Spiny Collection (page 2)

Porcupinefish, Diodon holocanthus, and pufferfish or globefish, Tetraodon lineatus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830

Devils snuffbox, Lycoperdon gemmatum, and spiny puffball, L. echinatum.. Chromolithograph from Leon Dufours Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Veneneux (1891)

A juvenile Common (Spiny-tailed) House Gecko hunts for insects, attracted by a night-light on a jetty (Hemidactylus frenatus (Schlegel))

Sir Hans Sloanes collection of shells
Plate 5 from Arhtur MacGregors Hans Sloane, 1994. Shell specimens showing Sir Hans Sloanes catalogue numbers

Acanthodoras cataphractus, spiny catfish
Plate 23 from Drawings of Fishes of Rio Negro, Vol 1, by Alfred Russel Wallace (1850-1852)

Nautilus pompilius, nautilus

Spondylus gaederopus, European thorny oyster
A pair European thorny oysters (Spondylus gaederopus). This thorny bivalve is distributed around northwest coasts of Africa

Acidaspis coronata, spiny trilobite
A spiny odontopleurid Silurian trilobite from Worcestershire, England preserved in limestone. The specimen length is 2.5 cms

Aloe africana, spiny aloe
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Godfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Acipenser sturio, common sturgeon
Plate 96 by William MacGillivray from his Watercolour drawings of British Animals, 1831-1841

Diadema antillarum Philippi, sea-urchin
Diadema antillarum echinoid, a shallow-water regular echinoid with a formidable array of needle-sharp spines. This species tends to congregate into herds for added protection

Adamite
A specimen of the mineral adamite (zinc arsenate hydroxide). It is a fluorescent mineral, popular among collectors and shows bright green fluorescent under UV lights

Antarctic fish illustration
Watercolour by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker from his Drawings of Antartic Fish, 1889. Plate no 12

Durian fruit from Singapore
The durian fruit is distinctive for its large size, unique odour (some compare it to sewage, stale vomit, skunk spray), and formidable thorn-covered husk

Arboreal Spiny Rat
Arboreal Spiny rat (Echimyidae Echimys)

Bewick / Tenrec
(Tenrec ecaudatus) There are 25 species of tenrec, living in Africa and Madagascar : they are hedgehog-like insectivores and use their spiny hairs as a defence

Spouting Sea Monster
A spouting marine monster with a spiny mane, seen in the Mediterranean

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