Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
January 23, 1792
Primary Source Reference:
Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 23 Jan 1792
Additional Source Text:
Also listed in New-York Daily Gazette, 28 Jan 1792 and Argus (Boston), 10 Feb 1791
Notes:
A large crab common to the waters off Spain's Atlantic coast is the Brown crab, or Buey de mar (Cancer pagurus).
Stephen Decatur, Sr. (1751-1808) was an American naval captain in the Revolutionary War and later in the Quasi-War with France.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Crab
Current Common Name:
Brown crab
Current Scientific Name
Cancer pagurus
