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Paper, 'Preliminary account of the nephridia and body cavity of the larva of Palaemonetes varians [common ditch shrimp]' by Edgar Johnson Allen

Reference number: PP/20/22

Date: 1892

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Allen writes: 'The researches of which the present communication contains a brief summary, were carried on during the summer of the present year, at the Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth, where I occupied a table by appointment of the British Association Committee. The observations were made chiefly on larvae of Palaemonetes varians, but other species have also been included, and will be mentioned in particular instances.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Zoology / Carcinology

Received 17 November 1892. Read 8 December 1892. Communicated by Walter Frank Raphael Weldon.

A version of this paper was published in volume 52 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Preliminary account of the nephridia and body cavity of the larva of Palœmonetes varians'.

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PP/20/22
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1892
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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16 pages
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Manuscript

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Edgar Johnson Allen

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Edgar Johnson Allen, Paper, 'Preliminary account of the nephridia and body cavity of the larva of Palaemonetes varians [common ditch shrimp]' by Edgar Johnson Allen, 1892, PP/20/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_20_22/paper-preliminary-account-of-the-nephridia-and-body-cavity-of-the-larva-of-palaemonetes-varians-common-ditch-shrimp-by-edgar-johnson-allen, accessed on 27 April 2025

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