Also they periodically shed their crown, leaving the novice aquarist horrified and believing the precious creature has died. These species occur only where they typically receive moderately strong laminar water currents, and typically do not stay in the same area their whole life.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Feather Duster Worm
Real name is Sabellidae, but nick named after a feather duster for its unique shape and almost identicfal to a underwater feather duster. Feather duster worms are members of the Phylum annelida, the segmented worms, which includes the common earthworm. The feather dusters belong to the class Polychaeta, one of the four classes of annelids. They build tubes out of parchment, sand, and bits of shell. An insteresting fact is that Feather duster worms reproduce both sexually and asexually. Sexual reproduction involves the release of gametes into the water where the fertilized eggs develop into free-swimming larvae that eventually settle in an appropriate habitat.
Also they periodically shed their crown, leaving the novice aquarist horrified and believing the precious creature has died. These species occur only where they typically receive moderately strong laminar water currents, and typically do not stay in the same area their whole life.



Also they periodically shed their crown, leaving the novice aquarist horrified and believing the precious creature has died. These species occur only where they typically receive moderately strong laminar water currents, and typically do not stay in the same area their whole life.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Instruments under the Ocean
Biological Nansen Bottle- Racks on side for reversing thermometers that record temperature of water
Chemical test kit- helps test the waters in the ocean to figure out what chemicals are present.
JZ Bacterialogical Bottle-Water is sampled in a sterile container for bacterial examination
Wash Bucket- use to discover and examine organisms caught
Transects- transects are done by recording all organisms touching the line, strip transects are done by recording all organisms within a certain distance of the line, and spot transects are done by recording all organims found at certain points along the line.
Bob Ballard
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