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RefNoPT/75/7/45
LevelItem
TitleDrawings, development of Carcinus maenas until first moult by [Charles] S B [Spence Bate]
Date[1857]
DescriptionPlate 40, figures A-B showing the stages of development of the Carcinus maenas [shore crab] and its cephalic region from the moment it leaves the ovum until its first moult. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Struck-out rough outlines of two further drawings appear verso. Signed in graphite bottom left 'S B del ad nat'. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Zoology / Marine Biology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the development of decapod crustacea' by Charles Spence Bate.

Received by the Royal Society on 1 May 1857. Read 18 June 1857.
Extent2p
FormatDrawing
PhysicalDescriptionGraphite and ink on paper
Dimensions336x229mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1858.0028
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6060Bate; Charles Spence (1819 - 1889)1819 - 1889
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