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Rhizaria Collection

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Acanthophracta, radiolarians

Acanthophracta, radiolarians
Coloured lithograph by Ernst Haeckel from Kunstformen der Natur, 1899-1904. Date: 1904

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Globorotalia scitula, foraminifera fossil

Globorotalia scitula, foraminifera fossil
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing a fossilised planktonic species of foraminifera

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Foraminifer model

Foraminifer model
Model of typical nummulitic foraminfer after Zittel

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Bulimina

Bulimina
Plate 53 from Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873-1876. Zoology Vol. 9. Foraminifera Plates, 1884 by C. Wyville Thomson

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Radiolaria models

Radiolaria models
Models of two radiolaria made in papier mache by Vaclav Fric

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Nummulites gizehensis, nummulites

Nummulites gizehensis, nummulites
These 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

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Foraminifer

Foraminifer
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a foraminifer - a single celled organism

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Dorataspis diodon, radiolarian

Dorataspis diodon, radiolarian
A glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Actinophrys sol, heliozoan

Actinophrys sol, heliozoan
A glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Aulacantha scolymantha, radiolarian

Aulacantha scolymantha, radiolarian
A glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Actinomma asteracanthion, radiolarian

Actinomma asteracanthion, radiolarian
A glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Eucyrtidium cranoides, radiolarian

Eucyrtidium cranoides, radiolarian
A glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Heliosphaera actinota, radiolarian

Heliosphaera actinota, radiolarian
A glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Eucecryphalus schultzei, radiolarian

Eucecryphalus schultzei, radiolarian
A glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Spongosphaera streptacantha, radiolarian

Spongosphaera streptacantha, radiolarian
A glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Aulosphaera elegantissima, radiolarian

Aulosphaera elegantissima, radiolarian
A glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Radiolarian

Radiolarian
A glass model of a radiolarian, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Heron- Allen microscope slides of foraminifera

Heron- Allen microscope slides of foraminifera
Christmas 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

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Radiolarian model

Radiolarian model
Galls model of radiolarian by Blaschka, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Discorbina species, foraminifera

Discorbina species, foraminifera
Plate 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

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Foraminifera models

Foraminifera models
One drawer containing some of d Orbigny models and slides previously displayed alongside the models in the galleries

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Foraminifera

Foraminifera
Part 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

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Globigerina

Globigerina
Plate 77 from Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger 1873-1876. Zoology Vol. 9. Foraminifera Plates, 1884 by C. Wyville Thomson

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Orbitolites - Alveolina

Orbitolites - Alveolina
Plate 17 from Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876). Zoology Vol. 9. Foraminifera Plates, 1884 by C. Wyville Thomson

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Thurammina - Cyclammina

Thurammina - Cyclammina
Plate 37 from Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873-1876. Zoology Vol. 9. Foraminifera Plates, 1884 by C. Wyville Thomson

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Carpenteria & Polytrema

Carpenteria & Polytrema
Plate 100 from Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger 1873-1876. Zoology Vol. 9. Foraminifera Plates, 1884 by C Wyville Thomson

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Cristellaria

Cristellaria
Plate 68 from Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger 1873-1876. Zoology Vol. 9. Foraminifera Plates, 1884 by C. Wyville Thomson

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Tonguestone (sharks tooth)

Tonguestone (sharks tooth)
A sharks tooth from the species Oxyrhina. Specimen originates from the Globigerina Limestone, Miocene period, NW Malta

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Acanthowetra

Acanthowetra
A photograph of a foraminifera found in the Indian Ocean

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Foraminiferan remains

Foraminiferan remains from the White Cliffs of Dover, U.K. The cliffs are made up of unimaginable numbers of chalky shells of long dead marine animals

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Nummulites gizehensis, giant foraminiferan

Nummulites gizehensis, giant foraminiferan
Shown here is a giant foraminiferan originating from the Eocene of Egypt. Foraminifera are amoeba-like, single-celled protistids and can still be found in abundance today

Background imageRhizaria Collection: Foraminiferal limestone

Foraminiferal limestone
Nummulitic limestone made up of the hard parts of billions of foraminiferans


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