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Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Object numberRCSHC/3252 Scientific nameScyliorhinus canicula CollectionHunterian CategoryWet preparations Object nameembryo, non-mammalian, Products of generation - Fishes, Mounted wet tissue DescriptionTwo spotted dogfish eggs, both dissected to show the embryo. In the left hand specimen, bristles have been inserted into the slits of the shell through which water passes for respiration. The position of the embryo differs in each egg. Production date Estimated 1760 - Estimated 1793 Preparator‎ Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist, London Owner/user Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist presented Trustees of the Hunterian Collection (1799) Physical Location LocationOn display in the Hunterian Museum, Room 4: The Long Gallery Physical Information Physical descriptionWet preparation of tissue mounted in an oval glass jar with a glass lid. Materialglass (material) Scyllium canicula Dimensions whole height: 155 mm whole width: 112 mm whole depth: 70 mm whole weight: 918 g Bibliography SourceDobson 1970-71 Transcript3252: Two eggs of a Spotted Dog-fish in the shell of each of which a window has been cut to show the contained embryo, at about the same period of development as in the previous specimen. In the specimen on the left, black bristles have been inserted into the slits in the egg-shell through which a circulation of water is maintained around the embryo. It should be noticed that the position of the embryo differs in each egg.

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Object numberRCSHC/3252

Object nameembryo, non-mammalian, Products of generation - Fishes, Mounted wet tissue

DescriptionTwo spotted dogfish eggs, both dissected to show the embryo. In the left hand specimen, bristles have been inserted into the slits of the shell through which water passes for respiration. The position of the embryo differs in each egg.

Production date Estimated 1760 - Estimated 1793

Preparator‎

Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist, London

Owner/user

Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist

presented

Trustees of the Hunterian Collection (1799)

Physical Location

LocationOn display in the Hunterian Museum, Room 4: The Long Gallery

Physical Information

Physical descriptionWet preparation of tissue mounted in an oval glass jar with a glass lid.

Materialglass (material)

Scyllium canicula

Dimensions

whole height: 155 mm
whole width: 112 mm
whole depth: 70 mm
whole weight: 918 g

Bibliography

SourceDobson 1970-71

Transcript3252: Two eggs of a Spotted Dog-fish in the shell of each of which a window has been cut to show the contained embryo, at about the same period of development as in the previous specimen. In the specimen on the left, black bristles have been inserted into the slits in the egg-shell through which a circulation of water is maintained around the embryo. It should be noticed that the position of the embryo differs in each egg.

Physical Location

Physical Information

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