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Pino BuccaYoruno at it.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia CommonsIMAGE INFORMATION

A beautiful Sea Feather

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