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Dictyota dichotomaCyanotype photograph by Anna Atkins, one of the first natural history photographers. From British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, 1853. Date: 1853
Discosphaera tubifera, coccolithophoreScanning electron microscope (SEM) showing the unicellular planktonic algae Discosphaera tubifera from the North Atlantic surrounded by a sphere of calcite plates - coccoliths
Fucus bulbosus, kelpPlate 161 from Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the Plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus (1808-1819), Volume III, by Mary Dawson Turner
Fucus radiatus, kelp
Plasmodium sp. malarial parasiteScanning electron microscope image of a malarial protozoal parasite. The parasite requires the anopheles mosquito to complete its life cycle
Acanthophracta, radiolariansColoured lithograph by Ernst Haeckel from Kunstformen der Natur, 1899-1904. Date: 1904
Macrocystis pyrifera, giant kelpGiant kelp, also known as kelp forest, seaweed and sea grass. Specimen annotated as Macrocystis pirifera from South Africa, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Acanthoica acanthifera, coccosphereScanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a coccosphere, collected in the North Atlantic (x 25, 000 on negative). Artificially coloured by computer
Coelosphaeridium, calcareous alga
Globorotalia scitula, foraminifera fossilScanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing a fossilised planktonic species of foraminifera
DiatomsSelected slide of a group of fossil diatoms collected from Bori, Hungary in September 1895 and viewed under the light microscipe using differential interfereance contrast
Foraminifer modelModel of typical nummulitic foraminfer after Zittel
Emiliana huxleyi, coccolithScanning electron microscope image of a complete sphere of coccoliths from modern oceans. These are thin calcite shells protecting the coccolithophore within
BuliminaPlate 53 from Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873-1876. Zoology Vol. 9. Foraminifera Plates, 1884 by C. Wyville Thomson
Algae
Chondrus crispusCyanotype photograph by Anna Atkins, one of the first natural history photographers. From British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, 1853. Date: 1853
Amphiroa orbignyana, coralline red algaeAmphiroa algae specimen collected by Charles Darwin, held in Sir William Hookers private collection of preserved plant and algal specimens, Herbarium Hookeranium
Amoeba proteus, amoebaeA glass model of amoebae, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London
Emiliania huxleyi coccolithophores collected from a bloom in the SW Approaches to the English Channel in June 2004. Date: 2004
Pressed seaweed book full of mounted seaweeds collected by women living in Jersey during the 1850s and 1860s
Radiolaria modelsModels of two radiolaria made in papier mache by Vaclav Fric
Nummulites gizehensis, nummulitesThese fossils are embedded in Eocene limestone from 2km north-east of Gizeh, west of Cairo. Nummulites were single celled animals that lived on the sea bed
ForaminiferScanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a foraminifer - a single celled organism
CoccolithScanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a Folkestone chalk surface with Cretaceous coccoliths (x2500 on a standard 9 cm wide print)
Dorataspis diodon, radiolarianA glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London
Actinophrys sol, heliozoanA glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London
Aulacantha scolymantha, radiolarianA glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London
Lycogala epidendrum, Wolfs MilkWatercolour on paper, c.1838 by Anna Russell (nee Worsley) (1807-1876). Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1838
Actinomma asteracanthion, radiolarianA glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London
Eucyrtidium cranoides, radiolarianA glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London
Heliosphaera actinota, radiolarianA glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London
Eucecryphalus schultzei, radiolarianA glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London
Spongosphaera streptacantha, radiolarianA glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London
Aulosphaera elegantissima, radiolarianA glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London
Difflugia pyriformis, amoebaeA glass model of amoebae, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London
RadiolarianA glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London
Syracosphaera anthosCoccosphere from the Western Mediterranean. False coloured to show the shell is formed of inner and outer layers of coccoliths with very different structure
Heron- Allen microscope slides of foraminiferaChristmas greetings spelt out in minute shells which bears the initials of the maker, Edward Heron-Allen, and the year it was made: E H A, 1909
Scyphosphaera apsteinii. SEM image of an equatorial coccolith
Model of coccolith Kamptnerius magnificusCopy of the resin model of the coccolith Kamptnerius magnificus Deflandre, 1930 currently on display in the Earth Lab area of the Earth Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London
Foraminifera and ostracods modelsBees wax models of foraminifera and ostracods made by Clive Sheppard for an exhibition in the Invertebrates Gallery, at the Natural History Museum, London
Radiolarian modelGalls model of radiolarian by Blaschka, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Discorbina species, foraminiferaPlate 11 no. 22 of original artwork by Heron-Allen and Earland, 1913, from the Heron-Allen Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Species from the Clare Island Survey, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Foraminifera modelsOne drawer containing some of d Orbigny models and slides previously displayed alongside the models in the galleries
ForaminiferaPart of the display of foraminifera from The Great Exhibition of 1851. Featured are specimens from the London Clay, the Paris Basin and the Gulf of Suez
Difflugia CoronaFreshwater Testate Amoebae. Magnification x 450
Usnea inflata, beard lichenAnd Hypogymnia physodes (right), Burnham Beeches, Bucks, W. London. The former is a recent colonist following reductions in SO2 pollution