Congrats to curators Dr. Andrea Quattrini and Dr. Sabrina Sholts for receiving the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers.
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!)
[#new] 📚 Just published in series #mémoires of @le_museum ⤵
➡️ 🇬🇧 Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos volume 34
Deep-Sea Chirostylids and Stylasterids from South-West Indian Ocean
✒ Keiji BABA & Stephen D. CAIRNS
🔗 https://t.co/4cif9cqWSB
#deepsea#crustaceans
#SPONGETHURSDAY A new feature on @Stockton_edu student Gabrielle! engaging sponge biodiversity with Drs. @csout0 Camilla Alves Souto and Cristiana Castello-Branco
https://t.co/5RNZfLCZPV
#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。
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: https://t.co/A5Y7UMK6l5
NEW PAPER DROP from @Zootaxa 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! https://t.co/PhuwEMWl6u