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On two new deep-sea species of the genus Campylaspis G. O. Sars, 1865 (#Cumacea: Nannastacidae) from #Brazil mapress.com/zt/article/vie… #Taxonomy #newspecies

📢JOB ALERT! The SMS Benthic Ecology Lab is looking to hire an independent research technician contractor. Interested in applying? Visit naturalhistory.si.edu/research/smith… to see the full job description. Applications should be sent to Holly Sweat ([email protected]) by 5pm on 2/21/25.

Life in the world’s deepest seas: The challenge of finding 1,000 new marine species by 2030 theconversation.com/life-in-the-wo… via The Conversation ES

The Crustacean Society (TCS) - Paris, 7-10 July 2025 - Abstract and registration deadline: 10 Mar 2025 tcs2025.sciencesconf.org #marinespecies

The Nathaniel B. Palmer leaves Lyttleton, New Zealand today start steaming towards Antarctica. We'll be blogging as time permits here: icyinverts.com/shipboard-blog2 See where the ship is in real time here: marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/sh… #IcyInverts #Peracarida #SweatTheSmallStuff

At least 58 species new to science and an altogether remarkable diversity found in the methane seeps on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica! News story by IFLScience on a recent ZooKeys study iflscience.com/over-50-new-sp…

ICYMI: The deadline for student travel grant applications for the 2025 World Congress of Malacology in São Paulo, Brazil is the 28th of February 2025 (5pm GMT). unitasmalacologica.org/projects.html

Delighted to share our article! Molecular Biology and Evolution. Congrats Rohan Nath Biswajit Rakesh Raj. Analysing 238 genomes, we delineate Class-A GPCRs likely adapted for chemoreception across diverse lophotrochozoans. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution IISER Berhampur Evolutionary Genomics. academic.oup.com/mbe/article/do…

Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️ ICYMI: our #IcyInverts team will be blogging during the NBP25-01 cruise to the Ross Sea, #Antarctica. Check it out to see the amazing animals we 🫶 at icyinverts.com #Peracarida #SweatTheSmallStuff UA Dept. of BSC Alabama Museum of Natural History NMNH Invert Zoology SICB Division of Invertebrate Zoology

Taxonomy training workshops are an incredibly valuable experience for everyone involved. The next #ConfusingCrustaceans workshop will be in Wilhelmshaven, Germany from Oct. 6-10, 2025. See peracarida.org for more details. #Peracarida #SweatTheSmallStuff #IcyInverts

I’m thrilled to share our new publication, "Centering Inclusivity in Invertebrate Fieldwork: An Argument for Modernizing Malacological Practices," in the American Malacological Society (AMS) journal American Malacological Bulletin! DM me if you don't have access and would like a PDF. bioone.org/journals/ameri…

[New Paper] in Progress in Oceanography reveals distribution patterns of deep-sea molluscs from Bering Sea and Aleutian Trench using 212 species (>4200 specimens) -- collected between 3500~7300 m on-board RV SONNE, "AleutBio" cruise in 2022. OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1016/j.poce…

Today's #IcyInverts blog post is about our efforts to take the best possible photos of live animals and meticulous data recording for each specimen. icyinverts.com/shipboard-blog2 Alabama Museum of Natural History DigInverts iDigBio GBIF @biodiversity.social/@gbif U.S. National Science Foundation #Peracarida #ConfusingCrustaceans #SweatTheSmallStuff

Excited to share a new publication for young scientists! "Life Among the Sand Grains" is a review paper that digs into the hidden world of meiofauna - now published in Frontiers for Young Minds! Will Ballentine 🏳️‍🌈 Meghan Yap-Chiongco Ken Halanych kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

[New Paper] is on the COVER of Science Magazine !! The FIRST genome-phylogeny of MOLLUSCS complete with ALL classes —including the mythical "living fossil" Monoplacophora— reveals how they evolved the most diverse body forms of all animals! Read for FREE: doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

New pub by Vicky Sleight et al. on genomic, transcriptomic and epigenomic signatures of ageing and cold adaptation in the Antarctic clam Laternula elliptica (including a nice genome assembly and annotation for Laternula): royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10…

New pub from the Earth BioGenome Project Sample Collection and Processing Subcommittee led by mara lawniczak: "Best-practice guidance for Earth BioGenome Project sample collection and processing: progress and challenges in biodiverse reference genome creation" academic.oup.com/gigascience/ar…

#FridayFunFact Sea urchins have no eyes, bones, heart, or brain — yet they can still sense light! Their whole body acts like one big eye as they use their tube feet & spines to detect changes in light & navigate their surroundings.👁️ Heliocidaris australiae, found off Australia.