Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By November 1825
Primary Source Reference:
Thomas Say, "On the Species of the Linnæan Genus Asterias, Inhabiting the Coast of the United States," Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 5, part 1 (1825): 141-154 (described on p. 152) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24657187
Additional Source Text:
"Read November 1, 1825"
"This is a beautiful and curious species, belonging to the Philadelphia Museum, to which Mr. T. Peale informs me it was presented by Mr. F. Brauil, who obtained it in the West Indies." (pp. 152n-153n)
Notes:
Thomas Say (1787-1834) was an American naturalist. His definitive studies of insects and shells, numerous contributions to scientific journals, and scientific expeditions to Florida, Georgia, the Rocky Mountains, Mexico, and elsewhere made him internationally known. Say has been called the father of American descriptive entomology and American conchology. He served as librarian for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, curator at the American Philosophical Society, and professor of natural history at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1821 he was appointed Professor of Zoology at the Peale Museum, but he evidently did not give the planned lectures.
Current Scientific Name
Asteroschema oligactes
