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RefNoAP/40/14
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished paper, 'Researches on the poison-apparatus in the Actiniadae [Actiniidae]' by Philip Henry Gosse
Date1858
DescriptionGosse describes the 'thread-cells' or 'cnidae' of the Actiniidae, which 'are found in various tissues of the body, but are specially localized in two sets of organs'. He goes on to describe the anatomy, physiology and 'toxicoferous armature' of the Actiniidae.

Includes three pages of figures of Actiniidae and the cells of their 'poison-apparatus'. Marked on front as 'Archives'.

Subject: Zoology / Physiology

Received 18 January 1858.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 9 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Researches on the poison-apparatus in the actiniadae'.
Extent34p
FormatDrawing
Manuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1857.0027
RelatedRecordRR/3/120
RR/3/119
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CodePersonNameDates
NA1811Gosse; Philip Henry (1810 - 1888)1810 - 1888
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