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Referee's report by Richard Owen, on a paper 'Memoir on the metamorphoses in the macroura, or long-tailed crustacea, exemplified in the prawn (Palaemon serratus)' by John V Thomson

Reference number: RR/1/241

Date: 27 February 1836

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as it is 'not sufficiently complete or conclusive'.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1830].

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RR/1/241
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27 February 1836
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Owen

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Richard Owen, Referee's report by Richard Owen, on a paper 'Memoir on the metamorphoses in the macroura, or long-tailed crustacea, exemplified in the prawn (Palaemon serratus)' by John V Thomson, 27 February 1836, RR/1/241, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_241/referees-report-by-richard-owen-on-a-paper-memoir-on-the-metamorphoses-in-the-macroura-or-long-tailed-crustacea-exemplified-in-the-prawn-palaemon-serratus-by-john-v-thomson, accessed on 21 June 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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