Historic Works on Marine Invertebrates
For centuries, the
hundreds of thousands of marine invertebrate species that inhabit the
world's oceans have held our interest for a variety of reasons. Shipworms
were, and still are, a worldwide economic scourge for any individual,
municipality or company with wooden vessels or piers. The first body of
the chambered nautilus shell, preserved and brought to England in 1831,
advanced understanding and knowledge of anatomy and marine biology. And
finally, the post World War II effort by the emperor of Japan shows us
how breathtakingly beautiful marine invertebrates can be.
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