Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist

Collections Mgr, Non-molluscan Inverts @ NCMNS | Marine biologist-bryozoans (aka ectoprocts), introduced inverts. Opinions my own. She/her. IG: megan.mcculler

[Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist @mccullermi]

to anyone out there who might be wondering

no, I am not a butt doctor for ghosts

[Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist @mccullermi]

Some of my photos from the Mid-Atlantic RAS, which we've just finished! with @DavinackLab, @AMHBlakeslee, @HabeoCanceres, @Fowler_Lab, Jim Carlton, and a bunch of other awesome invert and algae taxonomists 🦀🦐🪼🪸

[Dr. Bronwyn W. Williams @BWWilliamsLab]

It's time for 'What's On Your' #MolluskMonday, brought to you by the @NaturalSciences Non-molluscan Invertebrates Collection. This is a cool shell and all, but look at the teeny weeny barnacle on it (left of center)! Aww.

Let's flip it over...
🧵 1/2

[Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist @mccullermi]

@americanbeetles thank you! and yes, there's so many things on things it can be overwhelming 🫠

[Dr. Bronwyn W. Williams @BWWilliamsLab]

A fabulous specimen for a #FantasticFriday
This is one of two basket stars collected off the coast of North Carolina on 23 June 1970 by the crew of the R/V Eastward at a depth of 60 m. Formerly in the @DukeMarineLab collection, currently housed @NaturalSciences NMI Collection.

[Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist @mccullermi]

guess who's on bluesky with the same username?! meeee

[NorthCarolinaEE @NorthCarolinaEE]

Live today at noon EDT! Don't miss the live Q and A with host @EnvEdChris & guest @mccullermi

FYI @SeaGrantNC @NCAquarium_RI @NCAquariumatPKS @NCAquariumFF @jennettespierob @_CMAST @UNCims @DukeMarineLab @NCCoastalFed @RebeccaRHelm @UNCW_CMS @NCReserve @CoastalECU @AndyAread

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Wow. Intriguing isn't it?

It would be cool if one of the authors on this study was right here in North Carolina, and could do a #LunchTimeDiscovery live talk for us on 5/3/2023. Just saying... https://t.co/dB5iNWbnp1

@mccullermi @NCDEQ @naturalsciences @ABC11_WTVD

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Coastal species on the move? On 5/3/23 @mccullermi presents "If You 'Build' It, They Will Come: Ocean Plastic Debris is Being Colonized by Coastal Species" The #LunchTimeDiscovery streams live noon ET:

https://t.co/JlV8hcpG7s
@NCDEQ @NorthCarolinaEE @naturalsciences

[Dr. Bronwyn W. Williams @BWWilliamsLab]

A spider crab (Libinia dubia, I think - I was too excited to be filming it that I forgot to count the spines) on Sunset Beach, NC for #InverteFest

[Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist @mccullermi]

Hey, that's me! I'm going to be talking about some of the research I've been part of and how it's changing what we've long believed about coastal marine inverts! I promise there will be more than just one slide that says "they're living in the open ocean now"

[NorthCarolinaEE @NorthCarolinaEE]

🎬🎥🎞Our May #LunchTimeDiscovery "Cinema Series" kicks off 5/3/2023! @mccullermi is our first guest star in "If You 'Build' It, They Will Come: Ocean Plastic Debris is Being Colonized by Coastal Species." Streams noon ET https://t.co/dB5iNWbnp1

[Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist @mccullermi]

@Kelporama likely Electra pilosa!

[NorthCarolinaEE @NorthCarolinaEE]

🎬🎥🎞Our May #LunchTimeDiscovery "Cinema Series" kicks off 5/3/2023! @mccullermi is our first guest star in "If You 'Build' It, They Will Come: Ocean Plastic Debris is Being Colonized by Coastal Species." Streams noon ET https://t.co/dB5iNWbnp1

[Steven Kovacs @ngfl3333]

A Crab Megalopa larva keeping up with the newest fashion in underwater hats, a Barnacle.
Blackwater off Anilao, Philippines

[Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist @mccullermi]

@tammy_horton yeah...I've done guess/actual counts of shrimp and found that I almost always underestimate and it's worse the smaller they are, so I'm sort of using that result to guess and then add X more based on how small they are

[Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist @mccullermi]

Doing some experimentation on what guesstimating the number of individuals in hundreds of lots of amphipods does to a person (me). Right now I'm on the genus Colomastix and they are very small! Please help. 300? 1000? It could be anything 🫠

[Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist @mccullermi]

@idbdeb I do that with larger things like shrimp and am pretty good at jelly bean contests but amphipods are basically getting a vibes-based count 🫣

[Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist @mccullermi]

@tammy_horton you're certainly welcome to guess but I 100% will not be getting an official count haha

[Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist @mccullermi]

@Meghann_Pie I'm not looking to do calculations here, just a quick guess on how many things are in a container