CXIII. An account of several rare species of barnacles. In a letter to Mr. Isaac Romilly, F. R. S. from John Ellis, Esq; F. R. S.

Abstract

Dear Sir, Those rare and very extraordinary new species of Barnacles, which you have lately received from abroad, are so different from any of the common species, that I have seen, that I was resolved to inquire into the nature of an animal, which, like a Proteus, appears in so many different shapes or coverings in different parts of the world.