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Plate 8, figures 1-5 showing the form and parts of the anatomy of the Tubularia indivisa [oaten pipes hydroid] (outlines only), Sertularia pluma [Aglaophenia pluma; toothed feather hydroid], Sertularia pumila [Dynamena pumila], and Sertularia setacea [Plumularia setacea; plumed hydroid]. Figures 2 and 3 are drawn on a separate sheet and pasted in the middle of the page. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Some observations on the structure and functions of tubular and cellular polypi, and of ascidiæ' by Joseph Jackson Lister.

Received by the Royal Society on 1 January 1834. Read 6 and 13 March 1834.

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PT/74/1/9
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1833
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Graphite on paper
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1 page
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Drawing

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Joseph Jackson Lister

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Joseph Jackson Lister, Drawings, tubular hydroids by [Joseph Jackson Lister], 1833, PT/74/1/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_74_1_9/drawings-tubular-hydroids-by-joseph-jackson-lister, accessed on 17 February 2026

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