Summary
Pencil & Indian ink illustration of a Shorthead Seahorse, Hippocampus breviceps, from Hobsons Bay, Port Phillip, by Ludwig Becker. This work was commissioned for Plate 65 in the Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.
Description of Content
Shorthead Seahorse, Hippocampus breviceps, by Ludwig Becker. Unnumbered pencil and Indian ink illustration on paper, 17cm x 11cm, Jan 1859, for Plate 65 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Artist
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Plate Number
65
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State
Illustration
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Primary Inscriptions
nat. size. A magna 3 times.
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Secondary Inscriptions
14 pectoral / 20 dorsal
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Classification
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Taxon Name
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Author and date of publication
Peters, 1869
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Preferred Common name
Shorthead Seahorse
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Kingdom
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Phylum
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Subphylum
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Superclass
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Class
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Order
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Suborder
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Family
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Genus
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Species Name
breviceps
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
11 cm (Width), 17 cm (Height)
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References
[Book Series] McCoy, Frederick. 1878-1890. Natural History of Victoria: Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria or Figures and Descriptions of the Living Species of All Classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals. 1-2.
[Article] Yen, Alan L., et al. 2001. McCoy's Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria: an unfinished task. Vic. Nat. 118 (6): 242-255.
