Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
September 2, 1821
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 115
Notes:
There are many species of Gorgonia, commonly known as the sea fan, a sessile colonial soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae. For gorgonians in Java, see Yosephine Tuti and Leen P. van Ofwegen, "Gorgonians in Indonesian Waters" (2018), at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329705740_Gorgonians_in_Indone…
Current Scientific Name
Gorgoniidae
