To J. D. Dana 24 February [1850]
Summary
Regrets delay in sending pamphlets for JDD.
Thanks him for information concerning cirripedes.
Sends thanks to Charles Pickering for information about plant distribution.
Discusses boring species of cirripedes.
Believes Harry D. S. Goodsir mistaken about parasites on Balanus ["Observations on organs of generation in Crustacea", Edinburgh New Philos. J. 36 (1843–4): 183–6]. In fact parasites are the males of the species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Dwight Dana |
| Date: | 24 Feb [1850] |
| Classmark: | Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (Dana Family Papers (MS 164) Series 1, Box 2, folder 43) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1305 |
From J. D. Dana [before 29 December 1850]
Summary
Gives his opinion that the larval antennae in Lepas correspond with the inferior antennae, the superior not present, as in most Daphnidae. [See 1381.]
| Author: | James Dwight Dana |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 29 Dec 1850] |
| Classmark: | Living Cirripedia (1851): 15 n. |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1380A |
To J. D. Dana 29 December [1850]
Summary
Discusses attachment of antennae in larvae of cirripedes.
Asks for information about how parasitic cirripedes are attached to host.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Dwight Dana |
| Date: | 29 Dec [1850] |
| Classmark: | Smith College Library |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1381 |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Dana, J. D. | (1) |
Addressee
| Dana, J. D. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Dana, J. D. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
