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Embryology Kit: Ciona intestinalis (Sea Squirts) for Embryology & Development Labs, Teaching Labs, and Marine Biology Labs. The kit contains 10 to 15 gravid individuals containing both male and female gametes. Demonstrate development and teach lab skills such as sample preparation, feeding behavior, spawning, fertilization, and development all from one kit.
Cost for Ciona intest. Embryology Kit including shipping box is $65.00 for credit card purchases ($75.00 for payments with a purchase order) plus they are available throughout the year. Shipping is extra, plus extra seawater raises shipping cost and it requires a larger shipping box which costs an extra $15.00. Extract gametes directly or spawn by exposure to light. Keep the Squirts in the dark to prevent spawning before use. Please order two weeks in advance so that delivey can be guaranteed. Contact us for lab techniques and more information about Ciona intest. as a model for Embryology and Development.
Follow the link Invertebrate Zoology Collections/Marine Biology Collections. Students learn more and are impressed by living specimens over images and videos. Prices start at $65.00 including shipping box. Examples of Phylum Arthropoda, Cnidaria, Mollusca, Echinodermata (excluding sea urchins), Annelida, and Ectoprocta, or combine elements of several Phyla. Availabilty varies with seasons.
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus and Lytechinus pictus are found here. Live & Gravid Sea Urchins can be supplied year round from Santa Barbara.
After ten years of supplying the best sea urchins found anywhere the Dept. of Fish & Game, under pressure from fishermen, decided to restrict the collecting of this abundant and useful model for Embryology, all the while allowing others with less experience to sell them in any quantity. As a result of this action, I can supply Sand Dollars which are ripe at this time. Sand Dollars are $75.00 (credit card payment) for twenty-five sand dollars and their shipping container. Add $10.00 for payment via Purchase Order.
In order to get sea urchins you must purchase a California Sc. Collectors Permit which can cost upwards of $250 plus it can take three months (or more) to obtain a permit and the permit may limit your ability to obtain gravid urchins. The Permit must be applied for from the California Dept. of Fish & Game.
Invertebrate Zoology Collections/Marine Biology Collections
Photo Gallery of Ecological Zones
Link to Web Site with Sand Dollar Embryology-Model Information
Science Magazine announces "The Sea Urchin Genome". .www.sciencemag.org/sciext/seaurchin
Woods Hole MBL Link Featuring High Resolution Image of The Purple Sea Urchin while Spawning near Coal Oil Pt. By SBMB. See the credits for the Sea Urchin Genome. www.mbl.edu/inside/what/news/press_releases/2006_pr_11_20.html
Current Topics/Relevant Articles "The Sea Urchin Genome: Where Will It Lead Us?" By Eric H. Davidson, et al. Science 314, 939 (2006); DOI: 10.1126/science.1136252 www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/314/5801/939
Profiles of Researchers/Universities using specimens from SBMB;
