Letter 9414
Darwin, C. R. to Dohrn, F. A.
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Has written to J. Murray to have account of the Zoological Station inserted in the Murray guidebook.
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The circular about the Station has been printed; some have already signed.
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Received R. Kossman's paper on Anelasma ["Untersuchungen über die durch Parasitismus hervorgerufenen Umbildungen in der Familie der Pedunculata", Verh. Phys.-med. Ges. Würz. N. F. 5 (1874): 129–57]. The case is the most interesting ever recorded of gradation, i.e., from an animal with a stomach to one with roots like a plant.
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Delighted he will examine the complemental males of Scalpellum.