Image:Japetus Steenstrup sea monks.png
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[edit] Summary
Source: Illustration from Japetus Steenstrup's 1854 presentation.
Description: The illustration on the left is by professor Guillaume Rondelet, and on the right by naturalist Pierre Belon, both from the 16th century. At center is an illustration of a squid caught in 1854.
- "Could we, given these bits of information of how the Monk was conceived at that time, come so near to it that we could recognize to which of nature's creatures it should most probably be assigned? The Sea Monk is firstly a cephalopod." - Japetus Steenstrup, 1854.
- Michon Scott (July 16, 2006). Strange Science: Sea Monsters. Strange Science-The Rocky Road to Modern Paleontology and Biology. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
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The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. This photograph of the work is also in the public domain in the United States (see Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.).
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