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To Daniel Navarro (& all other interested Paleonetters),
The reference to which the citation "Phylum Arthropoda Siebold & Stannius, 1845" refers is quite cryptic.
In recent years, there has been a tendency to cite "Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848".
I consider the correct citation to be "Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1845".
The physical reference you want is the following:
Siebold, C.Th. von. 1848. Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie der Wirbellosen Thiere [also known as Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie, Erster Theil, Wirbellose Thiere]. Berlin. Veit & Comp. 679 pp.
The first usage of "Arthropoda" is on p. 4 of this book in the following manner [translated from the German]:
"Classification of the Invertebrate Animals.
... ... ...
Fifth Group.
Arthropoda.
Animals having a perfectly symmetrical form, and articulated organs of locomotion. The central masses of the nervous system consist of a ring of gnaglia surrounding the oesophagus, from which proceeds a chain of abdominal ganglia.
Class XIII. Crustacea.
Class XIV. Arachnida.
Class XV. Insecta."
Some additional explanation:
Siebold & Stannius collaborated in putting together a comparative anatomy work on animals - Siebold did the invertebrates and Stannius did the vertebrates. So, the "Arthropoda" citation should be attributed to just Siebold, since it occurs in his portion of the work. The 1848 book is the invertebrates volume. The vertebrates volume (by Stannius) was released in 1846.
Now, any library that has Siebold's book will have (as far as I can tell from all the copies I've seen) a title page dated 1848. So, most people now give the citation as Siebold (1848). However, one wonders where the "1845" came from in the first place.
It turns out that Siebold's invertebrate volume was published & released in 3 parts, or stages. The first part ("Heft 1") was demonstrably released in 1845. The next two parts ("Heft 2" and "Heft 3") were demonstrably released in 1848. Once the 2nd and 3rd parts were released, they got bound together with the 1st part and given a new title page (I've not yet seen a preserved title page of the 1845 part).
If anyone wants to cite Siebold (1845), then the following is probably best:
Siebold, C.T.E. von. 1845. Lehrbuch der Vergleichenden Anatomie der Wirbellosen Thiere [Heft 1]. Berlin. Veit & Comp. 208 pp. [republished 1848 with “Heft 2” and “Heft 3”, 679 pp. total]
Evidence that the 1st part was released in 1845:
1) statement in 2nd entry of 1st column on p. 359 of "Kayser's Bucher-Lexicon", volume 10 (= 1841-1846, A-Z).
2) old hand-written note on front end-papers in the British Library's copy of Siebold (1848).
3) statement by Siebold himself on p. x of the preface of the 1854 English edition (Comparative Anatomy, Volume I. Boston. Gould & Lincoln), from which the above German-English translation derives.
I have photocopies of the relevant "Arthropoda" paragraph in both the original 1845 German and 1854 English editions. I would be happy to run off extra copies & mail them to anyone who really needs them. Just provide a complete mailing address.
Best,
James St. John
stjohn.2@osu.edu
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