Paper, 'Notes upon a new Alcyonarian' by S J [Sydney John] Hickson

Description

Hickson writes: 'In one of my earliest walks upon the coral reefs of Talisse, I came across a spot where Tubipores and Cornularias were more abundant than elsewhere. Quantities of the little crowds of brownish-green or pure brown polypes of these Alcyonarians, with occasionally a crowd of the emerald-green polypes of a small species of Tubipora, were to be seen on every side. As I was wading along through the water on this spot, my stick accidentally struck against a mass of what I thought was Tubipora; but when the polypes had retracted I saw to my surprise that, instead of the usual bright red skeleton, there was a skeleton of a dirty green colour, the tubes of which were joined, not by platforms, but by tubes.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Zoology

Received 25 March 1886. Read 15 April 1886. Communicated by Henry Nottidge Moseley.

A version of this paper was published in volume 40 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Preliminary notes on certain zoological observations made at Talisse Island, North Celebes [Sulawesi, Indonesia]'.

Reference number

PP/8/21

Earliest possible date

1886

Physical description

Ink and graphite pencil on paper

Page extent

9 pages

Format

Manuscript