Pleurobranchus aureus: Yellow-plumed sea slug
Although there is a pencil annotation on this drawing by Philip Henry Gosse which reads ‘Pleurobranchus aureus’, this watercolour very closely matches a line drawing on p131 of Gosse’s book ‘Natural History: Mollusca‘ of Pleurobranchus plumula, and is an exact match to the second plate of his book ‘A Naturalists Rambles on the Devonshire Coast’. This species is currently known as Berthella plumula. It occurs along all of Devon’s coasts.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 114/1920/55
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- ink wash and watercolour on paper
- Common Name
- Pleurobranchus aureus: Yellow-plumed sea slug
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- Pleurobranchus aureus
- Production Town
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Person Initials
- Philip Henry
- Production Person Surname
- Gosse
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
