A Trip to Menemsha

On Tuesday Amanda and I caught creatures at Menemsha.  We were so excited that we caught a sea star. We also caught a small bright green minnow, a green crab, a lady crab, two spider crabs, a hermit crab, and a fish.  Suzan, the director at Felix Neck, told us it was probably an oyster toadfish.  

The sea star's suction cups sucked onto my hand and won't let go. 

This is a video of a hermit crab.

We found a bunch of these attached to the dock.  When we got home, we dissected it to help us learn about the animal.  We found small animals and plants on it.  There was orange stuff in the inside.  Suzan, the director at Felix Neck, helped us identify it.  It is a sea squirt.  We learned that is an invasive species.  She did not know that they were there.  Another example of an invasive species is the Asian Shore Crab.      

This is a mussel we found on the sea squirt. 

This is a video of a krill that we found on the sea squirt. 

This is what we found inside.