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Ernst Haeckel - Thoracostraca. – Panzerkrebse
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Ernst Haeckel

Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel was a German zoologist, naturalist, eugenicist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist and artist. He discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms and coined many terms in biology, including ecology, phylum, phylogeny, and Protista. Haeckel promoted and popularised Charles Darwin's work in Germany and developed the influential but no longer widely held recapitulation theory ("ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny") claiming that an individual organism's biological development, or ontogeny, parallels and summarises its species' evolutionary development, or phylogeny.

The published artwork of Haeckel includes over 100 detailed, multi-colour illustrations of animals and sea creatures, collected in his Kunstformen der Natur ("Art Forms of Nature"), a book which would go on to influence the Art Nouveau artistic movement. As a philosopher, Ernst Haeckel wrote Die Welträthsel (1895–1899; in English: The Riddle of the Universe, 1901), the genesis for the term "world riddle" (Welträtsel); and Freedom in Science and Teaching to support teaching evolution.

More Illustrations in Book: Kunstformen der Natur (View all 100)

Tetracoralla. – Bierstrahlige Sternkorallen

Tetracoralla. – Bierstrahlige Sternkorallen (1904)

Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834-1919)
Cubomedusae. – Würfelquallen

Cubomedusae. – Würfelquallen (1904)

Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834-1919)
Desmidiea. – Bierdinge

Desmidiea. – Bierdinge (1904)

Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834-1919)
Spumellaria. – Schaumstrahlinge

Spumellaria. – Schaumstrahlinge (1904)

Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834-1919)
Chaetopoda. – Borstenwürmer

Chaetopoda. – Borstenwürmer (1904)

Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834-1919)
Nepenthaceae. – Kannenpflanzen

Nepenthaceae. – Kannenpflanzen (1904)

Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834-1919)
Florideae. – Rotalgen

Florideae. – Rotalgen (1904)

Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834-1919)
Bryozoa. – Woostiere

Bryozoa. – Woostiere (1904)

Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834-1919)
Thalamophora. – Kammerlinge.

Thalamophora. – Kammerlinge. (1904)

Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834-1919)
Discomedusae. – Scheibenquallen

Discomedusae. – Scheibenquallen (1904)

Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834-1919)
Polycyttaria. – Vereins-Strahlinge

Polycyttaria. – Vereins-Strahlinge (1904)

Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834-1919)
Stauromedusae. – Becherquallen

Stauromedusae. – Becherquallen (1904)

Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834-1919)
Coniferae. – Bapfenbäume

Coniferae. – Bapfenbäume (1904)

Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834-1919)
Trachomedusae. – Kolbenquallen

Trachomedusae. – Kolbenquallen (1904)

Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834-1919)
Discomedusae. – Schweibenquallen

Discomedusae. – Schweibenquallen (1904)

Ernst Haeckel (German, 1834-1919)
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