We inhabit a water planet. The bible tells us about the nature of the earth and its formation and then sculpting by water from the very beginning: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the […]
Sir Lancelet and the Sea Squire
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 […]
