| RefNo | PP/8/21 |
| Previous numbers | PP/40/25 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Notes upon a new Alcyonarian' by S J [Sydney John] Hickson |
| Date | 1886 |
| Description | Hickson writes: 'In one of my earliest walks upon the coral reefs of Talisse, I came across a spot where Tubipores and Cornularias were more abundant than elsewhere. Quantities of the little crowds of brownish-green or pure brown polypes of these Alcyonarians, with occasionally a crowd of the emerald-green polypes of a small species of Tubipora, were to be seen on every side. As I was wading along through the water on this spot, my stick accidentally struck against a mass of what I thought was Tubipora; but when the polypes had retracted I saw to my surprise that, instead of the usual bright red skeleton, there was a skeleton of a dirty green colour, the tubes of which were joined, not by platforms, but by tubes.'
Annotations in pencil and ink.
Subject: Zoology
Received 25 March 1886. Read 15 April 1886. Communicated by Henry Nottidge Moseley.
A version of this paper was published in volume 40 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Preliminary notes on certain zoological observations made at Talisse Island, North Celebes [Sulawesi, Indonesia]'. |
| Extent | 9p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1886.0044 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1402 | Hickson; Sydney John (1859 - 1940) | 1859 - 1940 |
| NA6469 | Moseley; Henry Nottidge (1844 - 1891) | 1844 - 1891 |