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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1868-1871]. Fritz Muller suspects that the one large pincer of Gelasimus may serve for fighting / Draft of Descent 1: 331. CUL-DAR81.150. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN2

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).

Darwin quotes from the 1 April 1867 letter from Fritz Müller. Darwin cited this in Descent 1: 333.

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(XX) Fritz Muller suspects that the one large pincer of Gelasimus may serve for fighting, as "when several males are imprisoned together in a glass they often kill or mutilate each other. On the other hand, see C. Spence Bate

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matter & when [excised]

caught by the stronger & powerful pincer [excised]

by the male back to each [excised]

& carried about by the male previously to moulting, [excised]

& comes about by the male has many [words illeg] with probably these intervals.

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)