BLOODWORM’S
Aug 14, 2019 • 3:38 AM UTC
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COLLEGE NAME: CMR NATIONAL PU COLLEGE ,ITPL
ABOUT THE SAMPLE: SCIENTIFIC NAME: MIDGE FLY LARVAE
DATE OF COLLECTION: 17/07/2019, FROM A LOCAL FISH STORE.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 18/07/2019, IN THE BIOLOGY LAB USING A FOLDSCOPE.
STUDENTS INVOLVED: VISHAL AVINASH, “XI” A,
CMR NATIONAL PU COLLEGE, ITPL.
THE BLOOD WORMS WERE PLACED ON A GLASS SLIDE, COVERED IT WITH A COVER SLIP AND VIEWED UNDER A FOLDSCOPE USING NATURAL LIGHT FOR LIGHT SOURCE.
THE FOLLOWING WAS OBSERVED:
ABOUT THE SAMPLE: SCIENTIFIC NAME: MIDGE FLY LARVAE
DATE OF COLLECTION: 17/07/2019, FROM A LOCAL FISH STORE.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 18/07/2019, IN THE BIOLOGY LAB USING A FOLDSCOPE.
STUDENTS INVOLVED: VISHAL AVINASH, “XI” A,
CMR NATIONAL PU COLLEGE, ITPL.
THE BLOOD WORMS WERE PLACED ON A GLASS SLIDE, COVERED IT WITH A COVER SLIP AND VIEWED UNDER A FOLDSCOPE USING NATURAL LIGHT FOR LIGHT SOURCE.
THE FOLLOWING WAS OBSERVED:
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BLOODWORMS HAVE A CREAMY PINK COLOR, AS THEIR PALE SKIN ALLOWS THEIR RED BODY FLUIDS THAT CONTAIN HEMOGLOBIN TO SHOW THROUGH.
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2. AT THE ‘HEAD’, BLOODWORMS HAVE FOUR SMALL ANTENNAE AND SMALL FLESHY PROJECTIONS CALLED PARAPODIA RUNNING DOWN THEIR BODIES.
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3. MIDGE FLY LARVAE ARE THIN, WITH CYLINDRICAL (NOT FLATTENED), SLIGHTLY CURVED, SEGMENTED BODIES. THESE WORMLIKE LARVAE OF FLIES HAVE A DISTINCTLY SEPARATE HEAD, WHICH IS TYPICALLY DARKER THAN THE REST OF THE BODY.
THE SHRIMP BELONGS :
KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
ORDER: DIPTERA
FAMILY: CHIRONOMIDAE
KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
ORDER: DIPTERA
FAMILY: CHIRONOMIDAE
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