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The next weeks will be about #marine species in #histknow. Dear #oceanhist #histocean #nathist #envhist #maritimehistory #HistSTM #museum peeps: what is your favourite water animal, plant, mineral & why? Looking forward to stories & #OpenGLAM images. Mythical creatures welcome 
Thanks & keep your replies coming. I'll start with Glaucus atlanticus. First described by #JRForster, illustrated in #Blumenbach, modelled by #Blaschka & knitted by Angela Savage. Images from @BioDivLibrary @inaturalist @Wikipedia @angsavage (thank you!)
Just realised that copyright & provenance information in the alt text of the images can only be read with screen readers.
Blumenbach: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51292389 INaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/103717541 Blaschka https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museum_Histoire_Naturelle_Geneva_Blaschka_Glaucus_atlanticus_21102014.jpg Angela's knitted critters: https://twitter.com/angsavage/status/1311909339444117504?s=20
Blumenbach: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51292389 INaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/103717541 Blaschka https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museum_Histoire_Naturelle_Geneva_Blaschka_Glaucus_atlanticus_21102014.jpg Angela's knitted critters: https://twitter.com/angsavage/status/1311909339444117504?s=20
Thanks for all your wonderful examples so far. As @BruceAlexB mentioned the narwhal in another thread I can already announce there will be a special two-teeth specimen coming up in January. https://twitter.com/BruceAlexB/status/1341713744959688705
