Author: Foster, B. A.
Title: The marine fauna of New Zealand: Barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica).
Description: Wellington, New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, 1978. Large 4to (28.0 x .21.5 cm). Full-colour frontispiece; 144 pp., 74 text figures, 14 plates. Original printed softcover. = A well-illustrated monograph of Charles Darwin's favourite animals, actually, several species treated were originally described by Darwin. Several "text figures" are in fact page-sized. Includes notes on the distribution, phylogeny, synonymies, habitats, etc., etc. Cancelled stamp on front wrapper and title, tiny label on front wrapper, otherwise avery good, clean copy. Very scarce.

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