subkingdom)
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Nematoda (phylum/division)
Trichinella (genus)
spiralis (species)