Pearson College Marine Science

It was a sunny but windy afternoon yesterday in the intertidal zone with D block.  We saw a few things of note…

At least Ehsan & Ivan were taking note!

A dead California sea cucumber (Parastichopus californicus).  Very curious about the circumstances surrounding its arrival in the intertidal zone.

And we saw lots of eggs – several yellow whelk egg capsules and green fish eggs wedged into a crack in the rock.

We also collected some hairy hermit crabs for Tom’s extended essay work on shell selection in hermit crabs.

Tags: Director's intertidal, green fish eggs, hairy hermit crab, Pagurus hirsutiusculus, Parastichopus californicus, Pedder Bay, rocky intertidal zone, whelk egg capsules, year 39

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