AY Honor Marine Invertebrates

Marine Invertebrates

Skill Level

2

Year

1956

Version

01.12.2024

Approval authority

General Conference

Overview

The Challenging Part

The most challenging requirement of this honor is probably this:

2. Make a collection or photographs of the following seashore animals:

a. Three kinds of crabs

b. One kind of sea star

c. Any other five animals listed in requirement 1.

Hard-bodied animals, such as crabs, sea star, and chitons, may be killed in a 5% solution of formaldehyde or a 70% solution of alcohol, and then dried by a fire. The sun will cause the color to fade. Soft-bodied animals must be kept in a 3% solution of formaldehyde or a 70% solution of alcohol. If commercial formalin is used in place of formaldehyde, the above percentage figures should be doubled.