250 Years of Medusae Drawing

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	Staurocladia portmanni Fotogravure from drawings by I. Richter, for A. Brickmann-Voss, Faune e Flora del Golfo di Napoli. 39. Anthomedusae/Athecatae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) of the Mediterranean, Stazione Zoologica di Napoli (1970), Plate 6: 24.5 X 34.5 cm.

During the 20th century, most of the scientific publications on medusae only had black and white illustrations with a few exceptions like "Medusae of the world" by A.G. Mayer (1910) with drawings of the author and C. Kellner and "Anthomedusae/Athecatae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) of the Mediterranean" by A. Brinckmann-Voss (1970) with drawings of I. Richter (right).

At present, illustrations in scientific studies on zoology are mostly black and white line drawings that show the most important morphological characters that identify the species (b&w images below). On the contrary, divulgative works tend to catch the attention of readers by publishing colour figures of animals representing natural behaviour where the illustrators show the best of their art (colour images below). For instance, next are shown the drawings of three new medusae species in two different styles; in black and white for a zoological publication, in colour for a divulgative magazine.

				*Teclaia recincolae, Barcino foixensis and Foersteria araiae*. Line drawings by J. Corbera, for J.M. Gili et al.
				*Teclaia recincolae, Barcino foixensis and Foersteria araiae.* Colour drawings by J. Corbera, National Geographic Magazine (Spanish edition) Vol. 5 Num. 4, (1999).

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