Reproduction
Object numberRCSHC/987
Scientific nameAphrodita aculeata
CollectionHunterian
CategoryWet preparations
DescriptionA sea mouse with the under side and part of the left wall removed to show the structure of the alimentary canal.
In this preparation several of the digestive caeca of the stomach-intestine have been cut short and one has been isolated to show its enlargement as it proceeds from the gut.
Production date Estimated 1760 - Estimated 1793
Preparator
Owner/user
presented
Related objectsRCSHC/465RCSHC/595RCSHC/986RCSHC/782RCSHC/783
Physical Location
LocationOn display in the Hunterian Museum, Room 4: The Long Gallery
Physical Information
Physical descriptionWet preparation of tissue mounted in a perspex cuboid 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
Transcript987: A Sea-mouse with the ventral and part of the left walls of the body removed to expose the alimentary canal. In passing from the pharynx to the stomach- intestine the canal makes a sharp sigmoid bend forwards and upwards. Several of the digestive caeca of the stomach-intestine have been cut short and one has been isolated to show its enlargement as it proceeds from the gut, and several of its subsidiary branches. The above two specimens are mounted with No. 465.
