Stefanie Dekeyzer

Scientific staff at data centre of @jmeesvliz. Member of the @WRMarineSpecies Data Management Team. @LifeWatchVLIZ. Views are my own.

[WoRMS @WRMarineSpecies]

So, there they are, the @WRMarineSpecies top-ten marine species of 2024! Do you have a favorite?

https://t.co/4U8ZB1BA7d

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

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(10/10) And lastly, the Chimera Mantis Shrimp exhibits different features found in several groups of mantis shrimp.

https://t.co/dbZGtKzZMZ

@austmus

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

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(9/10) The Paired-Lure Anglerfish has not one but two bait-like structures!

https://t.co/pvVpclJb4t

@UHawaiiNews @bishopmuseum

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea

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(8/10) The Scripps Cousins Wood-Dwelling Seastar has some remarkable adaptations for life on sunken wood.

https://t.co/waxjor5pGL

@Scripps_Ocean

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea

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(7/10) Shimomura’s Bean-Shaped Isopod parasitizes the brood pouch of other isopods.

https://t.co/FA84q4fpWE

@uminanafushi

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

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(6/10) The Ranma Tanaid is hermaphroditic and capable of self fertilization!

https://t.co/YiQ4i9Uxbe

@SQIGMK4WZpjVkMj @Tanaidologist @HokkaidoUnivPR @HokkaidoUni @Science_HU

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

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(5/10) John Hooper’s Carnivorous Sponge was collected by the RV Falkor from Australian waters.

https://t.co/RxodG3Gln4

@qldmuseum @wamuseum @schmidtocean

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea

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(4/10) Meet the Freely Branched Pterobranch, which looks completely different from the famously flat fossil graptolites.

https://t.co/PaG3r1uX0L

@niwa_nz @lkcnhm

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

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(3/10) Is it a nudibranch? No, it is a syllid worm mimicking a nudibranch (left on the image)!

https://t.co/yXLvgafMNN

@alciopidae @NagoyaUniv

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

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(2/10) Although it looks like a worm, the Divine Dragon Glistenworm is actually a mollusc!

https://t.co/yWpMlOEQ3Z

@squamiferum @JinSun_hkust @JAMSTEC_PR

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea

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(1/10) A mighty Mystery Mollusk has finally been revealed!

https://t.co/H6oTZuLBUL

@beroe @MBARI_News

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea

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(2/2) Today @WRMarineSpecies 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!

https://t.co/4U8ZB1BA7d

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #marinespecies

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(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 @WRMarineSpecies up to date. #taxonomistappreciationday

[7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity @wcmb2026]

📣Save the date!!📣

Join us for the 7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity @wcmb2026, from 17-20 November 2026 in Bruges, Belgium.

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So, there they are, the @WRMarineSpecies top-10 marine species of 2023! Do you have a favorite?

https://t.co/FJxVHjkZxj

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

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(10/10) Despite the unique appearance of St. George's Cross Medusa, there was almost 20 years between its 1st and 2nd observation.

https://t.co/rHyWuv5i7d

@JAMSTEC_PR #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea

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(9/10) The fossil Fordyces's Giant Penguin appears to be the largest penguin ever discovered and would have towered over modern penguins.

https://t.co/xewymSc9st

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

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(8/10) The stark, black-and-white patterning of the Fine Line Nudibranch serves as a warning to predators in the dusky waters of the mesophotic zone.

https://t.co/n8mel4ot2B

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

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(7/10) Ever heard of Aplacophora, worm-like molluscs covered by spiny spicules rather than a single or paired shell? Meet Bouchet’s Dorymenia.

https://t.co/LPe8udc5vj

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea

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(6/10) Meet Prince Albert’s Sea Daisy, a delicate, flower-shaped starfish living on sunken wood and hydrothermal vent tubeworms.

https://t.co/u47Dma4isk

#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea