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Giant squid Giant squid

Architeuthis dux Steenstrup 1857, giant squid, tentacle club, collected by Professor James Ritchie from Skateraw, Firth of Forth, Sea Area 9, 29 October 1917

Curled octopus Curled octopus

Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798) , curled or horned octopus, from British seas, North Atlantic

Lithodes maja Lithodes maja

Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758) (as L. maia), off Pittenweem, North Sea, North Atlantic Ocean

Plate coral Plate coral

Montipora sp., plate coral, dried specimen

Soft coral Soft coral

Gorgonia sp., soft coral, dried specimen, Gulf of Carpentaria

Cerebratulus marginatus Cerebratulus marginatus

Cerebratulus marginatus Renier, 1804, Zoological Station Naples display specimen, no locality data

Staghorn coral Staghorn coral

Acropora sp., staghorn coral, dried specimen, Queensland

Sponge Sponge

Callyspongia (Cladochalina) plancella (Lamarck, 1814), sponge, dried specimen, probably from Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Glass sponge Glass sponge

Hyalonmea sp., glass sponge, dried specimen, Japan

Gorgonia verrucosa Gorgonia verrucosa

Gorgonia verrucosa, a coral. display jar.

Lamp shell Lamp shell

Lingula anatina Lamarck 1801, lamp shell in burrow, from the Philippines

Baler shell Baler shell

Marine Mollusca, Baler shell, Melo georginae (Griffith & Podgeon, 1834) no locality data, pre 1885

Cock's comb oyster Cock's comb oyster

Lopha cristagalli (Linnaeus, 1758), cock's comb oyster, shell, collected before 1885

Sea slug Sea slug

Marine Mollusca, Sea slug or Nudibranch, Tritonia species Cuvier, 1798, from 40 miles east of the Isle of May, Firth of Forth, North Sea, Sea Area 7, June 1901

Encrusting turret sponge Encrusting turret sponge

Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Pallas, 1766), encrusting turret sponge, British Seas

Cushion star Cushion star

Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768), cushion star, dried specimen, 5-6 miles west of May Island, Firth of Forth

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