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RefNoAP/60/7
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On Astrophiura permira, an echinoderm-form intermediate between Ophiuroidea and Asteroidea' by W [Walter] Percy Sladen
CreatorSladen; Walter Percy (1849-1900); British biologist
Date1878
DescriptionSladen presents a series of 'peculiarities of structure' of Astrophiura permira, including the combination of ophiuroid disk- and arm-structure within a pentagonal asteroid form of body, the asteroid character of the ambulacral system, the rudimentary structure of the mouth-armature, the extension of the peritoneal cavity to the extremity of the functional portion of the rays and the continuity of the tentacular pore-system limited to the disk only.

Marked on front as 'Archives Oct 31/78'. Note reads 'Drawings returned to author May 22/79. See Council Minutes May 15'. Includes an appendix and a letter dated 26 June 1878.

Subject: Biology / Zoology

Received 18 June 1878. Read 20 June 1878. Communicated by P [Peter] Martin Duncan.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 27 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On Astrophiura permira, an echinoderm-form intermediate between Ophiuroidea and Asteroidea'.
Extent31p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1878.0083
RelatedRecordMC/11/355
RR/8/142
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5866Duncan; Peter Martin (1821 - 1891)1821 - 1891
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