Nomeus gronovii is one of my favorite fishes!! It's a small fish that lives in the open ocean so forms a symbiosis with siphonophores, living among their stinging tentacles for protection. The genus name, 'Nomeus' means shepherd and it's nice and poetic! Love it, no notes.

If you are doing research on filter-feeding marine invertebrates and search for an high-impact and open-access outlet to publish your work, you may want to consider this new special issue in #MDPI_JMSE

Paper alert‼️ We’re pleased to share our newest #JPR article on post-flooding occurrence and population succession of non-indigenous #freshwater #jellyfish from #Kerala, #India academic.oup.com/plankt/advance…

Jelly Christmas everybody🎄🪼🥳

🚨Paper Alert! Latest research on the diet of Cassiopea jellyfish!, leaded by Kaden Muffett and Marta Mammone. We examined individual from diverse locations, revealing a strong preference for epibenthic crustaceans. Available 👉🏻 doi.org/10.1101/2025.0…

NEW CORAL RESEARCH: Coral reef restoration can reduce coastal contamination and pollution hazards (OPEN ACCESS) nature.com/articles/s4324… Coral reef restoration can reduce the wave-driven flooding for coastal communities. However, this protection has yet to be assessed in terms

🚨🚨🚨Paper Alert! 📃In this study, we reveal a surprising predator-prey interaction between the giant Caribbean Sea anemone and two jellyfish species: Aurelia and Cassiopea. ✨Many thanks to Diversity MDPI 🙏🏻. #jellyfish #marineecology 🔗 Full text: mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/2…

‼️Paper alert: The non-indigenous #combjelly #Mnemiopsis_leidyi reinvades Danish and German waters annually based on molecular evidence. Published in #Biological_Invasions by Steen Knudsen and myself! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Paper alert‼️ Energy content of a major #zooplankton species, the tunicate #Salpa thompsoni, varies between seasons and might be an important food item for predators like #whales and #penguins in the Southern Ocean. Marine Zooplankton & Micronekton Lab link.springer.com/article/10.100…

CORAL REEF NEWS: Dredging has decimated regional coral reefs, says expert caymannewsservice.com/2025/03/dredgi… Renowned regional marine scientist Dr Tom Goreau has revealed the extent of the damage to marine environments all around the Carribean resulting from dredging for cruise berthing

New publication notice🚨‼️ Sharing our new paper led by Russel Corcino UP Diliman IESM on the ectosymbiosis and predation by Philippine carybdeid box jellyfish species. tinyurl.com/Carybdeid Now, we know a bit more about the ecology of these cnidarians.

Paper alert‼️ First ever recorded mass occurrence of the cannonball #jellyfish in coastal waters of #Venezuela with environmental trigger analysis. Great collaborative effort led by Ramón D. Morejón mdpi.com/2077-1312/13/4…

Water sunset🌅🤿 …Santiago de Cuba #watersunset #dive #fieldwork

🚨Paper Alert! First record of Timoides genus in the Atlantic Ocean! A citizen scientist spotted T. cf. Agassizii in Cuban waters, expanding its know range from the Indo-Pacific. Could this be a new species or an introduced population? 📸: D. Pérez. 👉🏻: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

🚨Paper Alert ‼️ Benthic cnidarians are stealthy predators of gelatinous zooplankton! Spoiler: salps are a big deal! A join effort leading by me and Florian Lüskow #FoodWebs #MarineBiology #Interactionnetworks

🚨 Paper Alert ‼️ Gelatinous zooplankton in the central #Baltic: species, phenology, abundance, and FAIR data. A joint effort led by Florian Lüskow at Uppsala universitet within the EU project BioEcoOcean. #jellyfish mdpi.com/2077-1312/13/5…

🚨Paper Alert ‼️ Ctenophore richness in Cuban waters ranks among the highest in the Atlantic Ocean. Fantastic joint effort led by Ramón D. Morejón #FoodWebs #MarineBiology #CombJelly tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Tiny jellyfish looking this cute should be illegal .

Finally in my hands... a tribute to Jardines de la Reina National Park on its 15th anniversary. This has been an opportunity to capture the uniqueness of this Protected Area, the place where the first ecological studies of jellyfish in Cuba were carried out.

XV International Convention on Environment and Development, Havana, 2025 -🪼 rare record of an Hydromedusa in Cuba. - Ctenophores in Cuba and baseline for the Atlantic. - Summary of jellyfish diversity in Jardines de la Reina