BibliOdyssey has some beautiful plates of echinoderms from manuscripts by Louis Agassiz from the 1840s. Check out their site for more and where to go to see the full works online. Sand dollar, more or less a flattened sea urchin. For more echinoderm fun, always check out the ECHINOBLOG! . . . → Read More: Echinodermata Monographs
By Dr. M, on  December 24th, 2006 Organisms, The Basics Agassiz, Azoic, Bathybius, Belemnite, Challenger Expedition, Coelacanth, Crinoid, Huxley, Living Fossil, Mesoteuthidea, Monoplacophora, Neopilina, Sars, Spirula, Vampiroteuthis The series continues! Chris Mah and Peter’s recent and wonderful posts have goaded me into next segment of the 25 Things You Should Know About The Deep Sea (the last post in this series links to all the previous). The beginnings of deep-sea science in the late 1800′s was dominated by two ideas about . . . → Read More: ARHIVE: 25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #12 Where Deep Sea Organisms Come From
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