From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
17 July [1851]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 2)
Summary:
Thanks for report [on echinoderms, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2d ser. 8 (1851): 1–19]. Wanted to learn about metamorphosis of the class. Agrees with THH’s distinction between individuals and zooids, but thinks zooids will never cease to be called individuals.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project