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Rhizosolenia stolterfothii Pergallo 1888
Empty frustules. The diamter of the 'circle ' is about 350 µm. From a sample taken at 250 m depth at Pt C. The species was described from Villefranche]]> John Dolan photo Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:13:41 +0100 http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/1916TregoPerzellaPneumodermopsidis.jpg.html http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/1916TregoPerzellaPneumodermopsidis.jpg.html
The ciliate Perezlla pneumodermopsidis, a parasite of the pteropod Pneumodermopsis ciliatum, described by G. Trégouboff in 1916. Longest dimension of trophont cell (a) about 50 µm.]]> John Dolan photo Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:31:29 +0100 http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/1892BedotAgalmaClausiRotated.jpg.html http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/1892BedotAgalmaClausiRotated.jpg.html
Maurice Bedot described Agalma clausi in 1892.]]> John Dolan photo Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:11:03 +0100 http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/LesueurFishForRisso.jpg.html http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/LesueurFishForRisso.jpg.html
"Ce Calliouyme, dont la longueur totale n'excède pas six centimètres,
a été trouvé par M. Lesueur sur les rivages de Nice. Il paraît que M. Risso, auquel il a été dédié, ne l'a pas connu."]]> John Dolan photo Sun, 31 May 2020 17:20:37 +0200 http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/Haeckel1864Plate11NiceMedusa.jpg.html http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/Haeckel1864Plate11NiceMedusa.jpg.html
Ernst Haeckel's first published illustration of a medusa was a species he called Carmarina hastata. He explained that carmarina meant sea-meat in Niçois, term used by the fisherman of Nice for large jellyfish. The species was later found to have been previously described as Geryonia proboscidalis (Forsskål, 1775). So not really first found in Villefranche BUT Haeckel's first medusa illustration.]]> John Dolan photo Sun, 22 Sep 2019 16:17:55 +0200 http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/Haeckel1862DieRadiolarienPlateLiveCellInset56.jpg.html http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/Haeckel1862DieRadiolarienPlateLiveCellInset56.jpg.html
Described in Haeckel E. 1861. Abbildungen und Diagnosen neuer Gattungen und Arten von lebenden Radiolarien des
Mittelmeeres. Monatsberichte der königliche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Year 1860, pp. 835–845. Drawing from (and origin given) from: Haeckel, E. 1862. Die Radiolarien. (Rhizopoda Radaria.) Eine Monographie Mit Einem Atlas. Inset shows a living specimen from the Bay of Villefranche on October 27 2014.]]> John Dolan photo Sat, 30 Mar 2019 17:12:34 +0100 http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/Haeckel_Gamochonia.jpg.html http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/Haeckel_Gamochonia.jpg.html
Heackel's Octopus plate from "Kunstformen der Natur" (known in English as Art Forms in Nature). Two are Vernay's discoversies formally described by Férussac (#'s 1 & 2).

1) Chiroteuthis Veranyi (Férussac 1835) = Chiroteuthis veranyi (Férussac 1835)., 2) Histioteuthis bonnellii (Ferussac 1835)., 3) Pinnoctopus cordiformis (Gaimard) = Pinnoctopus cordiformis Quoy & Gaimard 1832)., 4) Octopus vulgaris (Lamarck) = Octopus vulgaris (Cuvier 1797)., 5) Octopus granulatus (Lamarck) = Octopus vulgaris (Cuvier 1797).]]> John Dolan photo Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:34:32 +0100 http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/Plate19.jpg.html http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/Plate19.jpg.html
According to Carl Chun: "Verany obtained the first specimen on 7 September 1834. He sent it together with a Chiroteuthis to Fèrussac, who was preparing his monograph for publication. Fèrussac presented these two extraordinary Cephalopoda before the Academie des Sciences on 27 October 1834. He described one of them as Loligopsis veranyi and called the other, as suggested by Verany, Cranchia bonnellii, in honor of the distinguished professor in Turin."]]> John Dolan photo Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:08:07 +0100 http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/PLate38.jpg.html http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/PLate38.jpg.html
Loligopsis veranii now known as Chiroteuthis veranii (Férussac, 1834). According Carl Chun: "This is one of the most splendid deep-sea Cephalopoda. It was discovered by Verany, who found a specimen with large arms and large, whiplike tentacles on the surface of the sea near Nice on 14 April 1834. Verany sent his specimen with a description and a drawing to Ferussac, who was just planning the publication of his comprehensive work on the Cephalopods. Ferussac reported on Verany's discovery on 27 October 1834 before the Academie des Sciences and described the new species as Loligopsis veranyi."]]> John Dolan photo Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:04:27 +0100 http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/editedHaeckel1865Tafel.jpg.html http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/album516/editedHaeckel1865Tafel.jpg.html
Ernst Haeckel's 6 week stay in Villefranche in March-April 1864 allowed him make observations on living cells. This plate is from "Ueber den Sarcodekörper der Rhizopoden" (1865). New species he described in his 1865 report are Acanthodesmia polybrocha, or Polyplecta polybrocha (fig.3, Actinelius purpureus (fig. 4) and Cyrtidosphaera echinoides, now known as Acanthosphaera echinoides (Fig. 5).]]> John Dolan photo Sun, 22 Sep 2019 12:46:26 +0200