Kunstformen der Natur

Introduction

The following images are plates, in order of their plate number, from German biologist and illustrator Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur (Artforms of Nature) (1904).

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  Cover
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  1. Phaeodaria
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  2. Thalamphora
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  3. Ciliata
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  4. Diatomea
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  5. Calcispongiae
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  6. Tubulariae
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  7. Siphonophorae
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  8. Discomedusae
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  9. Hexacoralla
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  10. Ophiodea
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  11. Discoidea
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  12. Thalamophora
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  13. Flagellata
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  14. Peridinea
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  15. Fucoideae
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  16. Narcomedusae
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  17. Siphonophorae
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  18. Discomedusae
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  19. Pennatulida
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  20. Crinoidea
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  21. Acanthometra
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  22. Spyroidea
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  23. Bryozoa
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  24. Desmidiea
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  25. Sertulariae
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  26. Trachomedusae
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  27. Ctenophorae
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  28. Discomedusae
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  29. Tetracoralla
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  30. Echinidea
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  31. Cyrtoidea
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  32. Rotatoria
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  33. Bryozoa
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  34. Melethallia
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  35. Hexactinellae
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  36. Leptomedusae
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  37. Siphonophorae
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  38. Peromedusae
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  39. Gorgonida
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  40. Asteridea
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  41. Acanthophracta
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  42. Ostraciontes
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  43. Nudibranchia
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  44. Ammonitida
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  45. Campanariae
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  46. Anthomedusae
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  47. Aspidonia
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  48. Stauromedusae
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  49. Actiniae
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  50. Thuroidea
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  51. Polycyttaria
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  52. Filicinae
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  53. Prosobranchia
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  54. Gamochonia
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  55. Acephala
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  56. Copepoda
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  57. Cirripedia
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  58. Tineida
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  59. Siphonophorae
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  60. Echinidea
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  61. Phaeodaria
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  62. Nepenthaceae
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  63. Basimycetes
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  64. Siphoneae
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  65. Florideae
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  66. Arachnida
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  67. Chiroptera
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  68. Batrachia (frogs)
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  69. Hexacoralla
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  70. Ophiodea
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  71. Stephoidea
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  72. Muscinae
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  73. Ascomycetes
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  74. Orchidae
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  75. Platodes
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  76. Thoracostraca
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  77. Siphonophorae
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  78. Cubomedusae
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  79. Lacertilia
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  80. Blastoidea
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  81. Thalamophora ; Lagena
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  82. Hepaticae ; Marchantia
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  83. Lichenes ; Cladonia
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  84. Diatomea
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  85. Ascidiae
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  86. Decapoda ; Parthenope
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  87. Teleostei ; Pegasus
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  88. Discomedusae ; Pilema
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  89. Chelonia ; Testudo
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  90. Cystoidea ; Callocystis
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  91. Spumellaria
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  92. Filicinae ; Alsophila
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  93. Mycetozoa
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  94. Coniferae; Araucaria
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  95. Amphoridea; Placocystis
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  96. Chaetopoda; Sabella
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  97. Spirobranchia; Terebratula
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  98. Discomedusae; Aurelia
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  99. Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
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  100. Antilopina; Antilope

Duplicates and detail

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  5. Calcispongiae
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  Ascandra pinus
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  Sycandra compressa

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  8. Discomedusae
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  8. Discomedusae

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  Asteridea
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  Asterias rubens

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  42. Ostraciontes
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  Striped cowfish, Aracana aurita
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  Humpback turretfish, Tetrosomus gibbosus
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  Scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis

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  47. Aspidonia
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  Eurypterid

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  53. Prosobranchia
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  Murex pectens

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  56. Copepoda
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  Sapphirina darwinii (female)
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  Calanus Pavo

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  57. Cirripedia
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  Sacculina

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  62. Nepenthaceae
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  62. Nepenthaceae

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  70. Ophiodea
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  Gorgonocephalus sp.

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  84. Diatomea
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  84. Diatomea, detail
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  84. Diatomea, detail

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  94. Coniferae; Araucaria
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  Chamaecyparis obtusa

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  99. Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
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  Ensifera ensifera, Sword-billed Hummingbird
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  Eutoxeres condamini, Buff-tailed Sicklebill

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  100. Antilopina; Antilope
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  Tetracerus quadricornis
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  Tragelaphus spekeii gratus
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  Addax nasomaculatus
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  Tragelaphus scriptus