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2011-09-07T18:16:45.000Z
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Video Title:
On the hunt for Crepidula in Florida
Description:
In August, 2011, Dr. Rachel Collin and intern Matt Starr went on a collecting trip to Ft. Pierce, Florida, to find some Crepidula snails for on-going research in the Collin Lab at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. This video shows the surroundings of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Ft. Pierce, identifies some of the common Crepidula species found there and their most common habitats. Video by: Rachel Collin & Matt Starr Edited by: Rebecca Rissanen Collin Lab Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Panama, 2011 Research in the Collin Lab focuses on the evolution of life histories and development of marine invertebrates. Our current work, supported by the US National Science Foundation, uses marine slipper limpets (Calyptraeidae) to try to understand the evolutionary loss and possible reacquisition of feeding larvae. The Collin Lab is located in Panama City, Panama, at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Naos Marine Laboratories, but our field work takes us to various other countries in the Americas. We hope that the videos on this YouTube channel give you an introduction to the faces in the Collin Lab, as well as a taste of the kinds of projects we are working on.
