Creature of The Week

Question 1

California Mussel scientific name

Answer 1

mytilus californianus

Question 2

California Mussel what they attache by

Answer 2

Byssal Threads

Question 3

Mussel Food supply

Answer 3

filters two to three liters of water an hour

Question 4

Giant Green Anemone scientific name

Answer 4

anthopleura xanthogrammica

Question 5

Green anameone diet

Answer 5

detached mussels, crabs and small fishes

Question 6

Green anemone size

Answer 6

7 inches

Question 7

Green anemone range

Answer 7

Alaska to panama

Question 8

Green anemone cool fact

Answer 8

the sunlight makes the green brighter, but in the sun the green wastes away and turns blanch white

Question 9

Acorn Barnacle scientific name

Answer 9

balanus glandula

Question 10

Acorn barnacle realatives

Answer 10

related to shrimp

Question 11

Acorn Barnacle evolution

Answer 11

cement themelves on a hard surface head down feet up, when water the trap door opens and feet sweep for plankton

Question 12

orange puffball sponge scientific name

Answer 12

thehya aurantia

Question 13

Orange puffballs tiny pores called

Answer 13

ostia that carry oxygen

Question 14

Orange puffball sponges structural protein

Answer 14

Spongin

Question 15

Orange puffballs sponge waste opening called

Answer 15

oscula

Question 16

Copepod scientific name

Answer 16

phylum arthopoda

Question 17

copepod what they eat

Answer 17

diatoms, and phytoplankton

Question 18

copepod size

Answer 18

.25 inches

Question 19

copepod habitat

Answer 19

all marine and freshwater habitats

Question 20

copepod relatives

Answer 20

shrimp, crab, lobsters

Question 21

copepod how much it eats in 24 hours

Answer 21

11,000 to 373,000 diatoms

Question 22

By-the-wind sailor scientific name

Answer 22

velella velella

Question 23

BWS when there blown ashore

Answer 23

late spring or early summer

Question 24

BWS what they are made up of

Answer 24

polyps or zooids

Question 25

BWS diet

Answer 25

fish eggs, shrimp eggs, copepods and other plankton

Question 26

BWS size

Answer 26

3 inches

Question 27

BWS habitat

Answer 27

temperate and tropical waters

Question 28

BWS relatives

Answer 28

phylum Cnidaria, class hydrozoa