| Reference number | PT/72/5/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, 'Arctic foraminifera' by G West |
| Date | [1864] |
| Description | Plate XIV containing figures 1-45 showing the forms of various arctic foraminifera, many of which are magnified. Specimens represented include Globigerina bulloides, Truncatulina lobatula, Anomalina coronata, Pulvinulina punctulata, Pulvinulina karsteni, Pulvinulina micheliniana, Discorbina obtusa, Discorbina globularis, Polystomella crispa, Polystomella arctica, Polystomella striatopunctata, Nonionina asterizans, Nonionina faba, Nonionina scapha, Nonionina depressula, Nonionina stelligera, Nonionina umbilicatula, Pullenia sphaeroides, Operculina ammonoides, and Nummulina planulata. Printed versions of these drawings are found at PT/72/5/8.
Subject: Oceanography
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On some foraminifera from the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, including Davis Straits and Baffin's Bay'.
Communicated by Prof [Thomas Henry] Huxley. Received by the Royal Society on 26 April 1864. Read 12 May 1864. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite drawings on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1863.0055 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1865.0006 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/5/170 |
| RR/5/171 |
| PT/72/5/8 |
| PT/72/5 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6176 | Parker; William Kitchen (1823 - 1890) | 1823 - 1890 |
| NA6361 | Jones; Thomas Rupert (1819 - 1911) | 1819 - 1911 |
| NA8243 | Huxley; Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895) | 1825 - 1895 |