Today start of the WoRMS Steering Committee (SC) at Casa Diocesana, Málaga, Spain (23-26 Apr 2024). What a venue! marinespecies.org/documents/Stee… #marinespecies

Miocene bryozoan from Victoria. #bryozoa

Finished successful EMODnet Biology Annual meeting (16-17 April, Constanta, Romania) at NIMRD "Grigore Antipa" emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/biology #marinespecies

🌊 Currently underway at the UN Ocean Decade in Barcelona: 'Ocean Census: Discovering Marine Life', our side event!

🎙️ Featuring:
- Opening remarks by our Science Director, Alex Rogers
- Insights from our Director, Oliver Steeds, on the benefits of discovering #oceanlife 👇

Ocean Census Oliver Steeds Nippon Foundation Nekton University of Plymouth Plymouth Marine Lab Marine Research Plymouth Prof Kerry Howell Juana Jimenez of Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ / WoRMS speaks about the incredible World Register of Marine Species.

She also shares the exciting news of the upcoming World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, to be held in Belgium.

[ #Zoology ] A new deep-sea species of Halirages Boeck, 1871 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Calliopiidae) inhabiting sponges ⤵

✒ Anne-Nina Lörz, Madita Nack - Anne Helene Tandberg - Saskia Brix & Martin Schwentner
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.20…
#Crustacea #Amphipoda #Calliopiidae #newspecies

🇪🇸 We’re thrilled to host 'Ocean Census: Discovering Ocean and Marine Life' at the UN Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona.

Join us as we discuss ways to leverage data for marine #science and conservation.

🗓️12 April
⏰ 8:30
📍Plenary room, One Ocean Room

#OceanDecade

Don't miss our #event coming up at the UN Ocean Decade Conference.

🗓️ Friday 12 April
⏰ 08:30 - 09:45
📍 Plenary Room, One Ocean Room, International Barcelona Convention Centre (IBCC)

**Please note that we are now in the Plenary Room, One Ocean Room, in a change to previously

🎉 It’s official! Ocean Census has secured endorsement as a UN Ocean Decade Programme!

🌊 This cements our large-scale mission to transform knowledge of life beneath the waves as we strive for our next milestone of 100,000 new species.

日本財団-Nekton #OceanDecade

📢💙The 2024 #OceanDecade Week starts today!

Throughout the week, as part of #OceanDecade 24, Barcelona will host exciting ocean exhibitions, film screenings, interactive experiences, and more!

👉List of events: ow.ly/ENfw50Raa4F

More details in the thread below ⤵️

MEDAMP Project - fill the gaps in the public sequence databases for #Amphipoda the Mediterranean Sea text.is/XMYQ

👉🏼 The teams are formed and now it’s time for #hacking 🙌🏽

#BCubedHackathon has officially started 🚀

Two New Taxa of Goniasteridae ( #Asteroidea , Echinodermata) and Noteworthy Observations of Deep-Sea Asteroidea by the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer in the North and Tropical Atlantic
mapress.com/zt/article/vie…
#Taxonomy #starfish

We're thrilled to announce the launch of the AMRIT project - Advance Marine Research Infrastructures Together. Join us as we consolidate European ocean observing systems and pave the way for international coordination of Marine RIs. #AMRIT #OceanScience #ResearchInnovation

On “World Aquatic Animal Day” - The Alabama Cavefish (Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni) is one of the most endangered fishes in North America and is only known from a single cave system. It is also named after a friend and colleague of mine, Dr. Tom Poulson!

📢 1 week until the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference!

The Conference will be three days filled with exciting discussions and announcements that will shape the future of the #OceanDecade .

Here are ten of the key moments to look out for at #OceanDecade 24: ow.ly/qOYN50R7w8c

OBIS will organise 3 info sessions during lunch break at #OceanDecade24 booth Nr 10. Come and find out more on how we support biodiversity observations, data processing and decision making related to marine invasive species and current and future marine protected areas.

Successful applicants (10) announced for the ISBA-HQ “One Thousand Reasons” campaign (65 applications) - towards understanding the mysteries of our oceans marinespecies.org/news.php?p=sho… #marinespecies LifeWatch VLIZ

The End of Species - why it’s time for new ways of naming life nautil.us/the-end-of-spe… #marinespecies

Currently at the EBR III Symposium EmpowerBiodiversityResearch in Leiden. Presentation about WoRMS and the LifeWatch VLIZ Species Information Backbone tomorrow (26/3).

biodiversity.be/EBRIII/program…