Virtual Lab
While scuba diving near Charleston, South Carolina, you spot an unusual sea creature on the sea floor. As a scientist, you collect the specimen and return it to the lab for identification. Using the image and clues below, identify the phylum and class of this sea worm. You may also use any online resource to assist with your identification. Write a report no less than 100 words long justifying your categorization.
Lab Notes (Clues)
1. Is there segmentation?
2. While observing this organism, you witnessed it capture another organism using a long proboscis. (is is parasitic, filter feeder or predatory?)
3. Where was it found? (is it benthic, pleagic, planktonic?)
4. Does it have a body cavity? (coelom)
5. Does it have a circulatory system? If so, is it open or closed?
6. What structures are present to aid in locomotion?
Lab Report: Use this lab report to document your findings and submit via Bb. You can also find this in the Bb folder for Worms.
2. While observing this organism, you witnessed it capture another organism using a long proboscis. (is is parasitic, filter feeder or predatory?)
3. Where was it found? (is it benthic, pleagic, planktonic?)
4. Does it have a body cavity? (coelom)
5. Does it have a circulatory system? If so, is it open or closed?
6. What structures are present to aid in locomotion?
Lab Report: Use this lab report to document your findings and submit via Bb. You can also find this in the Bb folder for Worms.
photo: http://www.dnr.sc.gov