Day 8

Day 8 of this experiment I tried to see how the diversity is in the micro-aquariums.  The first thing I found was a crab like organism called Seed Shrimp.  This organism is in the Animalia kingdom, Arthropoda Phylum, Crustacea subphylum, and the Ostracoda class.  The Seed Shrimp I observed seemed to be a scavenger, all it did was move around fairly quickly eating everything in sight.  If it didn't find it tasty it just spit it back out.  The next thing I observed was Lakowitziuna Rotifer.  This Rotifer was very small and just swam around with no sense of direction trying to find something to eat that is smaller then itself.  The last thing I looked at during my time in the lab was a Philodina Rotifer, its actions were similar to the Lakowitziuna Rotifer, but the Philodina was about twice the size, and more of an oval shape, while the Lakowitziuna was more circular.