GNT60170 Examining Scorpions in AMNH collections

Lorenzo Prendini, Audrey Ndaba and Charles Griswold examining scorpions in the AMNH arachnid collections. Of interest were KwaZulu-Natal scorpions for Audrey’s JRS sponsored KwaZulu-Natal Scorpion Survey. 20 November 2013. (Photo Credit: Lou Sorkin)

Identifying African Marine Animals

People from nine countries at microscopes identifying African marine animals at Espegrend biological field station in Bergen, Norway, summer 2013. July 2, 2013. (Photo: K. Kongshavn)

Sabaco Bristle Worm

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) is frequently used to study the morphology of smaller sized animals. This picture shows the hind end of a Sabaco bristle worm collected in Nigeria. June 20, 2013. (SEM-Photo: K. Kongshavn)

Marine Sample

Ciliopagurus caparti (Forest, 1952), an hermit crab known from the S.E.Atlantic. September 19, 2013. (Photo Credit: K. Kongshavn)

Sorting Sediment Samples

The bristle worms (Polychaeta) are a dominant group of animals in the marine benthos. They are a challenge to sort from the sediment samples and to identify to species. The MIWA project has recorded up to 35 families of bristle worms in a single sample and many new species pending to be described. July 4, 2013. (Photo: E. Willassen)

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