Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
January 10, 1816
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 80
Additional Source Text:
"Growing in their natural situation on a stone, taken up, off Indian River, while fishing in 15 fathom Water."
Notes:
Antipathes is a genus of coral in the order Antipatharia, composed of black coral (so named for its black skeleton).
The donor was Capt. Jared Bunce (1759-1832), who commanded the packet Georgia, sailing between Philadelphia and Charleston / https://archive.org/details/lifeandlettersb00johngoog/page/n34/mode/2up
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Scientific Name
Antipathes
