Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
August 19, 1789
Primary Source Reference:
Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia), 19 Aug 1789
Additional Source Text:
Notes:
Variously defined as "corals forming featherlike colonies" and "any of several anthozoans with the skeleton branched into a featherlike form, as the sea pen," such as that pictured here. (Wikipedia)
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Sea feather
Current Scientific Name
