Magnetosomes chains of 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘮 cells, magnetic epibionts of a marine protist

Giant clams play important roles in the coral reef ecosystem. They are reef-builders,bioeroders,refuge for some organisms like fishes and epibionts, sources of zooxanthellae and filter-feeders where they can clear water. Example of giant clam is Hippopus sp. #MolluscMonday

I have talked in the past about the epibionts that are found on horseshoe crabs. Probably the most common are barnacles, slipper shells, and bryozoans. But sometimes you get other cool animals like this anemone on this male!

Osedax bone eating worms are covered in a dense blanket of epibionts with unique genomes that undergo a successional shift as the whale carcass degrades. Are they serving a protective function? Find out more in our new paper in mBio 🪱🦠 go Balig!
doi.org/10.1128/mbio.0…

Marine peritrich ciliates living as epibionts on red algae. 200x magnification. Brightfield #microscopy . I found many different ciliates assuming this role in a recent sample. For more examples, see instagram.com/couch_microsco… #scicomm #biology #algae #ciliate #underwater

Did you know that it’s very common for things to grow on a sea turtle’s shell? This includes things like barnacles, algae, and even small crabs. In fact, more than 100 different epibionts have been identified living on loggerhead sea turtle shells.

Video: Jacinta Shackleton

Some lovely iron age limpets with some swirly whirly epibionts hitching a ride!

It's time for #TrilobiteTuesday ! Pictured is a 5-in (12.7-cm)- long Arctinurus boltoni found in upstate NY. If you look closely, you can see scores of epibionts—organisms that live on the surface of another organism—that attached themselves to the trilobite's exoskeleton.

Ahhh Barnacles! A common occurrence through most of the the diamondback terrapin’s range, epibionts in the form of barnacles are well known. However this is probably the first time I’ve noticed them in our population. They certainly don’t look comfortable! #swflturtleproject

New paper published! 🦠

When studying meiofauna, it is common to find epibionts on our study organisms (called basibionts in this context). Normally, these epibionts are usually protozoa or bacteria and are found in small quantities on the body surface of the basibionts.

Dr. Holly East presents analyses of sediment production of a seagrass meadow at GDh Faathihutta. Sediment volume found to be of appropriate grade produced by seagrass epibionts annually, were sufficient to produce the volume of the island over a ~16 yr period. #MMSS2022

water flea managed to grow a whole forest of epibionts on her weird little shell body

✨🌱NEW PAPER!🌊✨

Do seaweed farms provide habitats for epibionts that compare to wild kelps or mussel farms? 🦐👩‍🌾🏡

It's available open access in @JAPhycology here:
doi.org/10.1007/s10811…

A Chydorus from my pond. Far <1mm in size and covered in even smaller epibionts (organisms that live on others). They are even on it's feeding limbs! Must get in the way a bit!

#AukerLab representing Misericordia University at Pennsylvania Academy of Science at Gannon University! #zebramussels #epibionts #ecology #undergraduateresearch

Encrusted Chlamys hastata, NE Pacific Ocean, Barkley Sound, photographed at Bamfield MSC, 2013. #MolluscMonday #bryozoa #epibionts

First Japanese Record of Epistylis wuhanensis (Ciliophora: Epistylididae) Attached to Lernaea cyprinacea (Copepoda), with a List of Epistylis Species Attached to Metazoans in Japan
#Newrecord #Epibionts #SpeciesDiversity
🔓doi.org/10.12782/specd…

Have you seen a turtle scratch its back?

Sea turtles scratch their shells to remove epibionts - organisms that live on the surface of another living organism, like barnacles or algae.

Excessive epibiont growth can otherwise impair the turtle’s movement and swimming ability.

What are the epibionts on this mollusk shell from the Florida continental shelf? Any ideas? #NameThatEpibiont

#Desmodorids are usually parasited by #epibionts (suctorian ciliates). This is so common, that you can find them drawn on the original description of many desmodorid species.
Picture: Ciliophora, Suctorea of a desmodorid nematode from Selvagens.