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HD 399 - Feather Duster Worms Hanging Chart
Vintage style linen backed chart is a reproduction of an Ernst Haeckel print originally from the early 1900's. These charts measure 43 x 33 inches and hang between two wooden bars with ball ends.
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HD 397 - Echinoderm Hanging Chart
Vintage style linen backed chart is a reproduction of an Ernst Haeckel print originally from the early 1900's. These charts measure 43 x 33 inches and hang between two wooden bars with ball ends.
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HD 398 - Copepod Hanging Chart
Vintage style linen backed chart is a reproduction of an Ernst Haeckel print originally from the early 1900's. These charts measure 43 x 33 inches and hang between two wooden bars with ball ends.
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C 265 - Pink Glass Jellyfish
Art glass jellyfish is solid and heavy, measuring 7 inches tall. Since they are hand blown, most will have small air bubbles. Glass surrounding pink glow-in-the-dark glass jellyfish is clear. Jellyfish is not real. Postage on this piece will be from $12 - $20, depending on what part of the country it will be sent, due to its weight.
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C 281 - Baby White Glass Jellyfish
Art glass jellyfish measures about 4 inches tall and weighs about 2 pounds. Since they are hand blown, most will have small air bubbles. Glass surrounding white glow-in-the-dark glass jellyfish is clear. The jellyfish is not real.
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C 280 - Baby Pink Glass Jellyfish
Art glass jellyfish measures about 4 inches tall and weighs about 2 pounds. Since they are hand blown, most will have small air bubbles. Glass surrounding pink glow-in-the-dark glass jellyfish is clear. The jellyfish is not real.
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Z 444 - Octopus in Jar
(Octopus aegina)
Marbled octopus in 3.5 inch
jar with
black screw top. These small octopuses are from Thailand and shipped to the US for food. They are caught in the Gulf of Thailand by the tens of thousands.
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C 314 - Diaphanised Tiny Minnow
This is a tiny specimen, with the vial 2
inches high and the minnow
skeleton about the same.Diaphanisation is a
process involving
chemicals to reach this
effect of staining the
skeleton while making the
flesh transparent.
These specimens are used
in bone study and are
preserved in formaldehyde
and glycerin.
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OST 135 - Fish Skeleton
( Carassius auratus )9 x 4 x 2 inches Crucian carp skeleton on a bamboo base with a plexi-glass top.
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C 253 - Tiger Shark Tooth
Real tiger shark tooth measures about 1 ¼ inches. Sold individually.
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C 252 - Mako Shark Tooth
Real mako shark tooth measures about 1½ inches. Sold individually.
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C 263 - Baby Shark Jaws
Small jaws from a baby
shark measure about 5-6 inches across. Sharks are primitive fish and the "bones" are actually cartilage.
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C 301 - Tiny Shark Jaws
Small jaws from a baby
shark measure about 2.5 inches across. Sharks are primitive fish and the "bones" are actually cartilage.
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C 328 - Large Mako Shark Jaws
Large mako shark
jaws with many rows
of teeth measure 16
x 14 inches.
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C 329 - 8 inch Strand of Shark Vertebrae
These shark
vertebrae are
cartilage, not
bone, and have
a natural 1 mm
hole through the
center. Each one
measures about 1/4 inch.
More shark cartilage items are on
the osteology page.
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OST 218 - Large Shark Vertebrae
Real shark vertebrae sold individually. They measure about 1 inch in diameter. Sharks are primitive fish and the "bones" are actually cartilage.
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C 186 - Stingray Stinger Barb
Bone of a stinger from an Atlantic Ocean sting ray measures about 5 inches.
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C 274 - 3 Sliced Volute Shells
( Strombus luhanus )Three sliced volute shells measure 2 - 2½ inches.
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C 142 - Small Paper Nautilus Shell
( Argonauta hians ) Paper thin shell secreted temporarily by the female to protect her eggs. Measures 2 inches.
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C 276 - Nautilus Shell Half
Five to six inch nautilus shell
is sliced in half revealing
its
pearly chambers for
holding gas which help
the animal to
rise
and fall in the water.
Outer side is that of
C 275:brown and white striped pattern.
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HD 391 - Large Caliper
Brass caliper sits 6 inches tall and opening can be from 2.5 to 3.25 inches wide. Each arm has a rubber tip on it to secure the hold onto the item inside. Items can not be too heavy.
Nautilus shell is not included. A smaller caliper in on the miscellaneous page. Choose from bright gold brass or bright silver finish.
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C 128 - Textile Cone
( Conus textile ) Intricate design on a cone shell measures about 4 inches. In life, these mollusks have a harpoon like appendage that contains venom which could kill a human.
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C 141 - Murex Shell
Delicate but strong, cream colored shell measures about 4.5 inches long.
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C 338 - Pink Dolphin Shell
Spindley sea shell has 7 thin spikes protruding from a pearlescent pink spiral. These shells measure about 3 to 3.5 inches across. The photo hardly picks up the iridescence in the white parts of this shell!
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C 333 - Small Philippine Urchin Test
( Coelopleurus mailardii )Small urchins from the Philippines measure about 1.25 inches.These are sold individually, but several are pictured to show the variety.
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C 325 - Green Urchin Test
Green orchin test with tiny bumps measures 2.25 inches.
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C 108 - Sputnik Urchin Test
(PHYLLACANTHUS PARVISPINUS)When a sea urchin dies, it loses all of its spikes and is called a 'test'. The 3 ½ inch sputnik sea urchin resembles a land mine with its little nodules around it. It has shades of lavender and cream. Urchins have an egg-shell like feel to them and are delicate.
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C 324 - Tiny Green Philippine Urchin Test
Tiny green urchin test measures 1 inch across.
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C 254 - Mexican Green Urchin Test
Green sea urchin test measures about 2 ½ inches across.
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C 114 - Mushroom Urchin Test
When a sea urchin dies, it loses all of its spikes and is called a 'test'. Urchins have an egg-shell like feel to them and are delicate. This one has shades of green, cream and purple and resembles a portabello mushroom. It measures about 4 inches across.
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C 323 - Pencil Urchin w/ Spines
Large urchin with spines still attached measures about 8 inches across. These urchins vary from the one pictured in shape and color.
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C 151 - Fossil Sea Urchin
Fossil sea urchin about 150 million years old from Madagascar measures 3 ½ inches across.
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C 168 - Bag of 20 Tiny Starfish
Twenty tiny starfish measure from ¼ to ½ inch across.
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C 317 - White Knobby Starfish
This knobby white starfish measures between 5-6 inches across.
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C 291 - Eye of Shiva Operculum
( Turbo petholotus )An eye of Shiva is actually the operculum from a tapatry turbo shell. The operculum is the covering a mollusk pulls over itself when it recedes back into its shell. These are highly polished and very shiney. Sold individually.
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