To Albany Hancock 25 December [1849]
Summary
Discusses the new genus, Alcippe, described by AH ["Notice of the occurrence on the British coast of a burrowing barnacle", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2d ser. 4 (1849): 305–14]. Comments on Lithotrya, Clitia, and Anatifa. Discusses cirripede larvae. Asks which Mollusca specimens AH wishes to borrow.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albany Hancock |
| Date: | 25 Dec [1849] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.87) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1280 |
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- … 18. CD concluded that, unlike other cirripedes which excavate by mechanical means, Verruca does so by secretion through the cement ducts of a material that acts on the shell to which it is attached, provided the shell is not protected by an epidermis. Hancock’s description of excavation in Clitia is cited, but no reference is made to the mussel genus Modiolus , to which, among others, Verruca attaches itself. Described as Lepas fascicularis ( Living Cirripedia (1851): 92–9). Hancock’s observation is cited in Living Cirripedia (1851): 11 …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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| Hancock, Albany | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Hancock, Albany | (1) |
