marine

Red sea coral reef scene showing clown fish, sea urchins, star puffer fish, brain coral, squirrel fish, sea anenome, and lettuce coral

European lobster Homarus gammarus with eye detail showing curved lens Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books)

European lobster Homarus gammarus Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books)  

Reef Manta ray Manta alfredi showing two animals swimming with mouths open, filter-feeding. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books)

Venus’s Flower basket Euplectella aspergillum with inset showing the lattice work of structural details. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books)

Flipper of Humpback whale Megaptera novaeanglicae showing tubercles

Humpback whale Megaptera novaeanglicae shown side on. Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books)

Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).  Illustration shows an albatross above the wides with distinctive wide wing span and hooked book with tube nostrils.

Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  Illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  Illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

Ammonite Dactylioceras commune fossil similar to those collected by David Attenborough as a child

Sea Buck-thorn Hippophae rhamnoides shrub pen and ink with colour wash

Sea Buckthorn shrub Hippophae rhamnoides.  Pen and ink illustration shows elongate leaves, low shrubby growth habit, and berries.

Sea beet Beta maritima pen and ink botanical illustration

Gull Larus wing anatomy to show the feathers and markings

Gull Larus head anatomy simplified diagram to help show structures of note

Gull Larus in flight anatomy simplified to show structures of note in this family of seabirds

Gull Larus body anatomy showing features to look out for when the bird is at rest

Dulse Palmaria palmate seaweed line drawing showing growth form

Laver Porphyra linearis line drawing showing the plant in water, and grwoing on rocky substrate

Pen and ink illustration of Bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosis showing a large area of plant

Bladderwrack Fucus versicolour showing fronds and the two types of bladder

Coral cross section pen and ink monochrome illustration including a scene of a coral reef with a detailed close up of the internal organs of a typical coral polyp

Nautilus pompilius pen and ink stippled illustration