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Chain Tunicate (Botrylloides violaceus)Observer
stu_crawfordDescription
Growing on a settlement plate
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Tricyphona constansObserver
stu_crawfordDescription
Collected in Malaise trap.
Wing length 19 mm
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Antarctic Midge (Belgica antarctica)Observer
stu_crawfordDescription
Rocky outcrop by a Gentoo penguin colony, on a warm sunny day.
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Neobisiid Pseudoscorpions (Family Neobisiidae)Observer
stu_crawfordDescription
Found in collected mushrooms
Keyed out using Chris Buddle's (2010) key http://cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/b_10/b_10.html
- All legs with 6 segments
- Tarsus divided into 2 parts
- Inner margin of movable finger of chelicera is dentate
- Pleural membranes of abdomen granulate
- Cheliceral galea present
- Galea is single
This identifies it as a Globocreagris, Microcreagris, or Americocreagris. Americocreagris is blind, as is the Microcreagris species that occurs near BC (M. tacomensis). This species has eyes, so it is probably Globocreagris.
There are only two species of Globocreagris: G. theveneti and G. nigrescens. G. nigrescens has stumpier legs, so I think this is G. theveneti.
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Neobisiid Pseudoscorpions (Family Neobisiidae)Observer
stu_crawfordDescription
Found under bark on fallen log
Keyed out using Chris Buddle's (2010) key http://cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/b_10/b_10.html
- All legs with 6 segments
- Tarsus divided into 2 parts
- Inner margin of movable finger of chelicera is dentate
- Pleural membranes of abdomen granulate
- Cheliceral galea present
- Galea is single
This identifies it as a Globocreagris, Microcreagris, or Americocreagris. Americocreagris is blind, as is the Microcreagris species that occurs near BC (M. tacomensis). This species has eyes, so it is probably Globocreagris.
There are only two species of Globocreagris: G. theveneti and G. nigrescens. G. nigrescens has stumpier legs, so I think this is G. theveneti.
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Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)Observer
stu_crawfordDescription
Raccoon latrine on beach showing scats of different ages and different diets. Recent scat is salal berries. Older scat is mainly invertebrates, including purple shore crab, small cancer crabs, carabid beetles, millipedes, isopods, and sand fleas.
