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A Large Star-fish from the Isle of May measuring 14 Inches in diameter

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

September 4, 1811

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 56

Notes:

The common starfish (Asterias rubens) is the most common and familiar starfish in the northeast Atlantic and is native to all British and Irish coasts.

The Isle of May is located in the north of the outer Firth of Forth, off the east coast of mainland Scotland.

Current Common Name:

Common starfish

Current Scientific Name

Asterias rubens