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A first for me -- Barnacles attached to a freshwater mussel #unhinged

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#NewSpeciesAlert - Researchers publish a taxonomic revision of the Southeast Asian brook #barb genus #𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑢𝑠, with the description of a new species from #Vietnam, 𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑙𝑎𝑜𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠 (top left image). #Cyprinidae 🔓 bit.ly/3X9fdTG

Great 2-year opportunity for someone interested in leading an effort to grow a centralized biorepository of freshwater mussel genetic materials. Candidate will work closely w USFWS partners to archive endangered and cultured freshwater mussels naturalhistory.si.edu/research/inver…

Check out a #MusselMonday feature on our collaboration with the Department of Invertebrate Zoology at Smithsonian NMNH! The project will help researchers at the Smithsonian and beyond document the distribution and variation of freshwater mussels over time. youtu.be/um6a24Bx7-4?si… #shellyeah

We have captured 118,986 images of the Smithsonian's freshwater mussel collection! #ShellYeah Check out the video describing our project! youtube.com/watch?v=um6a24…

Native freshwater mussels are one shell of a friend. These "livers of the rivers" help to indicate healthy aquatic systems. SI Collections Digitization recently announced an exciting collaboration to digitize over 45,000 specimens in their historic collection of freshwater mussels.

We're grateful for the footage, expertise and of course, the puns! Many thanks to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for highlighting our recent collaboration with Smithsonian NMNH's Invertebrate Zoology historic collection of freshwater mussels!

Taxonomic revision of the Southeast Asian brook barb genus Poropuntius Smith, 1931 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) with description of a new species from Vietnam (Hoang et al. 2024) doi.org/10.3897/zookey…

I am excited to announce our U.S. National Science Foundation grant has been funded to study the evolution and diversification of N American minnows, including genomics/phylogenomics and comparative phylogenetic methods. This includes funds for a postdoc and PhD student! If interested, please reach out!

Over 280 3d models of freshwater mussels available at 3d.si.edu/explore?edan_l… View them on all sorts of devices, in augmented reality, or print them - the world is your oyster! #ShellYeah

can anyone make out the second and third lines on the label? id assume part of it is a location in eurasia #WhatTheShell

my new pb rubik’s cube time

happy "Boston Clam Jam" day to those who celebrate open.spotify.com/track/2zh5V3Aw…

sitting at my desk looking a three copies of a specimen. the physical specimen, a printed model, and a digital twin in augmented reality. what a time to be alive

Thanks to Smithsonian NMNH's Department of Invertebrate Zoology for a great #shellebration yesterday and all our partners who contributed to a successful end to our freshwater mussel collaboration yesterday! 139,794 Images and 48,196 Specimens digitized! #digitization #invertebrates

NMNH is looking to contract a museum technician for up to 2 years to lead a project with USFWS to grow collections-based freshwater mussel genetic resources. See more info here - naturalhistory.si.edu/research/inver… Gov contracting process can seem intimidating, please reach out w questions