‘Clavularia viridis’
Date
1885
Creator
Sydney John Hickson (1859 - 1940, British) , Zoologist
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Material
Dimensions
height (mount): 215mm
width (mount): 142mm
width (mount): 142mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine biological studies of the soft coral Clavularia viridis, native to Indo-Pacific reefs. The author describes this specimen as being observed at Talisse Island, North Celebes [Sulawesi Island, Indonesia]. Six figures showing details of the coral. Figure 1. Single polype of the Alcyonarian. Figure 2. View of the oral disk…showing mouth surrounded by eight tentacles. Figure 3. Small portion of one of the tentacles. Figure 4. Small portion of the skeleton (x2). Figure 5. Portion of coriaceous wall of the tubes. Figure 6. One of the spicules (x200).
Plate 1 from the manuscript version of the paper ‘Preliminary notes on certain zoological observations made at Talisse Island, North Celibes. Notes upon an Alcyonarian (Clavularia viridis)’, by Sydney J. Hickson, Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol.40 (1886), pp.322-325. The published paper used only figure 4 from this plate, reproducing it as figure 1 in print.
Inscribed in ink below: ‘S.J. Hickson Clavularia viridis’. With a cover sheet bearing and explanation of the figures. The associated manuscript paper is dated 8 November 1885.
Sydney John Hickson (1859-1940) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1895.
Plate 1 from the manuscript version of the paper ‘Preliminary notes on certain zoological observations made at Talisse Island, North Celibes. Notes upon an Alcyonarian (Clavularia viridis)’, by Sydney J. Hickson, Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol.40 (1886), pp.322-325. The published paper used only figure 4 from this plate, reproducing it as figure 1 in print.
Inscribed in ink below: ‘S.J. Hickson Clavularia viridis’. With a cover sheet bearing and explanation of the figures. The associated manuscript paper is dated 8 November 1885.
Sydney John Hickson (1859-1940) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1895.
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