Mollusk Discovery

Cephalopod

Common Name: Dumbo Octopus

Scientific Name: Grimpoteuthis

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animal

Phylum: mollusk

Class: Cephalopoda

Family: Opisthoteuthidae

Genus: Grimpoteuthis

Species: Grimpoteuthis

You tube video of a Dumbo Octopus

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DpOEKxoZtMmM&sa=X&ei=dtWQTeiqM-i40QHywZShCw&ved=0CDwQuAIwAA&usg=AFQjCNEKdG1mlAL5f26rNJ7rBaX_F4r5tQ
Another video in case the top you tube video is'nt good. (because I can't see it)
http://www.splashvision.com/Video/12688_-Dumbo-Octopus-in-Olympic-Coast-National-Marine-Sanctuary.html

Chacteristics of a Cephalopod 'head-foot' :

• swim with jet propulsion
• have a beak in center of tentacles
• have large well developed eyes
• passive or active camoflauge
• ability to make dark ink clouds

Crustaceans and Echinoderms



Crustaceans 

Differences

Exoskeleton

Bilateral symmetry

Molt









http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/animals/images/800/krill.jpg

Kingdom: Animal

Phylum: Arthropod
Class: malacostraca
Order: Euphausiacea
Family: Euphausiidae
Genus: Euphausia
Species: Euphausia superba





http://www.hermitcrabsecrets.com/wp-content/themes/NicheProfitPressV2/images/HermitCrabpic.jpg

Kingdom: Animal

Phylum: Arthropod
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Coenobitidae
Genus: Coenobita
Species: C. clypeatus

  





http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/hermit%20crab%20in%20a%20glass%20shell.jpg

 



http://www.petsfoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Mantis-Shrimp2.jpg
Kingdom: Animal

Phylum: Arthropod
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Odontodactylidae
Genus: Odontodactylus
Species: Odontodactylus scyllarus



















Echinoderms  

Differences

Endoskeleton  

Radial symmetry 

Test   

http://www.puffin.org.uk/files/images/WSQ160_Gallery_Echinoderms.jpg

Kingdom: Animal

Phylum: Echinoderm
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Spinulosida
Family: Curulionoidea
Genus: Solaster
Species: Solaster dawsoni



http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20051026/a919_1857.jpg

Kingdom: Animal

Phylum: Echinoderm
Class: Crinoidea
Order: Comatulida
Family: Curculionoidea
Genus: Tropiometra 
Species: Tropiometra carinata 

















http://www.divebums.com/week/Sep06-2005/sea-star-channeled_terry-strait.jpg

Kingdom: Animal

Phylum: Echinoderm
Class: Asteroidea
Order: ForcipulatidaFamily: AsteriidaeGenus: PycnopodiaSpecies: helianthoides

 

 







 ***Similarities: 

regeneration

             
Awesome echinoderm/sea stars video                                                       



http://animal.discovery.com/videos/life-on-animal-planet/?bcid=73073289001

Graham cracker marine reserve

Our class made Graham Cracker Marine Reserves using icing, various sprinkles, a graham cracker, a lifesaver, and marshmallows. First we put icing on the front of the cracker to create a surface for organisms to fall on and place a dollop of icing on the back of the graham cracker and a lifesaver on top which symbolizes the bolt which attaches it to the substrate. Then we sprinkled on red suger crystals to represnt Red coralline algae and counted and recorded the number of red sugar crystals or red coralline algae. Next we pour out some brown long john to show diatom and recorded their number as well. Next comes the barnacles or rainbow sprinkles and once they were counted up we added one mini-marshmallow for every 10 rainbow sprinkle to show adult diatoms. Then we added rainbow long johns to show coral and we added rainbow flower sprinkles to represent oyster spat.

DAY #6: Signs of Spring

Last week my class went outside to find signs of spring but unfortunately I was out sick with bronchitis. So this week I went outside at my house to find signs of spring in my backyard.
      



 Site 1:
For my first site I went out the door, beyond the porch into the yard to the first couple of trees out back. I noticed the trees had little buds on the branches, the first sign of spring! The wind was blowing gently and it was pretty chilly and overcast outside; I'd estimate around 50 degrees burrrrr! The ground was sticky and wet with red mud. Little birds were chriping and tittering noisily in the trees above my head. I saw a large dark colored bird flying overhead but could not figure out what kind of bird it was. As my boots slid on the slippery wet grass I noticed that patches of my yard had already turned a lush green.

Site 2:
I headed down towards the barn and around the back of it for my second site.The birds disturbed by me, flew out of the stable where they must have a nest hidden. Around back I saw one of our cows and her older calf grazing on the little bit of grass now on the ground. While walking around the fence I found a little green patch of clover on the ground, but unfortunately I couldn't find a four leaf clover anywhere. The sky was heavy and dark with gray clouds and I could feel a few droplets that hit my arm.


Site 3:
Around this time my Granny had spotted me and headed my way, she was walking her dogs Molly and Lucy. After hearing about my search and she lead to her house next door to see some of her flowers. We found a single pale pink flower bud open on a flower bush in her backyard.
We also found small yellow flower buds on a bush in her front yard and the daffodils out front had small green buds but no flowers have appeared yet.




Site 4:After saying goodbye to Granny I headed back to my house and to the front yard. The drizzle that had started stopped suddenly but the sky remained cloudy and it was getting colder. I could hear our dogs barking and cars driving down the road. In the front yard I found some weeds with little purple flowers on them. Near the railroad ties framing the gravel driveway I found some tiny sky blue flowers with little leaves in the grass. I also found some wild onion grass in the front yard as well.