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Pino BuccaYoruno at it.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Pennatula_phosphorea.jpg

IMAGE INFORMATION

A large sea-pen

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 28, 1792

Primary Source Reference:

Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 28 Aug 1792

Additional Source Text:

The donor was identifed as of Wilmington

Notes:

There are 450 species of sea pen, including the Pennatula phosphorea pictured here.

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Peale's Common Name:

Sea pen

Current Common Name:

Sea pen

Current Scientific Name

Pennatula phosphorea