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Referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, on a paper 'On the genera Heterophyllia, Battersbyia, Palaecyclus, and Asterosmilia; the anatomy of their species, and their position in the classification of sclerodermic zoantharia' by Peter Martin Duncan

Reference number: RR/6/105

Date: 20 June 1867

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Wonders whether the Philosophical Transactions is the best place for the paper, as it was considered that purely systematic papers should be published elsewhere.

Subject: Geology, Palaeontology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/105
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20 June 1867
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Benjamin Carpenter

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William Benjamin Carpenter, Referee's report by William Benjamin Carpenter, on a paper 'On the genera Heterophyllia, Battersbyia, Palaecyclus, and Asterosmilia; the anatomy of their species, and their position in the classification of sclerodermic zoantharia' by Peter Martin Duncan, 20 June 1867, RR/6/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_105/referees-report-by-william-benjamin-carpenter-on-a-paper-on-the-genera-heterophyllia-battersbyia-palaecyclus-and-asterosmilia-the-anatomy-of-their-species-and-their-position-in-the-classification-of-sclerodermic-zoantharia-by-peter-martin-duncan, accessed on 15 September 2024

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