Rotifer

Microscopic views of Asplánchna brightwéllii rotifer, 11 figures of different views.

Inscribed ‘1-3 P.H.G. the rest by Mr J. Dalrymple’ bottom left and species listed on facing page ‘1. Asplánchna brightwéllii, central view. 2. side view. 3. male. 4. stomach x gastric glands. 5. a gastric gland. 6. jaws. 7. end of ovary with germs. 8, 9, 10, 11. successive stages of a female egg No. 11 being the earliest and 10, 9, 8 the order of age.’

Illustration from The original drawings of the Rotifer by Charles Thomas Hudson, 1886. A collaborative work with Philip Henry Gosse which was published in two volumes The Rotifera or Wheel-Animalcules (London 1886).