RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Lubbock on Calanidæ. CUL-DAR81.113. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN1
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Figures (London)
(1) Hectoctile. [Hectocotylus] See Victor Carus Catalogue for references (??)
Annals & Mag of N. Hist 1853 vol XI Pl. I fig 3a & Pl X fig I or fig 9 prehensile antenna on one side of male. –Vol XII 1853 Pl. 7. This latter plate wd do best for it gives the same species on smaller scale. The antennæ on both sides ought to be figured & Lubbock does not generally give this.
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Carus, Julius Victor and Engelmann, Wilhelm. 1861. Bibliotheca zoologica. Verzeichniss der Schriften über Zoologie 1846-60. 2 vols. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. CUL-DAR.LIB.108 vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF
Lubbock, John. 1853. Description of a new genus of Calanidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2d ser. 11: 25-28. Text Image PDF
Lubbock, John. 1853. On two new species of Calanidæ, with observations on the Spermatic Tubes of Pontella, Diaptomis, &c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2d ser. 11: 159-165. Darwin cited these in Descent 1: 329, n5: "See Sir J. Lubbock in 'Annals. and Mag. of Nat. Hist.' vol. xi. 1853, pl. i. and x.; and vol. xii. (1853) pl. vii. See also Lubbock in 'Transact. Ent. Soc.' vol. iv. new series, 1856-1858, p. 8."
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