This week I was hoping to give you some skulls to try identifying from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, but unfortunately all my well-laid plans were scuppered and I was unable to get away from the Dead Zoo. As a result I’ll afraid that I have yet another one of those ghastly Blaschka glass models for you to have a go at identifying:
The usual Blaschka rules apply – full points for the name and order catalogue number used by the Blaschkas (the catalogue can be found here) and bonus points for the current name for whatever this model depicts (if the taxonomy has changed).
I hope you enjoy this week’s challenge!
no peanut butter with this one!
Firstly, you might need to go here:https://www.flickr.com/photos/61021753@N02/6992719546/
Then understand that ‘Protomédée jaune’ doesn’t exist outside of the picture’s label, but translates to Protomedea (jaune is French for yellow, but is a red herring – not literally) here:http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135333
Is this a jellyfish?
No. Not a jellyfish.
Ooh!