Biological Oceanography - The Worms & Mollusks

**Shape of Life Connections** Click here to learn more about our friends the Platys and here for the beautiful Annelid Worms. Which one is your favorite?

A) Click here for the link to the PowerPoint about Marine Worms and here to see a quick video clip about Swimmer's Itch.

B) Click here or here for links to our Clam Anatomy webquest site. Click on the following for individual photos: whole clam picture, inside the valve,  left mantle removed,  both lamellae removed, visceral mass removed,  intestine-heart

C) Click here for the "How Smart is the Octopus" article and here to see cool molluscan camouflage.

D) Click here to see a scallop's great escape.

E) Click here to see the connection between Phylum Mollusca and Long Island's water quality.

F) Click here to see the PowerPoint about Bivalves

G) Click here to watch the Nova presentation of The Perfect Pearl.

H) Click here to see the PowerPoint about Gastropods and here to see how cool the mantle is (spoiler alert-VERY!).

I) Click here to see the PowerPoint about Cephalopods and here to see who is "The Buoyant Battleship" and why it is referred to that way (Holy Radula!).

J) Click here to see Discovery Channel's presentation of "The Ultimate Guide: Octopus"

K) Click here for a squid anatomy link and here to view the squid dissection.

L) Click here to see the first footage of the giant squid and here to see a TED Talk discussing it.

M) What do you know about Long Island Mollusks? Not much? Then click here and here to learn more about our amazing and delicious oysters and scallops!

N. Did you know there are "Rock Eating" Mollusks? Click here and here to learn more!