Spineless Science @ UF

The Invertebrate Zoology division of the @FloridaMuseum on the @UF Campus. Come for the IZ images, stay for the IZ info...stay even longer for the IZ poetry.

[Florida Museum @FloridaMuseum]

We're hiring! 📢 Assistant Curator of Vertebrate #Paleontology
This is a 12-month, tenure-track position 👇 Info:

🔸 Apply via @UF: https://t.co/CgplIAX324
🔸 About our extensive collection: https://t.co/jrQi0gdhYF

🔸👉 Position info: https://t.co/4bC6tZQnT3

[Florida Museum @FloridaMuseum]

Work at the Florida Museum! 📢 We're hiring an experienced full-time Collections Manager for Florida Archaeology and Caribbean Archaeology
🔸 Apply via @UF: https://t.co/fvOTNvI8Vb
🔸 Full position info: https://t.co/YqX1Nr6dNr

[Spineless Science @ UF @UFInvertZoo]

Enjoy a #TwoferTuesday with this Linckia multifora sea star and Eulimid snail parasite from the Phoenix Islands

[Florida Museum @FloridaMuseum]

Roughly 1/3 of all freshwater mussel species in the U.S. are at risk of extinction. To help protect them, imaging specialists are creating digital and 3D models of museum specimens to use as identification training material. Story:
https://t.co/q54XPtwSz3

[Spineless Science @ UF @UFInvertZoo]

Echinaster luzonicus from Australia going rouge

[Florida Museum @FloridaMuseum]

Scientist Spotted 🐚 #MolluskMonday
John Slapcinsky and Harry Lee appear on an episode of @ChangingSeas about mollusks, museum collections, and a new initiative to assist scientific research -- the Eastern Seaboard Project:
https://t.co/Vqc2cALiYw

Watch: https://t.co/ITukVlwR8T

[Florida Museum @FloridaMuseum]

"They can do things that you couldn’t even imagine," says Gustav Paulay about sea cucumbers. "They have a lung, but their lung is not through their mouth but through their anus. So they actually breathe through their butt." Watch with @UFExplore:
https://t.co/9HDtnWBYH1

[Spineless Science @ UF @UFInvertZoo]

@davidcblackburn, what material do you recommend wearing for frog interactions? sounds like flannel is a no-go.

[Yesterday's Print @yesterdaysprint]

The Minneapolis Journal, Minnesota, July 15, 1906

[DigInverts @DigInverts]

A study led by @DecimaLab out of @niwa_nz highlights the impact salp’s fast sinking fecal pellets can have on carbon export. When salps are present the biological carbon pump is more efficient, sequestering atmospheric carbon to the ocean! #RVTangaroa https://t.co/E59S7DDUeD

[DigInverts @DigInverts]

Crustaceans in the family Phronimidae found a bizarre way to ascend from their ancestor's benthic niche & live a pelagic lifestyle. Phronimids prey on filter-feeding gelatinous zooplankton, hollow out their bodies, & use their bodies for protection, buoyancy, & reproduction.🦐

[Spineless Science @ UF @UFInvertZoo]

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@AndreiMoth @Dr_Akito

[Rina Morisawa 森澤里夏 @RinaMorisawa]

by any chance, can anyone ID these lepidopterans? They're in my moving stuff and I need to give the moving company the scientific names to prove that they don't violate CITES!! sorry the pics are bad they're from the moving company I don't have access to the specimens

[Spineless Science @ UF @UFInvertZoo]

TFW you spend all day reorganizing the sponge collection

[Florida Museum @FloridaMuseum]

“They all look the same, until you compare their gonopods, which are structurally complex and very species specific,” said Robert Lasley. Gonopods are used for reproduction, and in some crabs, they’re adorned with frills, spikes and streamers. #Crabs 🦀
https://t.co/ti1cMzwmOT

[Florida Museum @FloridaMuseum]

Chlorodielline crabs, most of which grow no larger than a corn kernel, look so similar that scientists have struggled to distinguish species in the group based solely on appearance. A new study took a closer look to understand crab diversity. Much closer.

https://t.co/ti1cMzwUEr

[Florida Museum @FloridaMuseum]

Did you know these mesmerizing creatures aren't jellyfish? They're colonial animals made up of individual specialized organisms, known as zooids, that work together as a unit.
https://t.co/6pWc3gd9zx

[Florida Museum @FloridaMuseum]

Scientist Spotted 🔦 #WeeWednesday
"These wee weirdos are highly underrated."
Our biologist Gustav Paulay's student Brittany Cummings writes about amphipods, DNA and her experiences as a visiting scholar @HakaiInstitute:
https://t.co/jhxdb6zy6p

[Florida Museum @FloridaMuseum]

#TBT Gustav Paulay, our curator of marine malacology, explains sea cucumbers and describes some of the research on these unique animals, such as how DNA sequencing has revealed there are many more species than previously believed. Read & watch:
https://t.co/9HDtnWBYH1

[Alberto Lopez @al_lopeztorres]

Had an amazing time searching for snails in today’s Museum in the Parks program! The theme for the day was Mollusks. Thanks to our awesome featured scientist @jslapcin ! @FloridaMuseum #Malacology Collections Manager #MuseumInTheParks #InclusiveScicomm

[Spineless Science @ UF @UFInvertZoo]

Happy Valentine's Day!