PALAEMON species: from mythology to the world's catalogues!
The scientists who undertook to name every organism on the planet, especially from the 18th century onwards, often drew on ancient Greek and Roman mythology…
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The video features the image "Athamas Learchum interficit et Ino Melicertam in aequor praecipitat", Wilhelm Janson (Holland, Amsterdam), Antonio Tempesta (Italy, Florence, 1555-1630) (1606) from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (65.37.123) which has made it available as "Public Domain High Resolution Image Available".