Spiny Collection

Sea holly (Eryngium sp. )
Sea holly (Eryngium sp.) flower heads. Each blue blob is an individual flower. This perennial herb belongs to the family Umbelliferae, which includes 200 species. It is indigenous to southern Europe

Hedgehog (Erinaceinae), Durham, England, United Kingom, Europe

Sceloporus asper, spiny lizard
Illustration of a spiny lizard from Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1897). This illustration is on display in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Prickly pear cactus flowers. This cactus is part of the Opuntia genus, which is found throughout most of the Americas. Cacti are found in arid environments, like the one seen here

Thistle flower fairy, Carduus nutans.. Handcolored steel engraving by C

Euphorbia echinus cactus

Spiny spider, SEM
Spiny spider. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a spiny spider (Gasteracantha sp.), showing its characteristic spines (red) and large mouthparts (grey, centre left)

Tree cholla. A desert cactus and shrub
ROG-12018 Tree cholla. A desert cactus and shrub

Jardin de Cactus near Guatiza, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Woolly Thistle (Cirsium eriophorum), in flower, on limestone
ROG-13134 Woolly Thistle - in flower, on limestone Cirsium eriophorum Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Orb-weaver spider, Araneidae, Aarey Milk Colony, INDIA. Orb-weaver spiders or araneids are members of the spider family Araneidae

Sea mice, Aphrodita aculeata and Laetmonice hystrix
Sea mouse, Aphrodita aculeata 1 and Laetmonice hystrix 2. Afrodita aculeata, Ermione ispida

Spiny dogfish, blue shark and angel shark
Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias 12, blue shark, Prionace glauca 13 and angel shark, Squatina squatina 14

Puffball and earthstar mushrooms
Spiny puffball, Lycoperdon echinatum, earthball, Scleroderma citrinum (Scleroderma vulgare), fringed earthstar, Geaster fimbriatus and Tulostoma fimbriatum (Tulostoma granulosum)

Ceiba Tree Trunk at Tayrona National Natural Park, Magdalena Department, Caribbean, Colombia

Slipper lobster, Scyllarides squammosus 1
FLO4574457 Slipper lobster, Scyllarides squammosus 1, lobster lobster, Homarus gammarus 2, pitu shrimp, Macrobrachium carcinus 3, and spiny lobster, Palinurus elephas 4

A Teasel, 1850
3479659 A Teasel, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a teasel; a tall prickly Eurasian plant with spiny purple flower heads; which is used in the raising of a nap on woollen cloth)

Spiny lobster, Panulirus homarus, and mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis
5855156 Spiny lobster, Panulirus homarus, and mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis; (add.info.: Spiny lobster, Panulirus homarus, and mantis shrimp, Squilla mantis)

A Teasel, 1850
3479660 A Teasel, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a teasel; a tall prickly Eurasian plant with spiny purple flower heads; which is used in the raising of a nap on woollen cloth)

African crested porcupine, Atherurus africanus
5856453 African crested porcupine

Spiny seahorse
Anna Shvab

DDE-90038480
Catepillar, unknown species, Iguacu Falls, Parana, Brazil. Date: 23/04/2005

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Belize, Belize, Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary. Wild common green iguana (Iguana iguana) in breeding colors. Date: 15/05/2010

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Desert Spiny Lizard, Sceloporus magister ssp, Native to South Western US Date: 30/07/2008

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Desert Spiny Lizard, Sceloporus magister ssp, Native to South Western US Date: 30/07/2008

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Spiney Neck Turtle, Acanthochelys spixii, Native to South America Primarily Brazil Date: 31/05/2006

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Regal Horned Lizard (Pineal Eye Visible)Phrynosoma solare, South Eastern Arizona Date: 31/05/2006

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Regal Horned Lizard, Phrynosoma solare, South Eastern Arizona Date: 31/05/2006

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Regal Horn Lizard, Phtymosoma solare, South Eastern Arizona Date: 31/05/2006

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Regal Horned Lizard (Pineal Eye Visible), Phrynosoma solare, South Eastern Arizona Date: 31/05/2006

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Regal Horned Lizard, Phrynosoma solare, South Eastern Arizona Date: 31/05/2006

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Spiny Tail Gecko (Strophurus williamsi), Australia Date: 19/06/2007

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Spiny Tail Gecko (Strophurus williamsi), Australia Date: 19/06/2007

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Lionfish (Pterios sp.), Scuba diving at night at Koh Bon Bay, Similan Islands Underwater Park, Thailand, SE Asia Date: 12/05/2005

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Indonesia, Banda Sea, Ambon. Close-up of adult spiny seahorse. Date: 21/05/2009

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Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Sulawesi Island, Lembeh Straits. Green juvenile surgeonfish hides among spines of a chocolate-chip sea star. Date: 11/02/2005

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Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Sulawesi Island, Lembeh Straits. Squat lobster lives commensally with barrel sponges. Date: 11/02/2005

Page 377. The Hedge Hog or Urchin, 1810-17 (w / c & manuscript text)
5670193 Page 377

Page 203. Echinus Marinus, Sea Urchin, 1810-17 (w / c & manuscript text)
5670083 Page 203

Page 177. A brass key found in the ruins of Burgess Castle;the Porcupine copied from a living animal
5670075 Page 177

Page 57. Sea urchins 2 drawings, 1810-17 (w / c & manuscript text)
5670021 Page 57. Sea urchins 2 drawings, 1810-17 (w/c & manuscript text) by Digby, Kenelm Henry (1800-80); 39.6x25.2x5.4 cm; Mitchell Library

Wild short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) in leaf litter
sticks, leaves, strange, unique, fauna, unusual, odd, charismatic, iconic, wild, wildlife, spiny, beautiful, natural, closeup, background, Kristian Bell Photography, 968665156

A wild short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) wandering through scrub
One of the weird and iconic animals of Australia, this echidna (which looks similar to a hedgehog but is totally unrelated) was foraging between rocks and grass clumps for ants

Spotfin Lionfish, Philippines
The toxic spines of this Spotfin lionfish (Pterois antennata) are to be avoided; Philippines

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Crablike Spiny Orbweaver Spider - with raindrops on carapace on web - Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia Date: 02-Aug-20

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Crablike Spiny Orbweaver Spider - extruding silk thread on web - Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia Date: 05-Nov-04

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Crablike Spiny Orbweaver Spider on web - Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia Date: 05-Nov-04

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Crablike Spiny Orbweaver Spider on web - Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia Date: 05-Nov-04

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Crablike Spiny Orbweaver Spider on web - Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia Date: 05-Nov-04

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Juvenile Painted Spiny Lobster - night dive - Sahaung dive site, Bangka Island, north Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean Date: 24-03-2016

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Soft Coral Crab on Glomerate Tree Coral (Dendronephthya sp) - Sabora 1 dive site, Bangka Island, north Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean Date: 24-03-2016

Tree cholla in bloom, high desert of Edgewood, New Mexico

Vintage Print of a Red Mangrove Crab, 1922 (screen print)
3035778 Vintage Print of a Red Mangrove Crab, 1922 (screen print) by American School

Curly palm, Howea belmoreana. Vulnerable. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

European spiny lobster, Palinurus elephas. Aliusta comune

Carrier crab and dorripd crab
Carrier crab or porter crab, Homola barbata 1, and dorripd crab, Medorippe lanata 2. Omola fronte-spinosa, Dorippe lanosa

Spiny scale worm and scaleworm
Spiny scale worm, Iphione muricata 1, and scaleworm, Lepidonotus clava 2

Lumpfish, sea snail, and Atlantic spiny lumpsucker
Lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus 48, sea snail, Liparis liparis 49, and Atlantic spiny lumpsucker, Eumicrotremus spinosus 51

Snake blenny, lesser spiny eel and wolf fish
Snake blenny, Ophidion barbatum 73, lesser spiny eel, Macrognathus aculeatus 74, wolf fish, Anarhichas lupus 75, and its jaw and teeth 76, 77

Pampas fox or aguarachay, Lycalopex gymnocercus, and spiny rat or casiragua, Proechimys guairae. After Felix de Azaras Voyages dans l Amerique Meridionale

Spiny cockle, Acanthocardia aculeata (Cardium spinosum)

Spiny water starwort, Callitriche palustris (Water starwort, Callitriche aquatica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Spiny restharrow, Ononis spinosa subsp. hircina (Rest harrow, Ononis arvensis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Puffball mushrooms
Fluted birds nest, Cyathus striatus, spiny puffball, Lycoperdon echinatum (Lycoperdon gemmatum), Lycoperdon piriforme, giant pasture puffball, Mycenastrum corium, and paltry puffball

Gulf coast spiny softshell turtle and endangered
Gulf coast spiny softshell turtle, Apalone spinifera, and endangered green turtle, Chelonia mydas

Spiny dye-murex, Bolinus brandaris (Snipe murex, Murex brandaris). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Cineraria, astelma and swan daisy species
Woolly cineraria, Cineraria lanata, purple-leaved, Cineraria cruenta, poplar-leaved, Cineraria populifolia, great astelma, Astelma eximium, spiny triptilion, Triptilion spinosum, large swan daisy

Short-tailed chinchilla (critically endangered)
Short-tailed chinchilla, Chinchilla chinchilla (critically endangered), and Cairo spiny mouse, Acomys cahirinus

Six-gilled shark, spiny dogfish, and Don Pedro shark
Six-gilled shark, Hexanchus griseus (near threatened), spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias (vulnerable), and angular roughshark, Oxynotus centrina (vulnerable)

Echidna or spiny anteater, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Echidna setosa). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Col

Echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus
Echidna or spiny anteater, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Echidna setosa)

Long-toed spiny rat, Dactylomys dactylinus
Long-toed spinous or spiny rat, Amazon bamboo rat, Dactylomys dactylinus, (Echimys dactylinus? Geoff.) From a specimen in Berlin Museum

Spiny catfish or bacu, Acanthodoras cataphractus (Chestnut-bellied doras, Doras castaneo-ventris). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Arachnida spiders: Protocepheus hericius 1, Cepheus latus 2, Cepheus cepheiformis 3, Tereticepheus palmicinctum 4, Phrynichus reniformis 5, Gnolus cordiformis 6, spinybacked orbed weaver

Bivalvia clam shells: Venus clam, Hysteroconcha dione 1-3, spiny cockle, Acanthocardia aculeata 4, 5, heart cockle, Corculum cardissa 6-9, fluted giant clam

Phyllosoma larval stage of a spiny lobster, Palinurus elephas. Phyllosome

Spiny tree-rat, Echimys chrysurus 1, and Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris 2. Echimys, ecureuil

Spiny naiad, Najas marina. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London, 1816

Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias. Vulnerable
Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias (Picked shark or dog fish). Vulnerable. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

Cayenne spiny rat, Proechimys guyannensis (Red echimys or spiny rat of d Azara). Illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith

Spiny jasmine, Lycium europaeum
Le Jasmin epineux de la Chine. Spiny jasmine, Lycium europaeum

Spiny broom, Calicotome spinosa (Spiny calycotome, Calycotome spinosa)

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"Embracing the Beauty of Spiny Wonders: From Sea Holly to Pygmy Seahorses" Discover a world filled with fascinating spiky creatures and plants that captivate our senses. 🌵🦔🌸 In the depths of the ocean, the enchanting Sea Holly (Eryngium sp. ) thrives, boasting vibrant blue hues amidst its spiny leaves. Its delicate beauty is mirrored by the intricate patterns on Sceloporus asper, a remarkable spiny lizard found in various habitats. Venturing into Durham, England, we encounter an adorable Hedgehog (Erinaceinae), known for its endearing appearance and protective spikes. This charming creature represents resilience and adaptability in nature's kingdom. Nature's artistry continues with Prickly Pear Cactus flowers blooming in stunning colors against their thorny backdrop. These resilient blooms remind us that even amidst adversity, beauty can flourish. The Thistle flower fairy (Carduus nutans) gracefully dances among prickly petals, showcasing how even seemingly sharp edges can hold elegance and grace. Delving deeper into nature's wonders reveals a microscopic marvel - the Spiny Spider captured through scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Its intricate details highlight both fragility and strength within this arachnid realm. Traveling to Jardin de Cactus near Guatiza in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain brings us face-to-face with an extraordinary landscape adorned with diverse cacti species like Tree Cholla. These majestic desert dwellers prove that survival often requires embracing one's own unique defenses. Australia's Victoria region introduces us to a pregnant pygmy seahorse - a testament to life flourishing amidst challenging environments. Their tiny size belies their incredible ability to adapt and thrive underwater. Returning once again to Jardin de Cactus near Guatiza invites us into another chapter of botanical wonderment where Woolly Thistle (Cirsium eriophorum) blooms on limestone.