Cellularia avicularia: moss animal
Cellularia avicularia is a marine animal known as a bryozoan or moss animal. They form colonies that resemble plants and feed by filtering small particles out of the water. PH Gosse published illustrations very similar to these in his book ‘A Naturalist’s Rambles on the Devonshire Coast’ plate 10.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 809/1997/16
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- coloured chalks and white gouache on paper painted black
- Common Name
- Cellularia avicularia: moss animal
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- Cellularia avicularia
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Person Initials
- Philip Henry
- Production Person Surname
- Gosse
- Production Year Low
- 1850
- Production Year High
- 1880
