Biologica

[Biologica @biologicabc]

Worm wishes on Valentine's Day to everyone!

[Hakai Institute @HakaiInstitute]

Third, a Sternaspis bristle worm, commonly called an ice cream cone worm! @biologicabc is also joining usand have been helping us sample and sort through samples collected from the sea floor - including this cute little polychaete 🍦🪱

[Biologica @biologicabc]

Time to take a bite out of worm taxonomy! This is a glycerid making a meal out of a maldanid. It’s a worm eat worm ocean out there.

#biologicabc #polychaete #worms

[Biologica @biologicabc]

The Biologica team is wishing you a spooky Halloween!
Back row: Picasso painting, limpet, scary things, hobbit, sea jelly, Hogwarts student, Crazy About Christmas, Lady of Shalott and isopod
Front row: Pectinariidae worm and catfish
(from left to right)

[Biologica @biologicabc]

Yesterday we joined @ShakeOutBC . We love working on beautiful Vancouver Island, but it comes with the hazard of living in the most seismically active area of Canada! Every year the biggest worldwide earthquake drill helps to prepare us for earthquakes and tsunamis.

[Biologica @biologicabc]

This week we helped out with #fcbioblitz. We had a blast working with @HakaiInstitute to collect subtidal samples & identify invertebrates. The organisms we found will be shared on iNaturalist & the data will be used as a baseline to study changes in the False Creek ecosystem.

[Biologica @biologicabc]

Thank you to the @theatreSKAM pop-up team for the fun show!

[Biologica @biologicabc]

Happy World Ocean Day!

📷 Pelagic juvenile Octopus rubescens (East Pacific red octopus) by Anne Fearon-Wood

#WorldOceanDay #biologicabc

[Biologica @biologicabc]

Today is #WomenScienceDay
An opportunity to acknowledge the contributions that women and girls have made to science, as well as the ongoing progress for a more inclusive scientific community. #WomeninScience #STEM

https://t.co/BPUKrjK3Qp

[Biologica @biologicabc]

Biologica is currently recruiting for a Project Manager to meet our expanding business needs! See the full job description at https://t.co/ibqJ8Oe7a3 . #aquaticinvertebrate #workbc

[Biologica @biologicabc]

When you have a mystery critter, all the taxonomists have to put their heads together! #taxonomytuesday #aquaticinvertebrates #biologicabc

[Russell Wyeth @DrRCWyeth]

Spawning epitokes are always a highlight of night-lighting @MarineBiol_FHL. This fella was sadly on his own. #SexSoup #EwD #impatient #WormWednesday

[Biologica @biologicabc]

#TBThursday
Val and Phil collecting marine benthic samples back in 2003!
#benthicecology #marinebiology

[Biologica @biologicabc]

#TaxonomyThursday takes a peek at desmids, unicellular green algae characterized by symmetrical, often intricate shapes. #zeissmicroscopy

[Biologica @biologicabc]

Newly discovered in the Philippines, rock-eating, sand-pooping Lithoredo abatanica is a freshwater mollusc that is so unusual it was given a new genus!

https://t.co/uhQQbcmx3V

#freakyfridays #biologica #rockbiter #landscapearchitect #Philippines #Lithoredo #shipworm

[Biologica @biologicabc]

Ladybugs on the move in Southern California!

https://t.co/AhG6W39uIP

#ladybug #weirdweather #taxonomy #weloveinvertebrates

[Biologica @biologicabc]

https://t.co/7vOvCKfYmf

These dinoflagellates perform a #Jedi light display when rays agitate the water! Happy May the Fourth!

#maythefourthbewithyou #bioluminescence #algae #BluePlanetII
https://t.co/ubBJT1Lqz9

[Biologica @biologicabc]

Happy #WormWednesday !

[Rafael Martín Ledo @rmartinledo]

Larva, metatrochophore stage, of a Capitella sp., polychaete worm
The shiny marbles inside the gut are lipid droplets: this larva is likely non-feeding (lecithotrophic).
#Plankton Phase contrast #Microscopy
#PolychaeteSciFiles

[Biologica @biologicabc]

While some of us wish this was an #aprilfools story, slingshot spiders are very much real! These astonishing #arachnids are able to catapult themselves and their webs with an acceleration rate of > 1,000 meters per second! #spider #invertebratesforthewin
https://t.co/EVlxY7PVYa

[Biologica @biologicabc]

It isn't classified, spread the word: it's Taxonomist Appreciation Day! Thank you to our hardworking team and taxonomists around the world for the important work you do!

https://t.co/ubBJT1Lqz9

#taxonomy #biologistlife #biologica #iflscience #keyitout