Images Dated 18th April 2013 (#98)

Starstones - columnals of isocrinid crinoids

Magnolia denudata, yulan magnolia
Illustration in the Reeves Collection, c. 1820s, watercolour with bodycolour on paper. Also used in Potted Histories (2003) by Sandra Knapp (page 134)

Pterocnemia pennata pennata, rhea
A mounted adult specimen of Charles Darwins rhea (Pterocnemia pennata pennata), mounted by Rowland Ward Ltd in the early 1900s

Haliotis fulgens, green abalone
A pair of green abalone shells (Haliotis fulgens). This bivalve can been found upto 10m offshore in California

Ctenocephalides felis felis, cat flea

Montevideo, Uruguay
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Visitors in the Earth Lab
Examining specimens in the Earth Lab

Church of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil, South America 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Dolomedes fimbriatus, great raft spider model
A large scale model of a great raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus), a semi aquatic spider native to Britain held within the Natural History Museum, London

Diamond field, Cape of Good Hope
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Hyperoodon ampullatus, northern bottlenose whale
Skeleton of the northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus), also known as the Thames Whale, which became stranded in the River Thames

Houses and mountains, Japan, c. 1870
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Tropical garden
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Diamond fields, Cape of Good Hope
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Oligokyphus skeleton
A reconstructed skeleton of the now extinct Oligokyphus. The Oligokyphus belongs in the Tritylodontidae family

Marine Invertebrates
A general view of the Natural History Museums Marine Invertebrates Gallery (number 13)

Olea europea, olive
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Olea europea, olive

St. Helena, seen from the ship
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Turtle skull bivalve
PDT unreg. Steinkern or internal cast of an unidentified bivalve, Cretaceous, North Carolina, U.S.A

Decorative border from ceiling panel
A photograph of a border of the decorative ceiling strips from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905)

Digitalis purpurea, foxglove
A photograph of the detail of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Digitalis purpurea, foxglove

Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Stenosaurus and another marine
These reptiles lived during the Jurrassic period, about 150 million years ago. Watercolour by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Building, Japan
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Village at Dobbo, Moluccas, Indonesia
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Bryobia praetiosa, clover mite model
A large scale model of the clover mite (Bryobia praetiosa), a common mite found in grassland, native to Britain. Held within the Natural History Museum, London

George Bentham (1800 -1884)
Portrait of George Bentham, a British born botanist and taxonomist, who in 1854, donated his large collection of botanical specimens to Kew Gardens

Butterflies
Illustration from Entomology Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Fasciolaria tulipa, true tulip
A pair of true tulips (Fasciolaria tulipa). The true tulip is a carnivorous gastropod that is closely related to the horse conch

Papilio ajax, black barred swallowtail butterfly
Plate 78 from Natural History of the Coleoptera and Lepidopterous Insects (1804) by John Abbot (1751-1840)

Prolecanites compressus, goniatite

Pinguinus impennis, great auk

Subtropical garden
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)
British born naturalist on board H.M.S. Beagle and author of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (1859). Portrait c

Levuka, Fiji Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Kuehneosuchus

Apparatus from laboratory on board H. M. S. Challenger
Drawing made during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Beta vulgaris, spinach beet
Illustration from Icones Plantarum Medicinalium (1784) by Johann Zorn. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Dr. Watt
Original photograph held within the Botany Library of The Natural History Museum, London

Calcareous Sandstone, Bermuda 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Pinguinus impennis, great auk egg. 1 of 6 shots of Walter Rothschilds great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring

Bust of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist. Linnaeus is known as the Father of Taxonomy. In the collection at the Natural History Museum

Included diamond gemstone
A two-carat rectangular step-cut diamond with a large violet-red garnet inclusion visible in the table facet

Archispirostreptus gigas, African giant black millipede
An African giant black millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas). This species which is native to sub-tropical and tropical regions of western Africa is one of the worlds largest millipedes which can grow

Architeutis dux, giant squid
This 8.62-metre giant squid (Architeutis dux), called Archie, was caught off the coast of the Falkland Islands in March 2004

Text
From HMS Challenger during the expedition of 1872 - 1876

Dr. J. P. Gray
Original photograph held within the Botany Library of The Natural History Museum, London

Entomological Specimens
Specimens collected by Alfred Russel Wallace now held in the Natural History Museum London

Leucanthemum vulgare, oxeye daisy
Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) being visited by a bee in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, June 2003

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