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Paper, 'On the occurrence of a hydroid phase of Limnocodium Sowerbii, Allman and Lankester' by Alfred Gibbs Bourne

Reference number: PP/6/2

Date: 1884

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Bourne writes: 'It is now four and a half years since the Medusae of Limnocodium were discovered by Mr Sowerby, in the Victoria tank in the gardens of the Royal Botanic Society, at Regent’s Park. Since that time Professor Lankester has continued to make observations and experiments, in which I have assisted, with the view of elucidating their life-history and the conditions of their somewhat anomalous occurrence.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes three drawings of a hydroid phase of Limnocodium Sowerbii.

Subject: Zoology

Received 8 December 1884. Read 11 December 1884. Communicated by Edwin Ray Lankester.

A version of this paper was published in volume 38 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the occurrence of a hydroid phase of Limnocodium Sowerbii, Allman and Lankester'.

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PP/6/2
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1884
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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14 pages
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Alfred Gibbs Bourne, Paper, 'On the occurrence of a hydroid phase of Limnocodium Sowerbii, Allman and Lankester' by Alfred Gibbs Bourne, 1884, PP/6/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_6_2/paper-on-the-occurrence-of-a-hydroid-phase-of-limnocodium-sowerbii-allman-and-lankester-by-alfred-gibbs-bourne, accessed on 16 January 2025

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    Dates: 1882 - 1894

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