Rotifera

Microscopic views of two different species of rotifer.

Figure 1 Sacculus viridis Gosse (here styled Sacculus viridis).
Figure 2 Stephanóceros eichhórnii Ehrenberg (here styled Stephanóceros eichhórnii)

Inscribed ‘P.H.G’ against figures 4,6,7 & 8 and on facing page ‘1. Sácculus víridis central view, 2. Sácculus víridis side view. 3. Sácculus víridis dorsal view 4. Sácculus víridis male. 5. Stephanóceros eichhórnii side view. 6. Stephanóceros eichhórnii young female. 7. Stephanóceros eichhórnii do: enlarged (older). 8. Stephanóceros eichhórnii male.’

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).