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To J. D. Dana 15 February [1852]
Summary
Sending first volumes on Living and Fossil Cirripedia. Solicits JDD’s opinion, especially on sexual relations of Scalpellum and Ibla, on which he "hardly expect[s] to be believed".
Sends unusual crustacean specimen collected by B. J. Sulivan.
The Sporillus sent by JDD is a very curious species of Acasta [see Living Cirripedia 2: 319].
Asks JDD to identify and give geographical distribution of pieces of coral in which some cirripedes are imbedded.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Dwight Dana |
| Date: | 15 Feb [1852] |
| Classmark: | Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (Dana Family Papers (MS 164) Series 1, Box 2, folder 43) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1473 |
Addressee
| Dana, J. D. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Dana, J. D. | |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
