STEENSTRUP, J. JAPETUS.

Hectocotyldannelsen hos Octopodslægterne Argonauta og Tremoctopus, oplyst ved Iagttagelse af lignende annelser hos Blæksprutterne i Almindelighed. (Offprint from "Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter").

Københavns, 1856.

4to. Uncut unopened in the original blue boards. Offprint from "Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter". A nice and clean copy. 31, (1) pp. + 2 engraved plates. 

First printing of Steenstrups classic work on the octopods, where he for the first time disclosed the findings of a male arm filled with seminal fluid in the female. This object was, before Steenstrups finding, considered as a parasitic worm.

Order-nr.: 62448