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Gorgonia, from Java

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