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A piece of Pubispore from the Island of Batanta in the Streights of Dampier

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 1, 1822

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 120

Notes:

Pubipore is apparently a species of coral related to madrepore. See Carl von Linné, A General System of Nature, 4 (London, 1806), p. 611 / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41106175

The Dampier Strait passes through the Indonesian archipelago of Raja Ampat (West Papua province).