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Pictured here is our reinstated Psychropotes buglossa, one of the most conspicuous and iconic species found at the PAP Observatory National Oceanography Centre

Shiraki and Kakui ab new parasitic isopods published 寄生性等脚類「ワラジヤドリムシ科」を日本から初めて報告した成果が出版されました 本科初となるウミナナフシ類に寄生する種の報告でもあります article link：doi.org/10.1071/IS24013 学科ウェブサイト記事： www2.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/dept/bio/resea…

Very happy that the second chapter of my PhD has just been published #OpenAccess : introducing two #NewSpecies of scavenging amphipod from the abyssal Pacific Ocean! shorturl.at/PPCw5

Just published: WoRMS through the looking glass: insights from the data management team in light of the crystal anniversary of WoRMS doi.org/10.1007/s10750… by DiscoveryCollections Jan Mees and more... #marinespecies

📢 🥳Excited to share my latest paper "#marineheatwaves & cold spells in the NE #Atlantic: what should the #UK be prepared for?" Check it out: frontiersin.org/journals/marin… National Oceanography Centre NOC Marine Physics

Excited to share the final chapter of my PhD thesis has been published! 🎉 Country-wide DNA metabarcoding is now a reality, thanks to key advancements. Big thanks to my co-authors and all who supported me! Florian Leese SENCKENBERG Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17…

Just a reminder! Tonight and tomorrow Channel 5 are airing a documentary about the deep sea featuring myself, DiscoveryCollections and, most importantly, the National Oceanography Centre Discovery Collections. We're on at 8:00pm - right after World's Strongest Man!

Biodiversity is under intense pressure from human activity worldwide. Sir David Attenborough explains why biodiversity is so important to humans, how biodiversity loss is impacting our world and how there is still time to change direction – if we act now:

🚀 The 2025 edition of the One Thousand Reasons campaign is here, in collaboration with WoRMS and the government of Ireland! 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3DLWVk5 #MarineScience #Taxonomy #DeepSea #Ireland

(1/2) In labs, museums, fieldwork etc., taxonomists are busy collecting, cataloguing, identifying, comparing, describing and naming species new to science. Over 300 taxonomists globally give their valuable time to keep WoRMS up to date. #taxonomistappreciationday

(2/2) Today WoRMS thanks all editors for this important task. We celebrate the work of taxonomists with the WoRMS list of the top-10 marine species described in 2024! marinespecies.org/worms-top-ten/… #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #marinespecies

(1/10) A mighty Mystery Mollusk has finally been revealed! marinespecies.org/worms-top-ten/… stevehaddock.bsky MBARI #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea

(2/10) Although it looks like a worm, the Divine Dragon Glistenworm is actually a mollusc! marinespecies.org/worms-top-ten/… C. Chen @ Jamsteeeec Jin Sun @OUC JAMSTEC 海洋研究開発機構 ＼海と地球の研究所／ #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea

(3/10) Is it a nudibranch? No, it is a syllid worm mimicking a nudibranch (left on the image)! marinespecies.org/worms-top-ten/… ケムシ屋 Nagoya University #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

(4/10) Meet the Freely Branched Pterobranch, which looks completely different from the famously flat fossil graptolites. marinespecies.org/worms-top-ten/… NIWA Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

(5/10) John Hooper’s Carnivorous Sponge was collected by the RV Falkor from Australian waters. marinespecies.org/worms-top-ten/… Queensland Museum Kurilpa Western Australian Museum @schmidtocean #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea

(6/10) The Ranma Tanaid is hermaphroditic and capable of self fertilization! marinespecies.org/worms-top-ten/… 松島吉伸 Keiichi Kakui 北海道大学 Hokkaido University 北海道大学理学部 #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

(7/10) Shimomura’s Bean-Shaped Isopod parasitizes the brood pouch of other isopods. marinespecies.org/worms-top-ten/… Shoki Shiraki しらき #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

(8/10) The Scripps Cousins Wood-Dwelling Seastar has some remarkable adaptations for life on sunken wood. marinespecies.org/worms-top-ten/… Scripps Institution of Oceanography #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea

(9/10) The Paired-Lure Anglerfish has not one but two bait-like structures! marinespecies.org/worms-top-ten/… University of Hawaii System Bishop Museum #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea