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3 unusual facts about Arthur Dendy


Arthur Dendy

These included terrestrial flatworms (Planaria) and nemerteans, but the most famous of his animals was the so-called "living fossil" Peripatus.

Arthur Dendy (Manchester, 20 January 1865-24 March 1925, London) was an English zoologist known for his work on marine sponges and the terrestrial invertebrates of Victoria, Australia, notably including the "living fossil" Peripatus.

Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas

He wrote with Arthur Dendy An Introduction to the Study of Botany which was published in 1892 (3rd ed. 1915), with W. H. D. Le Souef, The Animals of Australia (1909), and The Birds of Australia (1911).



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