To J. D. Dana 6 December [1853]
Summary
Responds to JDD’s objections to his views on the three pairs of appendages in larvae of cirripedes. Reports observations which confirm his views.
Gives his confidential opinion of A. White, C. S. Bate, T. Bell, and W. Baird.
Interested in JDD’s observation that Crustacea are not most developed in the tropics. If JDD ever works it out either in number of species or rank, CD would be glad to have result.
Comments on article by Henri Milne-Edwards ["Crustacés", Ann. Sci. Nat. (Zool.) 18 (1852): 109–66].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Dwight Dana |
| Date: | 6 Dec [1853] |
| Classmark: | Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (Dana Family Papers (MS 164) Series 1, Box 2, folder 43) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1542 |
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| letter | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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| Dana, J. D. | (1) |
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| Dana, J. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
