This hilarious idea originated, as many others have, from a particular section of Biology students that I teach. They are a creative and fun bunch. Other fun memes have included the Overdressed stuffed shirt lobsters and the Sketchy Nematodes. The lancelet, Phylum Cephalochordata, is a fish-like creature that burrows into the sand of shallow warm […]
The Sea Squirts, from Phylum Urochordata (Tunicata)
Another fun pencil and marker sketch of a delicate and lovely group of marine creatures, the sea squirts. Purportedly a “recent” ancestor of the vertebrates (including us), these organisms more closely resemble the sponges (Phylum Porifera) and the Cnidarians (jellyfish, hydra). For a helpful discussion on how scientists attempt to categorize this group, check out […]
Dissection Season: Earthworms (Phylum Annelida)
