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Marine invertebrate glass models at Corning Museum of Glass

Glassmakers Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka recreated specimens of marine life like this Glassmakers Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka re-created specimens of marine life like this Synapta glabra (north Australian sea cucumber).
Glassmakers Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka recreated specimens of marine life like this Glassmakers Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka re-created specimens of marine life like this Synapta glabra (north Australian sea cucumber).
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Students learned from about undersea life like the hydroid Tubularia indivisa by examining Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka’s glass replicas.
Students learned from about undersea life like the hydroid Tubularia indivisa by examining Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka’s glass replicas.
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This glass replica of Physophora magnifica by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka is on display at the Corning Museum of Glass. The accepted name for the zooplankton now is Physophora hydrostatica.
This glass replica of Physophora magnifica by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka is on display at the Corning Museum of Glass. The accepted name for the zooplankton now is Physophora hydrostatica.
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This glass replica of an Octopus salutii made by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka is part of an exhibit at the Corning Museum of Glass.
This glass replica of an Octopus salutii made by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka is part of an exhibit at the Corning Museum of Glass.
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A glass replica of Perigonimus vestitus (the accepted name now is Leuckartiara octona for these hydroids and medusae). Owned by Cornell University’s department of ecology and evolutionary biology, it is on display at the Corning Museum of Glass.
A glass replica of Perigonimus vestitus (the accepted name now is Leuckartiara octona for these hydroids and medusae). Owned by Cornell University’s department of ecology and evolutionary biology, it is on display at the Corning Museum of Glass.
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This glass model of an Ommastrephes sagittatus, a zooplankton found in the North Sea, was created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka as a teaching tool for undersea studies. It’s owned by Cornell University’s department of ecology and evolutionary biology and is on display at the Corning Museum of Glass.
This glass model of an Ommastrephes sagittatus, a zooplankton found in the North Sea, was created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka as a teaching tool for undersea studies. It’s owned by Cornell University’s department of ecology and evolutionary biology and is on display at the Corning Museum of Glass.
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A design drawing of Holigocladodes lunulatus helped Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka to re-create the sea jelly in glass.
A design drawing of Holigocladodes lunulatus helped Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka to re-create the sea jelly in glass.
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A design drawing of Halistemma rubrum, a south Atlantic Ocean zooplankton, by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka is part of an exhibit at the Corning Museum of Glass.
A design drawing of Halistemma rubrum, a south Atlantic Ocean zooplankton, by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka is part of an exhibit at the Corning Museum of Glass.
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