Welcome to our new paper!! 模様がめちゃ重要な分類形質であるモヨウウミナナフシ属Mesanthuraにおいて、飼育と分子により、発生段階を通じた種内の模様の安定性を調べた論文がでました⚡ doi.org/10.2108/zs2301… ↓今回用いた鮮やかな種モヨウウミナナフシMesanthura miyakoensis⚡ #ウミナナフシ

Sea monkeys, also known as fairy shrimp, help maintain the health of wetland ecosystems. But some species are nearing extinction due to habitat loss & pollution. Natural History Museum of L.A. County vernal pools project uses eDNA to find & protect fairy shrimp habitats. #EndangeredSpeciesDay #SeaMonkeys

Love marine worms?🪱 Venus's servant worms (Veneriserva pygoclava) are parasitic annelids that live inside other fuzzy annelids called sea mice (Aphrodita longipalpa). #FridayFunFact Dissecting a sea mouse reveals an adult (yellow) & juvenile (blue) parasite! Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Dive into this deep-sea mystery!🔎Scientists at University of Miami Rosenstiel School found unknown, long, white siliceous filaments on a scalpellid and a sponge. These filaments are not part of the organisms! Can you help identify them? #MarineMystery #DeepSeaScience University of Miami

Curious about DigIn @diginverts? Watch part 1 of the #DigInDiaries. 🪼🪸 #MarineScience #OceanResearch #MarineBiodiversity #MarineInvertebrates #InvertebrateCollections #MarineResearch #OceanEducation #MarineTaxonomy #MarineSpecimens #MarineSpecies #MarineEcology #UnderwaterLife

Episode two of the #DigInDiaries! A deep dive into digitization at Natural History Museum of L.A. County #diginverts #MarineScience #OceanResearch #MarineBiodiversity #MarineInvertebrates #InvertebrateCollections #MarineResearch #OceanEducation #MarineTaxonomy #MarineSpecimens

Ancinus cf. brasiliensis ハリオウミセミ科の中南米にしかいない属Ancinus。これだけでも来た価値あるくらいくそいいい🇵🇦

A summary of the past and next few days at Bocas del Toro: sampling, sorting, IDing. Tiny peracarids, but huge impacts to the ecosystem #ConfusingCrustaceans DigInverts

Excited to be in Panama and at this amazing place with wonderful people! Bonus, we’ve found a few interesting parasitic isopods and more to come hopefully! #confusingcrustaceans

Having an amazing time at the #ConfusingCrustaceans course at Bocas Station! Pics of the tiny peracarids I'm hunting forthcoming :)

Good morning #ESA2024! Stop by and visit with Kate Ingenloff & Vijay Barve at booth #620 in the exhibit hall, Mon-Tue-Wed from 9:30 to 18:30. Bring your questions, learn about recent developments in #biodiversity data survey and monitoring data—and don't forget the swag!

#ConfusingCrustaceans

That went fast! Great time in Panama with many interesting findings including some of the most #confusingcrustaceans. Yes, that’s a video of a parasitic isopod from a 🦀 host. Check out the larvae being released.

I spent nicest days in Bocas del Toro, Panama with nicest peracarid friends!! We went various places and met various animals of course including amazing peracarids🦥 パナマでフクロエビ上目のワークショップに参加してました！ #confusingcrustaceans

Our #MarineMonday Observation of the Day is this #hydrozoan - potentially Aglantha digitale - seen in #Canada by shermchar! More details at: inaturalist.org/observations/2… #nature #biodiversity #cnidaria

Who doesn’t love ice cream?🍦Meet the ice cream cone worm, Pectinaria gouldii! These builders craft intricate cone-shaped tubes just one sand grain thick! They live in tubes beneath the sediment in shallow waters, using their golden bristles to dig & their tentacles to find food.

🌊 What’s happening beneath the waves at Scripps Pier? 🐟 Neda Iranpour of CBS 8 San Diego shares more about a new underwater camera that is capturing real-time marine life action! See for yourself. ⬇️ cbs8.com/article/news/l…

What is this organism? A plant?🌱No. An animal?🐮 Yes. A coral?🪸Not even close! This is a moss animal, a colonial marine invertebrate related to lamp shells (Brachiopoda) and horseshoe worms (Phoronida). SBMNH #FridayFunFact

Apply for the Student Collections Study Award Natural History Museum of L.A. County open to undergraduate & graduate students. Visit the link to apply: nhm.org/student-collec…