Instructor:
Ms. K. Dudzik
Research Assignment List
Protists
Paramecium (live)
Euglena (live)
Diatoms (river water)
Amoeba (prepared)
Foraminifera (prepared)
Animalia
Porifera
Grantia sp. Marine sponge
Euspongia sp. Wool (commercial) sponge
Chalina sp. Finger sponge (Chalina
sp.)
Euplectella aspergillum Glass sponge
Cnidaria
Anthozoa:
Metridium,Gorgonia
Hydrozoa: Obelia; Hydra; Physalia
Scyphozoa: Aurelia flag mouth jelly
Platyhelminthes
Tuberellaria: Planaria
Trematoda: Fasciola liver fluke
Cestoda: Moniezia sp.
or Taenia sp.
Mollusca
Lab:
Polyplacophra: Katherina (dorsal and ventral: muscular
foot, girdle, gills, mouth, anus, gills)
Gastropoda: Helix; Dendronotus
Bivalvia: Mytilus anatomy
Cephalopoda: Loligo (label mantle and siphon)
(Birch Aquarium)
Bivalvia (2)
Clams, oysters, scallops,
mussels
Gastropoda (2)
Snails, whelks, slugs,
abalone, limpets
Cephalopod
(2)
Squid,
octopus, nautilus
Annelida
Polychaeta: Nereis (parapodia setae)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus (earthworm clitellum)
Hirudinea: Haemopis (posterior and anterior
sucker, clitellum
Nematoda
Ascaris
Vinegar eels
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpion
Hexapoda:
Grasshopper
Walking stick
Diplopoda
Millipede
Chilopoda:
Centipede
Crustacea:
Merostomata Horseshoe crab (dorsal and ventral)
Birch Aquarium: (2 Crustacea)
Shrimp, lobsters, crabs,
barnacles, copepods
Echinodermata Birch Aquarium (2)
Lab: Asteroidea dissection
Ophiuroidea: brittlestar
Urochordata
Ciona
Leathery tunicate
Sea peach
Cephalochordata
Lancelet
Chordata
Vertebrata
Chondrichthyes Birch(2)
Sharks, rays, skates