Citizen Science Project with the mission of collecting jellyfish sightings in the country (Colombia), with the aim of creating a large database #medusascolombia
Hi, everyone! 👋
We’d like to invite you to join our community on Instagram https://t.co/h9PfL8l5lP
That’s where the magic really happens: we share photos, hold polls, use hashtags, and have much more personal conversations. 📸✨
We’ll see you there! 🚀
⚽ In this tournament, each national team is represented by a #jellyfish species. How to play? ✅ Vote for your favorite country in our stories ✅ If your team wins, you'll unlock the #WorldCup Fact about its jellyfish
#JellyfishWorldCup#MedusozoaColombia
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Haliphron atlanticus with a jelly in her belly! This large lady is a pelagic octopus, spending her entire life in the open ocean, never touching shore or seafloor. Read more via the link.
#designingthefuture3 800 meters
https://t.co/wKgzYfBYFL
During the #DesigningtheFuture3 expedition, led by @OsbornLab aboard the R/V Falkor (too) @SchmidtOcean, a physonect #siphonophore has just been scanned in situ🪼 Fragile, transparent, and still largely unknown—#midwater gelatinous life continues to reveal its hidden complexity.
Los ctenóforos pelágicos son un tipo de plancton gelatinoso que se deja llevar por las columnas de agua. El país registra 15; 6 de ellas por primera vez
🔗 https://t.co/9nN69xUNpD
Cositas hermosas que pasan cuando parece que el mundo anda en caos...
Colombia crea su primer inventario de ctenóforos pelágicos, un tipo de plancton gelatinoso muy difícil de estudiar y que, se cree, apareció hace unos 540 millones de años
https://t.co/EICmu7WPEr
Bautizados como ‘fantasmas marinos', lo que para los ctenóforos pelágicos es una ventaja –poder camuflarse–, para la ciencia ha sido un obstáculo. Sobre la vida de los ctenóforos se conoce poco. Colombia registra 15; 6 de ellas por primera vez https://t.co/l2tSSvXI25
New check-list reveals 6 new records of #ctenophores in Colombia’s Caribbean and Pacific, documented through photography during a @NG_PristineSeas expedition in 2022.
https://t.co/OsNVGgLgGw
@chris_aorita
An updated checklist of Scyphozoa (Cnidaria, Medusozoa) from the Mexican Caribbean: integrating literature, citizen science and field collections https://t.co/6nabwUax64 via @BioDataJournal
📢 IOCTX2025 Program Overview is Here! 📢
We’re excited to share the Program Overview for IOCTX2025: https://t.co/ajSJtwG4C0
(3–4 December 2025, CET, Online)
📝 Register for Free by 27 November 2025: https://t.co/xVMvylGcMB
🌐 More Info: https://t.co/EMZXkYhMXF
#Taxonomy
#jellyfish researchers interested in attending the 8th International Jellyfish Blooms Symposium in Cork 2026, a placeholder webpage is now live:
https://t.co/7MCfea5zvY