As you all know it has been a while since the last blog, but a blog without pictures isn't nearly as interesting, so here is the catch-up from the last week! We took a field trip out to the docks of the Historic Bayfront where we continued to look for new invertebrates to add to our collection. The main focus of our hunt was to find a few ctenophores, which are kind of like jellies. They are clear and have rows of cilia on their body which they use for movement. On my dive last weekend, Trista and I saw one that was at least four inches long, but at the docks we only found a tiny one, the size of a dime!
A lot of the week was also spent in preparation of our first exam and lab practicum. To study, we took a trip back to Strawberry Hill. There are so many inverts in the rocks that I never even noticed before this class! Our professor Sally would go from rock to rock, pointing out every invertebrate she found, while giving a review of the Latin names, life history, and taxonomic classification.
We also spent a lot of hours in the lab practicing our identification and completing our notebooks. This is a page from my notebook of a Hermissenda that we took back with us.
The exam was on Friday and we all did really well. I mixed up a few of my Latin names, but when you are learning over 75 in a week it is tough not to!!
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