This work on benthic ctenophore systematics (creation of Benthoplanidae) sets up a few planned works, focused on the systematics and evolution of shallow and deep water groups. www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=...

nautiluslive.org Dive going on at this moment.
Predatory tunicate.

Our latest collaborative paper, led by NMNH intern Annemarie Wood, reports on a new tool for understanding ctenophore and medusozoan diversity. "Anthozoan eDNA primer set characterizes Ctenophora and Medusozoa ..." Characterizing #MarineLife

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Latest collaborative paper contributes nearly 1500 new genetic barcodes of deep water zooplankton of the Gulf of Alaska. www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
Characterizing #MarineLife. Led by Jenn Questel.

Evenings at sea are often #OceanArt

Lot's of positions available, broadly in marine biotechnology, with Tohoku University and JAMSTEC in Japan. www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/de...

#ICYMI @beziostudio.bsky.social and I worked on a paper to nail down the identity of this gorgeous little lump of a critter living on deep sea corals. Collected by NOAA Ocean Exploration with NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer in 2018. #MarineLife
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Convolutriloba longifissura, one of my favorite aquarium "pests". From our IZ AquaRoom (live culture room). Bright orange is pigment, while the greenish color comes from their symbiotic green algae (Tetraselmis, or Tetraselmis-like). With @abcollens.bsky.social

By my count, @echinoblog.bsky.social has described about 130 different echinoderm species, mostly asteroids. That's a #MarineLife star in my book!

Talking jellies and microbes at the most recent congressional night at the museum. With @abcollens.bsky.social and Cam Oathout (and others not pictured). Got a chance to introduce some of my jellies to the Hope Diamond. #MarineLife outreach is fun

And the original figure of this species, for which Kramp noted that the mouth is missing.

Amphinema rubrum, née Merga rubrum by Kramp in 1957. Drawn by @beziostudio.bsky.social #MarineLife #OceanArt

Smithsonian NMNH Invertebrate Zoology has been digitizing coral specimens using photogrammetry. And the 3-D visualizations are available online. Recently, some sponges have been added the collection, including this holotype of Sigmadocia recondita. 3d.si.edu/explore?edan... digitizing #marinelife

Siphonophores wrapped our around our ankles; serving as our wedding rings.

Our (Chloe Tan Kei, Cheryl Lewis Ames and myself) little report on the mitochondrial genomes of two rhizostome jellies, Cephea cephea and Mastigias albipunctata, with an analysis of phylogenetic relationships, just came out. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#MarineLife of Madeira being explored, with a focus on the JellyWeb. With more youtube's to come. . . www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqrc...

Sponges provide nutrients to their coral neighbors on the reef. Fair is fair, and a fantastic finding reinforcing why we call it an ecoSYSTEM!
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