plant/animal reference) to get a bigger picture
Team Photo South Whidbey State Park 2009 |
Onchidoris with eggs |
A team was also hard at work at South Whidbey State Park on April 27th. Team captain Libby Haywood reports that her enthusiastic group identified
barnacle eating nudibranchs and their egg ribbons, hermit crabs, and they found four species of barnacles on a massive erratic that was also home to quite a variety of seaweeds. Charlie Seablom got photos of a dark colored 1 cm long invertebrate believed to be either Melanochlymus or the very similar appearing Aglaja, both of which are nudibranch relatives. The team rotated jobs, giving everyone a turn at taking measurements, recording data, and working on quadrats.