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Reference numberPT/75/7/15
LevelItem
TitleDrawings, segmental organs of various Annelids by [Thomas] Williams
Date[1856]
DescriptionPlate 7, figure 10 and plate 8, figures 19 and 21-22 showing the ovarian segmental organ of the Albione muricata [Pontobdella muricata] and the segmental organs of the Spio vulgaris [Malacoceros vulgaris], the Psamathe fusca, and the Cirrhatulus lamarckii [Cirriformia tentaculata]. Inscribed recto and verso with publication and plate details. A graphite inscription top right reads 'Williams of Swansea'. Signed in graphite bottom left, 'Williams'. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Marine Biology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Researches on the structure and homology of the reproductive organs of the annelids' by Thomas Williams.

Received by the Royal Society on 30 December 1856. Read 12 February 1857.
Extent2p
FormatDrawing
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Dimensions305x223mm
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1858.0006
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0096
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1568Williams; Thomas (1819 - 1865)1819 - 1865
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