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Plankton Sampling

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Marine Dinoflagellates

(examples from Australia)

http://www.botany.unimelb.edu.au/eukdiv/

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Diatoms(my favorite)

Living Diatom colonies (Thalassiosira (centric) and Fragilariopsis (pennate))

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Foraminifera—Phylum Protozoa

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RADIOLARIA--siliceous size: 10s of microns

Medusa:Phylum CnidariaJellyfish, corals, sea anemones

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Clam Larvae

Pterapods• tiny gastropods/snails• Calcareous• less than 10mm• Have 2 “wings”• Sea butterflies

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Phylum Annelida (aka worms!)Class: Polychaeta

segmented with lovely bristly body

Copepods:2 LONG antennae

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Barnacle Larvae

Mature, attached barnacle

Mysids:NO external gills

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Amphipods:Large, Compressed body

Krill (aka: the food of whales)Have external gills

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zoea

megalops

Phylum Chaetognatha—Arrow wormsBristly mouth parts—yikes!

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Tunicates (Salps and Doliolids)

Fish

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