| RefNo | AP/39/19 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'Anatomical description of a species of asteroid polypes, probably forming the type of a new genus of Alcyonidae' by John Denis Macdonald |
| Date | April 1856 |
| Description | Macdonald shares observations from Conway Reef [Fiji] of a 'beautiful branched asteroid zoophyte'.
Includes one page of figures of the species identified by Macdonald.
Subject: Marine organisms
Received 13 January 1857. Read 12 March 1857. Communicated by Captain [Henry Mangles] Denham.
A version of this paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Anatomical description of a species of asteroid polypes, probably forming the type of a new genus of alcyonidæ'.
A version of this paper was published by Macdonald in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Macdonald, John Denis. 'Anatomical description of a species of asteroid polypes, probably forming the type of a new genus of Alcyonidœ.' The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, volume 19, number 113 (1857), p. 391. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0107 |
| DOI: 10.1080/00222935708693952 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3682 | Macdonald; Sir; John Denis (1826 - 1908) | 1826 - 1908 |
| NA6653 | Denham; Sir; Henry Mangles (1800 - 1887) | 1800 - 1887 |