Bøger af Jean Vincent Felix Lamouroux

Corallina: Or A Classical Arrangement Of Flexible Coralline Polypidoms is a scientific book written by Jean Vincent Felix Lamouroux and published in 1824. The book focuses on the classification and description of coralline polypidoms, which are the hard, calcareous structures created by certain marine invertebrates called corals. Lamouroux's work is considered a classic in the field of marine biology and is notable for its detailed descriptions and illustrations of various types of coralline polypidoms. The book is organized into several sections, each of which focuses on a different aspect of coralline polypidoms, such as their morphology, growth patterns, and classification.Throughout the book, Lamouroux describes the various species of coralline polypidoms in great detail, providing information on their physical characteristics, habitat, and distribution. He also includes numerous illustrations and diagrams to help readers better understand the complex structures of these organisms.Overall, Corallina: Or A Classical Arrangement Of Flexible Coralline Polypidoms is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the study of marine biology, particularly those interested in the classification and description of corals and other marine invertebrates.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A professor of natural history at Caen and a member of the Academie des Sciences, Jean Vincent Felix Lamouroux (1779-1825) made significant contributions to the field of marine biology. Following the appearance in 1816 of his Histoire des polypiers corralligenes flexibles, he published in 1821 the present work, drawing upon John Ellis and Daniel Solander's seminal Natural History of Many Curious and Uncommon Zoophytes (1786). It divides more than 130 genera known at the time into twenty groupings. Taxonomy has progressed considerably since Lamouroux's day, yet this work, complete with eighty-four exquisitely drawn plates, serves to illuminate the contemporary understanding and classification of some remarkable marine organisms, principally those which take the form of polyps, such as corals. Moreover, a copy of this work is known to have been consulted by Charles Darwin aboard the Beagle on his famous voyage of discovery the following decade.