Sea anemones for #WorldOceansDay! Species depicted include the mottled anemone (Urticina crassicornis), gem anemone (Aulactinia verrucosa), red speckled anemone (Anthopleura ballii), and the glaucous pimplet (Anthopleura thallia). #SciArt by Philip Henry Gosse for his "Actinologia britannica" (1860). Contributed for digitization by Smithsonian Libraries (@silibraries) for #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12042246. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix #marine #oceans #invertebrates #WOD2017












