Diaries & records
Marine-animal research from the Belgica expedition
Historical recordIllustrated zoological report documents collected tunicate specimens.
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Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- Belgica tunicate scientific report
- Artifact date
- 1913
- Holding institution
- MBLWHOI Library via Biodiversity Heritage Library
Plate III, Boltenia antarctica, in the Belgica expedition’s 1913 Tuniciers report. These are historical scientific drawings of tunicates and anatomical details, not photographs of unknown creatures. The facing legend records collection on 18 October 1898 at about 70°01′ S, 80°48′ W and 580 metres.
Édouard Van Beneden and Marc de Selys Longchamps, Tuniciers (1913), Plate III. Figure 1 after Emil Racoviță; figures 2–7 L. J., under Van Beneden’s direction. MBLWHOI Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library / Internet Archive. Public domain.
Exact linked report volume and 1913 edition; title and printer date shown in supporting scans. Plate III is PDF page 137 (IA leaf n 136); the legend is PDF page 136.
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Public domain. MBLWHOI Library digitization metadata explicitly records NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT. BHL does not claim new copyright in public-domain digital files. The report is dated 1913; IA identifier rsultatsduvoyar 61 belg is the exact R 61 Zoologie, Tuniciers volume. Commons independently documents the same Plate III as an Internet Archive Book Images no-known-copyright-restrictions image; the delivered plate was rendered directly from the source PDF instead of that enhanced/cropped Flickr derivative.
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