Gulf of Maine Rocky Shores (Ecology Lab Collection)
The Gulf of Maine Rocky Shores Ecology Lab Collection contains an assortment of common living animals and plants collected from the intertidal and subtidal areas of a rocky shore.
Depending on “catch of the day,” species included may be:
Chlorophyta: green sea lettuce (Ulva)
Phaeophyta: bladder wrack (Fucus), horsetail kelp (Laminaria)
Rhodophyta: Irish moss (Chondrus), encrusting algae (Lithothamnion)
Porifera: crumb of bread sponge (Halichondria)
Cnidaria: frilled anemone (Metridium), wineglass hydroid (Obelia)
Bryozoa: bushy sea fern (Bugula)
Mollusca: tortoiseshell limpet (Acmaea), Atlantic red chiton (Ischnochiton), blue mussel (Mytilus), common periwinkle (Littorina), dog whelk (Thias)
Annelida: twelve-scaled worm (Lepidonotus)
Arthropoda: hermit crab (Pagurus), green crab (Carcinus), rock barnacle (Balanus), scud (Gammarus)
Echinodermata: orange-footed cucumber (Cucumaria), northern sea star (Asterias), green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus)
Urochordata: sea vase (Ciona), sea peach (Halocynthia), cactus sea squirt (Boltenia e.)
The Gulf of Maine Rocky Shores Ecology Lab Collection contains an assortment of common living animals and plants collected from the intertidal and subtidal areas of a rocky shore.
Depending on “catch of the day,” species included may be:
Chlorophyta: green sea lettuce (Ulva)
Phaeophyta: bladder wrack (Fucus), horsetail kelp (Laminaria)
Rhodophyta: Irish moss (Chondrus), encrusting algae (Lithothamnion)
Porifera: crumb of bread sponge (Halichondria)
Cnidaria: frilled anemone (Metridium), wineglass hydroid (Obelia)
Bryozoa: bushy sea fern (Bugula)
Mollusca: tortoiseshell limpet (Acmaea), Atlantic red chiton (Ischnochiton), blue mussel (Mytilus), common periwinkle (Littorina), dog whelk (Thias)
Annelida: twelve-scaled worm (Lepidonotus)
Arthropoda: hermit crab (Pagurus), green crab (Carcinus), rock barnacle (Balanus), scud (Gammarus)
Echinodermata: orange-footed cucumber (Cucumaria), northern sea star (Asterias), green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus)
Urochordata: sea vase (Ciona), sea peach (Halocynthia), cactus sea squirt (Boltenia e.)
The Gulf of Maine Rocky Shores Ecology Lab Collection contains an assortment of common living animals and plants collected from the intertidal and subtidal areas of a rocky shore.
Depending on “catch of the day,” species included may be:
Chlorophyta: green sea lettuce (Ulva)
Phaeophyta: bladder wrack (Fucus), horsetail kelp (Laminaria)
Rhodophyta: Irish moss (Chondrus), encrusting algae (Lithothamnion)
Porifera: crumb of bread sponge (Halichondria)
Cnidaria: frilled anemone (Metridium), wineglass hydroid (Obelia)
Bryozoa: bushy sea fern (Bugula)
Mollusca: tortoiseshell limpet (Acmaea), Atlantic red chiton (Ischnochiton), blue mussel (Mytilus), common periwinkle (Littorina), dog whelk (Thias)
Annelida: twelve-scaled worm (Lepidonotus)
Arthropoda: hermit crab (Pagurus), green crab (Carcinus), rock barnacle (Balanus), scud (Gammarus)
Echinodermata: orange-footed cucumber (Cucumaria), northern sea star (Asterias), green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus)
Urochordata: sea vase (Ciona), sea peach (Halocynthia), cactus sea squirt (Boltenia e.)
