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Our Marine Ecology Lab Collections
are designed to have the learning impact of a field trip to the
coast. Each collection includes plants and animals found in the
various coastal habitats of the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy.
Use several collections in comparison and the link between habitat
and form and function of the species that live there will be demonstrated.
When used in conjunction with one of the many teaching
manuals available through Gulf of Maine, Inc. these collections
give your students the next best thing to an actual field trip.
Two specimens of each species are included.
| Number |
Name
of Collection |
Species
Typically Included |
Live
Collection |
| ECC01 |
Rocky Shore Collection |
This collection contains
an assortment of common living animals and plants collected
from the intertidal and subtidal area of a rocky shore. Species
that are usually included are, 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), Scuds (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.) |
$275.00 |
| ECC02 |
Muddy Shore Collection |
This collection contains an assortment
of common living animals and plants collected from the intertidal
and subtidal area of a muddy shore. Species that are usually
included are, Chlorophyta:
Hollow green weed (Enteromorpha) Phaeophyta:
Black whip weed (Chordaria), Hollw stem kelp (Laminaria)
Rhodophyta: Laver (Porphyra)
Mollusca: Ten ridged whelk (Neptunea), Chestnut Astarte
(Astarte), Slipper shell (Crepidula),
Common periwinkle (Littorina), Soft
shelled clam (Mya), Rough mantled nudibranch (Onchidoris)
Annelida: Sandworm (Nereis),
Spaghetti worm (Amphitrite), Shimmy worm (Nephtys)
Arthropoda: Hermit crab (Pagurus), Green
crab (Carcinus),
Bent
mysid shrimp (Mysis),
Sand shrimp (Crangon) Echinodermata: Silky sea
cucumber (Chirodota), Northern sea star (Asterias), Green
sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus)
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$275.00 |
| ECC03 |
Sandy Shores Collection |
This collection contains an assortment
of common living animals and plants collected from the intertidal
and subtidal area of a sandy shore. Species that are usually
included are, Chlorophyta:
Green sea lettuce (Ulva) Phaeophyta:
Sugar kelp (Alaria) Cnidaria:
Burrowing anomone (Edwarsia)
Mollusca: Ten ridged whelk (Neptunea),
Chestnut Astarte (Astarte), Slipper shell (Crepidula),
Common periwinkle (Littorina), Soft
shelled clam (Mya) Annelida:
Sandworm (Nereis), Spaghetti worm (Amphitrite), Shimmy worm
(Nephtys), Lugworm (Arenicola),
Bloodworms (Glycera) Arthropoda:
Hermit crab (Pagurus), Green
crab (Carcinus),
Bent
mysid shrimp (Mysis),
Sand shrimp (Crangon), Beach flea (Orchestia)
Echinodermata: Silky sea cucumber (Chirodota), Sand
dollar (Echinarachnius), Northern sea star (Asterias), Green
sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus)
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$275.00 |
| ECC04 |
Pilings and Floats
Collection |
Man-made structures such as wharves,
pilings and floats provide an excellent and varied habitat
for many invertebrates. This collection contains an assortment
of plants and animals taken from such areas. Species which
are usually included are, Chlorophyta:
Green sea lettuce (Ulva) Phaeophyta:
Sugar kelp (Laminaria) Rhodophyta:
Dulse (Rhodymenia) Cnidaria:
Frilled anemone (Metridium), Northern
red anemone (Urticina), Pink hearted hydroid (Tubularia),
Wineglass hydroid (Obelia) Bryozoa:
Bushy sea fern (Bugula) Mollusca:
Tortoiseshell limpet (Acmaea), Atlantic red chiton (Ischnochiton),
Blue mussel (Mytilus), Common periwinkle (Littorina),
Rock borer (Hiatella),
Whaved whelk (Buccinium) Annelida: Slime
fan worm (Myxicola), Spaghetti worms (Amphitrite), Sandworms
(Nereis), Twelve scaled worm (Lepidonotus) Arthropoda:
Green crab (Carcinus),
Rock
barnacle (Balanus), Toad
crab (Hyas), Echinodermata:
Orange-footed cucumber (Cucumaria), Northern sea star (Asterias),
Green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus), Blood star (Henricia)
Urochordata: Sea vase (Ciona),
Sea grape (Molgula), Sea Peach (Halocynthia), Cactus sea squirt
(Boltenia)
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$275.00 |
| ECC05 |
Estuaries Collection
(available June to September) |
This collection contains an assortment
of common living animals and plants collected from a typical
brackish pond and estuary. Species that are usually included
are, Chlorophyta:
Hollow green weed (Enteromorpha), Green slime (Cladomorpha)
Tracheophyta: Marsh grass (Spartina),
Eel
grass (Zostera)
Mollusca: Tortoiseshell limpet (Acmaea), Blue
mussel (Mytilus), Common periwinkle (Littorina), Soft shelled
clams (Mya) Annelida: Sandworms
(Nereis), Spaghetti worms (Amphitrite) Arthropoda:
Hermit crab (Pagurus), Green crab (Carcinus),
Rock
barnacle (Balanus), Scuds (Gammarus), Sand shrimp (Crangon)
Echinodermata: Brooding sea star (Leptasterias)
Urochordata: Sea vase (Ciona), Sea Peach (Halocynthia),
Cactus sea squirt (Boltenia e.) Chordata:
Three spine stickleback (Gasterosteus),
Mummichog (Fundulus)
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$275.00 |
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