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OYSTER HAS TETH! Crassostrea growing on denture! #FROMthecollections dredged from Lookout Pt. (off Maryland) poss. 1898? #molluscmonday #molluskmonday

Meet Explorisis, a new genus of bamboo coral from the NE Atlantic deep sea. Named after the Irish research vessel RV Celtic Explorer. Article Open Access. Prof Louise Allcock @quattrinia Marine Institute Marine Institute Research Vessels RTÉ News Elizabeth Rahilly We are now Research Ireland Centre for Ocean Research & Exploration publish.csiro.au/is/IS24021#ftl…

As marine organisms die & sink, they decompose & slowly build up methane that seeps upward through cracks in the seafloor. Chemosynthetic microbes convert methane into energy to grow. Explore w/us during #ChileMargin2024 Divestreams: youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean

NEW PAPER DROP from Zootaxa updates New ecological observations & surey occurrence from HONG KONG for Asteroids & Echinoids! (email me if you want a copy) This was Coelopleurus feeding on soft corals! mapress.com/zt/article/vie…

#WormWednesday 𝐴𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑟 (Montagu, 1804) Japanese name: Seguro-isome 　　　　　　　　セグロイソメ Captured in Tokyo Bay. I can't belive that they belongs to Eunicida. イソメ目とは思えないくらい、外部形態が特徴的な多毛類。体長10 cmくらい。

こんばんは。餌を食べて満足気なアフリカンロックシュリンプです。もうひといきでお迎えから1年、小皿に餌を落とす餌やり方式で今のところ順調そうです。 Vampire shrimp in my tank. #エビ #shrimp #アクアリウム

[#flatworms] The polyclads (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific: Commented checklist and description of a new species. ⤵ ✒ Mariela Ramos-Sánchez 🔗DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.20… #platyhelminthes #leptoplanidae #newspecies #polyclads #WormWednesday

にに It would be worth looking at this re-description of Arabella iricolor by Teresa Darbyshire and jyothikara tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… #WormWednesday

Dr. Allen Collins of NMNH Invert Zoology! Jellyfish wrangler and NOAA chief of the Systematics Lab-featured in si.edu/stories/eos/ex…

Our very own Dr. Allen Collins is featured!! Learn more about his science and the world of jellyfishes! si.edu/stories/eos/ex…

#SPONGETHURSDAY A new feature on Stockton University student Gabrielle! engaging sponge biodiversity with Drs. Camilla Souto Camilla Alves Souto and Cristiana Castello-Branco stockton.edu/sciences-math/…

Stories featuring Dr. Anna Phillips! A.J. Phillips as well as new ribbon worm stories! #wormwednesday si.edu/stories/discov…

NEW (and possibly last) monograph by our very own coral expert Steve Cairns! New Stylasterids from southwest Indian Ocean! (and cool account of chirostylids as well!)

WHOA! Congrats to our very own Dr. Quattrini !!

USNM 904601, an interesting but apparently unidentified subAntarctic gastropod! #fromthecollections

Since there are no taxis underwater, this Antarctic anemone hitches a free ride on the back of a sea snail. #LoveAntarcticInvertebrates

#Fromthecollections Buttons used to be made from nacre of freshwater bivalves!

The lovely #gastropod Murex troschelli Lischke, 1868, USNM 876660 #fromthecollections for #MolluskMonday!

and we got #Loricifera too! Fam. Nanaloricidae on a glass slide! USNM 1159128 #fromthecollections

Various lobsters, slipper and otherwise from the dry crustacean collection! #fromthecollections