Largest donation of #Starfish the Museum has ever received. From the Marine Biology Lab Université libre de Bruxelles. A very happy #Echinoderms curator Hugh Carter now has the job of organising all of this.

How many starfish do you think was in this incredible donation?

#NaturalHistoryMuseum

You can see some of the spectacular imagery from the recent Natural History Museum Natural History Museum Science National Oceanography Centre #smartexccz expeditions to the Pacific abyss in this small but perfectly formed exhibition in LSE #LSEArts Atrium Gallery, London from now until 22 June. Free entry. #NHMDeepSea

A #newspecies of parasitic #barnacle has been discovered on shrimp in the abyssal zone of the northwestern Pacific. 🦐

🔗 doi.org/10.3897/zse.10…

#Crustacea Keiichi Kakui

The first paper from our collaboration with Iziko_Museums is out. Descriptions of new Arabella species from both UK (A. ampulliformis) and South Africa (A. umgazanae) will support accurate identifications & give clarity on Arabella iricolor #WormWednesday doi.org/10.1080/156270…

Delighted to share the second results paper of my PhD, in which we expand the biogeographic range and diversity of the bone-eating worm 𝘖𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘹 in the late Cretaceous with Phil Mannion Adrian Glover and Paul Upchurch.

royalsocietypublishing.org/eprint/PIVG4SV…

Interested in the community ecology of coral reefs? We have a Natural Environment Research Council REP summer internship looking at coral recolonisation post cyclone damage: nercdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk/programme/reps

Sea pigs and unicumbers! deep sea biodiversity research from Adrian Glover Adrian Glover Regan Drennan Eva Stewart & al. NHM in the Clarion Clipperton Zone, helping understand how this could be impacted by possible deep sea mining iflscience.com/barbie-pigs-am…

NOVA CANTON TROUGH

In March, April and May some of our #deepsearesearch team are exploring the Nova Canton Trough (Central Pacific) over 4 legs with Inkfish.

Presenting a swarm of amphipods at 8000m deep. Caught on a baited lander camera on Leg 1.
School of Biological Sciences, UWA.

Lab news: I'm hiring a technician, for all things meiofauna transcriptomics! Perfect for a post-masters student seeking experience before moving to a PhD or industry. Listed as 0.5X but likely to be 0.7X or even 1X, depending on funding. 3.5 years. RT plz. tinyurl.com/LaumerTech

🪸 ISA is accepting proposals for a #consultant for the development of a groundbreaking project document on facilitating the global sharing of deep-sea genetic data and biological samples. 🧬🔬

For details and deadline: bit.ly/3TymRVn

#MarineScience #Genetics #ApplyNow

New study shows that in one single island in the Canary Islands, ca. 50,000 pet cats (i.e. not feral!) prey on over 1.5 million animals/year including an estimated 632,222 (593,790–670,426) (endemic) reptiles and 284,834 (267,519––302,046) birds:

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#WPYAlumni Laurent Ballesta noticed what he thought might be two isopods drifting upon a seagull feather, six metres below the surface. 🪶

Check out more images of invertebrate behaviour by our #WPYAlumni : bit.ly/WPY-Behaviour-…

2 amphipods hanging on to a crinoid at 6225m, Central Pacific.
#inkfishexplore
Deep Sea Research Centre

Introducing 𝘗𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪 gen. nov. sp. nov.! 🌊🐍🪱 A truly remarkable new species AND genus of deep-sea nereidid worm. Paper led by Tulio F. Villalobos just out! 1/3

journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Senckenberg Research SENCKENBERG SOSA

The 2024 LinneSys call is open!

Need funding for a systematics-based project?

Details on eligibity and how to apply here: systass.org/linnesys/

You need an active The Systematics Association or The Linnean Society of London membership to apply!

Applications close Sunday, 7th April at 23:59 BST

Interested in deep-sea ecology and anthropogenic disturbance? We are seeking a Postdoc with experience in seabed megafauna, image analysis, and strong publishing track record, at National Oceanography Centre. Apply here: careers.noc.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_po…

‘Hi, I’m Emma, curator of free-living #worms .

At up to 2m long, Megascolides australis may not be quite as large as the worms in #DunePart2 but are still impressive. They require water filled burrows, so the desert is actually one of the only places earthworms can’t survive'.

Ever wondered where a snake’s head ends and its tail begins? Or how we know the age of meteorites?

Dive deep into new interests, see exclusive behind-the-scenes treasures and learn flexibly from world-leading researchers.

Try a Naturally Curious course: brnw.ch/21wHrcG

Our first paper from project studying radiation of amphipods in ancient Lake Ohrid is finally out onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jb…

#NewSpecies !
New amphipod from #japan just swam in:

Metopelloides lowryi

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/EAA1BF45-02…
Publication: doi.org/10.3853/j.2201…
#RecordsOfTheAustralianMuseum Australian Museum

#FAIRdata
#OA #science #biology #nature #biodiversity #conservation #crustacea #amphipods