Haeckel Marine Jellyfish Illustration Red & Green Tea Towel

At the turn of the 20th century, Ernst Haeckel was an eminent German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor, and artist. He discovered, described, and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, and coined many terms in biology, including anthropogeny, ecology, phylum, phylogeny, and stem cell. This illustration is from his 1904 book "Kunstformen der Natur" (Art Forms In Nature). It is of several order Discomedusae invertebrates (jelly fish), specifically: Aurelia insulinda; Aurelia aurita; Undosa undulata; Floresca parthenia; Pelagia perla; Drymonema victoria; Procyanea protosema.For more items adorned by Ernst Haeckel illustrations, see my Collection , "Ernst Haeckel Illustrations."