RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1870-1871]. Abstract of Rolleston, Forms of Animal Life, etc. CUL-DAR81.115. 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
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
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XCVIII Brachiopoda said to be ordinary dioecious
XCIII. Gasteropods either dioecious or Hermaphrodite
XCIV. Pteropoda Hermaphrodite
Vermes - distinct class from Arthropoda
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Lower animals. Ch. II Sexual selection
Rolleston p. CLVI speaks of Anthozoa & Hydrozoa as ordinarily dioecious. - The Echinodermata do not differ externally sexually at all (except the true sexual gland) & are (p. cxlv) with the exception of Synaptidae dioecious.
Ascidians are Hermaphrodite; so are Polyzoa
p XCVII. Lamellibranchiata with a few exceptions are dioecious
Rolleston, George. 1870. Forms of animal life. Oxford: Clarendon Press. PDF
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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