Polyzoa IX
1885-1890
Frederick McCoy's 'Polyzoa IX' looks like a page straight out of a Victorian scientist's dream journal, featuring bizarre, coral-like structures that are actually tiny colonial animals known as bryozoans. Created between 1885 and 1890, these intricate sketches showcase the weird and wonderful world of marine life that often gets overlooked by the naked eye. The detailed shading and texture make these microscopic colonies look like alien landscapes or fantastical castles, capturing the 19th-century obsession with cataloging every oddity of the natural world.
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