"I, astonished, discovered by chance the only specimen”: the first velvet worm (Onychophora)
The first description of a velvet worm, misidentified as a slug with legs, was published in Latin by Lansdown Guilding in 1826, but apparently, no translation is available. Here, I present English and Spanish translations of that first description, and some biographical notes on Guilding.
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | eng |
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Universidad de Costa Rica
2019
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/39056 |
| Summary: | The first description of a velvet worm, misidentified as a slug with legs, was published in Latin by Lansdown Guilding in 1826, but apparently, no translation is available. Here, I present English and Spanish translations of that first description, and some biographical notes on Guilding. |
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