Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/17/2007 - 11:00
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Robyn,

I would love to see a picture of the sieve that was used for the core samples!  What kind of invertebrates did you find?  And what is a polychaetes?  Cool Robin Boonshoft Museum

Fri, 04/20/2007 - 08:51

Robyn Sweet

Robin-I will try to include some pictures of the sieves or tubes used. 
 
Invertebrates that I have seen so far are echiurans, polychaetes, brittle stars, barnacles, amphipods, arrow worms, and copepods to name a few. 
 
A polychaete is a worm that is abundant in the ocean. It has a lot of setae, or small bristle hair all along its sides. I’ll try to send some photos. 
 
Robyn