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Reference numberAP/66/16
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On Phymosoma varians' by Arthur Shipley
CreatorShipley; Arthur (1861-1927); English zoologist
Date1889
DescriptionShipley's observations on Phymosoma varians are made on a number of specimens taken from soft coral rock of the Bahamas by [Raphael] Weldon. The length of the fully extended specimens averages 5cm, the greatest diameter about 5mm. The introvert is equal in length to the rest of the body.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.

Subject: Palaeontology / Zoology

Received 1 May 1889. Read 16 May 1889. Communicated by Adam Sedgwick.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 46 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On Phymosoma varians'.

A version of this paper was published by Shipley in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science [later Journal of Cell Science]: Shipley, Arthur. 'Memoirs: On Phymosoma varians.' The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, volume s2-31, number 121 (1890), pp. 1-28.
Extent44p
FormatTypescript
Manuscript
Physical descriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1242/jcs.s2-31.121.1
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1889.0017
Related records in the catalogueNLB/3/913
RR/10/241
RR/10/297
RR/10/298
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6841Sedgwick; Adam (1854 - 1913)1854 - 1913
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