Reproduction
Object numberRCSHC/465
Scientific nameAphrodita aculeata
CollectionHunterian
CategoryWet preparations
DescriptionThe body of a sea mouse dissected to reveal the digestive system.
The muscularity of the pharynx can be seen, and the orifices in the walls of the stomach intestine which lead into the digestive caecal.
Production date Estimated 1760 - Estimated 1793
Preparator
Owner/user
presented
Related objectsRCSHC/783RCSHC/987RCSHC/782RCSHC/595RCSHC/986
Physical Location
LocationOn display in the Hunterian Museum, Room 4: The Long Gallery
Physical Information
Physical descriptionWet preparation of tissue mounted in a cuboid perspex container.
Materialperspex
Aphrodite aculeata
Dimensions
whole height: 250 mm
whole width: 166 mm
whole depth: 59 mm
whole weight: 2850 g
whole width: 166 mm
whole depth: 59 mm
whole weight: 2850 g
Bibliography
SourceDobson 1970-71
Transcript465 A.: A Sea-mouse, with the ventral body wall removed to expose the canal in position. The pharynx and stomach-intestine have been opened to show the great muscularity of the former and the orifices in the walls of the latter that lead into the digestive caecal appendages. One of six dissections of the Sea-mouse (Aphrodite aculeata), showing the structure and form of the alimentary canal. Descriptions of B, C, D, E and F are given under Nos. 783, 987, 782, 595, 986.
