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1910 color scientific plate showing several mantis shrimp figures and a small anatomical detail on aged paper
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Historic illustration · 1910

Stomatopoden · plate 1

Wilhelm Giesbrecht · publication

A color plate from Stomatopoden: erster Teil, published in 1910. This sheet presents figures 1–5, with complete animals and a detail arranged on one page. The aged paper and original annotations remain visible. It is a historical reference, not a contemporary artwork for sale.

Medium
Historical scientific illustration · figures 1–5
Source
Biodiversity Heritage Library via Wikimedia Commons ↗
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Public-domain original · scan also marked CC BY 2.0 ↗
Provenance & image notes

Wilhelm Giesbrecht / Stazione zoologica di Napoli, Stomatopoden: erster Teil, 1910, Taf. 1 (figures 1–5). Scan credited to Biodiversity Heritage Library. Wikimedia Commons records PD-scan, PD-old and CC BY 2.0. Resized and compressed; composition and color retained.

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