Art Forms in Nature
Collection by Ionuț Jula
Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), by Ernst Haeckel, 1898. Lithographic and autotype prints, in the public domain.
52 | Platycerium - Filicinae polypods, "staghorns" (elkhorn ferns), sporophytes (adult plants) having tufted roots, growing from a short rhizome. {Kingdom: Plantae. Division: Pteridophyta. Class: Pteridopsida. Order: Polypodiales. Family: Polypodiaceae. Genus: Platycerium.}
71 | Tympanidium - Stephoidea lattice-shell radiolans, with a skeleton composed of one or more simple rings. {Kingdom: Chromista. Subkingdom: Harosa. Infrakingdom: Rhizaria. Phylum: Radiozoa. Class: Polycystina. Order: Nassellaria.}
57 | Lepas - Cirripedia Goose barnacles ("stalked barnacles"), filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone. {Kingdom: Animalia. Phylum: Arthropoda. Subphylum: Crustacea. Class: Maxillopoda. Infraclass: Cirripedia. Order: Pedunculata. Family: Lepadidae. Genus: Lepas.}
69 | Turbinaria - Hexacoralla brown algae, found primarily in tropical marine waters, growing on rocky substrates. {Kingdom: Chromalveolata. Phylum: Heterokontophyta. Class: Phaeophyceae. Order: Fucales. Family: Sargassaceae. Genus: Turbinaria.}
72 | Polytrichum - Muscinae mosses, commonly called "haircap moss" ("hair moss"), approximately 70 species that cover a cosmopolitan distribution. {Kingdom: Plantae. Division: Bryophyta. Class: Polytrichopsida. Subclass: Polytrichidae. Order: Polytrichales. Family: Polytrichaceae. Genus: Polytrichum.}
64 | Caulerpa - Siphoneae seaweeds, consisting of only one cell with many nuclei, making them among the biggest single cells in the world. {Kingdom: Plantae. Division: Chlorophyta. Class: Bryopsidophyceae. Order: Bryopsidales. Family: Caulerpaceae. Genus: Caulerpa.}
55 | Cytherea - Acephala saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. {Domain: Eukaryota. Kingdom: Animalia. Subkingdom: Eumetazoa. Cladus: Bilateria. Superphylum: Protostomia. Phylum: Mollusca. Class: Bivalvia. Order: Veneroida. Familia: Cardiidae. Genus: Acanthocardia.}
73 | Erysiphe - Ascomycetes fungi, plant pathogens which cause powdery mildew. {Kingdom: Fungi. Phylum: Ascomycota. Class: Leotiomycetes. Subclass: Leotiomycetidae. Order: Erysiphales. Family: Erysiphaceae. Genus: Erysiphe.}
66 | Epeira - Arachnida, common orb-weaving spiders, a genus that includes about 650 species. {Kingdom: Animalia. Phylum: Arthropoda. Class: Arachnida. Order: Araneae. Suborder: Araneomorphae. Family: Araneidae. Genus: Araneus.}
60 | Cidaris - Sea urchins or urchins ("sea hedgehogs"), small, spiny, globular animals. {Kingdom: Animalia. Phylum: Echinodermata. Class: Echinoidea. Order: Cidaroida. Family: Cidaridae. Genus: Cidaris.}
56 | Calamus - Copepoda "oar-feet", small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat, planktonic or benthic species. {Kingdom: Animalia. Phylum: Arthropoda. Subphylum: Crustacea. Class: Maxillopoda. Subclass: Copepoda.}
75 | Diplozoon - Platodes ectoparasitic monogamous flatworms freshwater fishes in Asia and Europe. {Kingdom: Animalia. Subkingdom: Eumetazoa. Superphylum: Platyzoa. Phylum: Platyhelminthes. Class: Monogenea. Subclass: Polyopisthocotylea. Family: Diplozoidae. Genus: Diplozoon.}
65 | Delesseria - Florideae eukaryotic algae, with intricately branched blades blooming into a feathery fan of a brilliant red alga. {Domain: Eukaryota. Kingdom: Plantae. Phylum: Rhodophyta. Subphylum: Eurhodophytina. Class: Florideophyceae. Subclass: Rhodymeniophycidae. Order: Ceramiales. Family: Delesseriaceae. Subfamily: Delesserioideae. Genus: Delesseria.}
62 | Nepenthes - Tropical pitcher plants ("monkey cups"), carnivorous plants in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae, with a shallow root system and climbing stem, often several metres long. {Kingdom: Plantae. Order: Caryophyllales. Family: Nepenthaceae. Genus: Nepenthes.}
70 | Astrophyton - Ophiodea echinoderm, giant basket star, Astrophyton muricatum, found throughout the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico (the only species in the genus Astrophyton). {Kingdom: Animalia. Phylum: Echinodermata. Class: Ophiuroidea. Order: Phrynophiurida. Family: Gorgonocephalidae. Genus: Astrophyton.}