Polyp Collection

Extinct crinoid Encrinus, Encrino d Europa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

Cotton-spinner or tubular sea cucumber, Holothuria tubulosa. Oloturia tubulosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Disc jellyfish species, Eudora ondulosa disopra. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Varieties of corals, seafans, polyps and sea anemones
Varieties of soft corals, seafans, bryozoans, polyps and sea anemones. Lithograph from Lorenz Okens Universal Natural History, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande, Stuttgart, 1841

Blue button, Porpita porpita (Nummular medusa, Medusa nummularia). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Hexocorallia stony coral skeletons: Lophelia prolifera, Leptocyathus elegans, Caryophyllia cylindrica, Balanophyllia floridana, Polymyces fragilis, Stephanophyllia elegans, Caryophyllia paradoxus

Siphonophora jellyfish colony. Physophora hydrostatica (Discolabe quadrigata), colony, gas bladder, swimming bell, polyp, etc

18th century tweezers and speculum for obstetrics
Wire-knot tweezers for obstetrics 1, 2, use of the wire-knot tweezer to remove an uterine polyp 3, tweezers and speculum invented by Andre Levret 4, 5

Fan gorgonia, Venus fan, gorgonian, sea whip or sea fan, a type of polyp or soft coral.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Platygyra daedalea, brain coral
Close-up of brain coral specimen, possibly the species Platygyra daedalea

Pattalophyllia sp. coral
This species of gill-like coral dates from the Middle Eocene, Harteuille, France c. 41-49 million years old

Coral collection
Part of a coral collection given to HM Queen Elizabeth II on behalf of the people of Queensland, Australia

Halysites escharoides, tabulate coral
In this Silurian tabulate coral from Ohio Falls, USA, large numbers of tiny oval corallites are linked together to form chains

Corals
Specimens of rough and polished coral from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Arachnophyllum, coral
Image depicts an Arachnophyllum, a Silurian coral. Corals comprise a soft bodied animal called a polyp. Each polyp inhabits a calcareous skeleton called a corallum

Stylina alveolata, reef coral
A reef building coral originating from Jurassic limestones in Europe, eastwards into Asia Minor, and also in the U.S.A

Septastraea forbesi, coral
This Pliocene coral from Maryland, USA is 10 cm long and is a fragment of a much larger colony

Lithostrotion, coral
Shown here is a Carboniferous coral. Corals comprise a soft bodied animal called a polyp. Each polyp inhabits a calcareous skeleton called a corallum

Lonsdaleia, coral
Shown here is the Carboniferous coral, Lonsdaleia. Corals comprise a soft bodied animal called a polyp. Each polyp inhabits a calcareous skeleton called a corallum

Rough and polished coral specimens
Rough and polished pink and white coral specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

Sea Serpent Norway
A giant polyp - is it meant to be a squid ? - grabs a sailor by his arm off the deck of his ship

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