@diginverts.bsky.social
Making marine invertebrate collections accessible for all. 🦀🦑🦞🦐
Funded by the National Science Foundation. #diginverts #NSFfunded
Instagram: @diginverts
Funded by the National Science Foundation. #diginverts #NSFfunded
Instagram: @diginverts
Ever wondered where Nemo lives? 🐠 In the Indo-Pacific, clownfish live with Entacmaea quadricolor (bubble-tip anemones). The anemones shelter the fish, & the fish provide the anemones nutrients and defend them from predators & parasites. Nature’s teamwork—mutualistic symbiosis!
June 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Ever wondered where Nemo lives? 🐠 In the Indo-Pacific, clownfish live with Entacmaea quadricolor (bubble-tip anemones). The anemones shelter the fish, & the fish provide the anemones nutrients and defend them from predators & parasites. Nature’s teamwork—mutualistic symbiosis!
#FridayFunFact Sea urchins have no eyes, bones, heart, or brain — yet they can still sense light! Their whole body acts like one big eye as they use their tube feet & spines to detect changes in light & navigate their surroundings.👁️
Heliocidaris australiae, found off Australia.
Heliocidaris australiae, found off Australia.
June 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
#FridayFunFact Sea urchins have no eyes, bones, heart, or brain — yet they can still sense light! Their whole body acts like one big eye as they use their tube feet & spines to detect changes in light & navigate their surroundings.👁️
Heliocidaris australiae, found off Australia.
Heliocidaris australiae, found off Australia.
City Nature Challenge 2025! 🌱📸 Apr 25–28, join a global effort to protect biodiversity—just by taking pics of nature near you. 🦋
1️⃣ Download the @inaturalist.bsky.social app
2️⃣ Take photos
3️⃣ Upload sightings
4️⃣ Learn as your observations get ID’d!
Photos: @vijaybarve.bsky.social
1️⃣ Download the @inaturalist.bsky.social app
2️⃣ Take photos
3️⃣ Upload sightings
4️⃣ Learn as your observations get ID’d!
Photos: @vijaybarve.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
City Nature Challenge 2025! 🌱📸 Apr 25–28, join a global effort to protect biodiversity—just by taking pics of nature near you. 🦋
1️⃣ Download the @inaturalist.bsky.social app
2️⃣ Take photos
3️⃣ Upload sightings
4️⃣ Learn as your observations get ID’d!
Photos: @vijaybarve.bsky.social
1️⃣ Download the @inaturalist.bsky.social app
2️⃣ Take photos
3️⃣ Upload sightings
4️⃣ Learn as your observations get ID’d!
Photos: @vijaybarve.bsky.social
🌍 Earth Day @nhm.org! 🌿 #EarthDay2025
We’re still buzzing from Saturday's @nhm.org Earth Day Festival! A highlight? The MBC’s “All Things Isopods” table that had:
🔎 Live sorting
🎨 Sketching
🫙 Exploring museum collections
Let’s keep the Earth Day energy going! ✨
We’re still buzzing from Saturday's @nhm.org Earth Day Festival! A highlight? The MBC’s “All Things Isopods” table that had:
🔎 Live sorting
🎨 Sketching
🫙 Exploring museum collections
Let’s keep the Earth Day energy going! ✨
April 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🌍 Earth Day @nhm.org! 🌿 #EarthDay2025
We’re still buzzing from Saturday's @nhm.org Earth Day Festival! A highlight? The MBC’s “All Things Isopods” table that had:
🔎 Live sorting
🎨 Sketching
🫙 Exploring museum collections
Let’s keep the Earth Day energy going! ✨
We’re still buzzing from Saturday's @nhm.org Earth Day Festival! A highlight? The MBC’s “All Things Isopods” table that had:
🔎 Live sorting
🎨 Sketching
🫙 Exploring museum collections
Let’s keep the Earth Day energy going! ✨
Are you a student eager to explore museum collections research?🔬✨Apply for the @nhm.org HMLA Collections Study Award by April 1. Connect with curators & collections managers first to discuss your project.
👉 nhm.org/student-coll... #MuseumStudies #CollectionsResearch #NaturalHistory
👉 nhm.org/student-coll... #MuseumStudies #CollectionsResearch #NaturalHistory
March 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Are you a student eager to explore museum collections research?🔬✨Apply for the @nhm.org HMLA Collections Study Award by April 1. Connect with curators & collections managers first to discuss your project.
👉 nhm.org/student-coll... #MuseumStudies #CollectionsResearch #NaturalHistory
👉 nhm.org/student-coll... #MuseumStudies #CollectionsResearch #NaturalHistory
This incredible sea creature shares some surprising similarities with us. 🧑🤝🧑🔍 #WhatIsItWednesday #MarineBiology #Invertebrates #diginverts
March 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This incredible sea creature shares some surprising similarities with us. 🧑🤝🧑🔍 #WhatIsItWednesday #MarineBiology #Invertebrates #diginverts
Check out the stunning bioluminescent waves lighting up Southern California! 📷
@vijaybarve.bsky.social
#bioluminescence #glowingocean #oceanmagic #underwatermysteries
@vijaybarve.bsky.social
#bioluminescence #glowingocean #oceanmagic #underwatermysteries
February 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Check out the stunning bioluminescent waves lighting up Southern California! 📷
@vijaybarve.bsky.social
#bioluminescence #glowingocean #oceanmagic #underwatermysteries
@vijaybarve.bsky.social
#bioluminescence #glowingocean #oceanmagic #underwatermysteries
Most sea urchin genetic research focuses on globe-shaped species, but thanks to Matthew Stephenson in the Greg Rouse lab @scrippsocean.bsky.social, we have the 1st mitochondrial genome for an “irregular” species, Echinocrepis rostrata, the pyramid-shaped urchin🔗
doi.org/10.1080/2380...
doi.org/10.1080/2380...
February 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Most sea urchin genetic research focuses on globe-shaped species, but thanks to Matthew Stephenson in the Greg Rouse lab @scrippsocean.bsky.social, we have the 1st mitochondrial genome for an “irregular” species, Echinocrepis rostrata, the pyramid-shaped urchin🔗
doi.org/10.1080/2380...
doi.org/10.1080/2380...
What creature is this?
Meet the zoanthids, a group of mostly colonial, filter-feeding cnidarians that settle on other marine fauna (here, a glass rope sponge). While they resemble coral polyps or sea anemones, they actually belong to their own order, Zoantharia.
Meet the zoanthids, a group of mostly colonial, filter-feeding cnidarians that settle on other marine fauna (here, a glass rope sponge). While they resemble coral polyps or sea anemones, they actually belong to their own order, Zoantharia.
February 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
What creature is this?
Meet the zoanthids, a group of mostly colonial, filter-feeding cnidarians that settle on other marine fauna (here, a glass rope sponge). While they resemble coral polyps or sea anemones, they actually belong to their own order, Zoantharia.
Meet the zoanthids, a group of mostly colonial, filter-feeding cnidarians that settle on other marine fauna (here, a glass rope sponge). While they resemble coral polyps or sea anemones, they actually belong to their own order, Zoantharia.
What is this organism?
A plant?🌱No.
An animal?🐮 Yes.
A coral?🪸Not even close!
This is a moss animal, a colonial marine invertebrate related to lamp shells (Brachiopoda) and horseshoe worms (Phoronida).
@sbnature.bsky.social
A plant?🌱No.
An animal?🐮 Yes.
A coral?🪸Not even close!
This is a moss animal, a colonial marine invertebrate related to lamp shells (Brachiopoda) and horseshoe worms (Phoronida).
@sbnature.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
What is this organism?
A plant?🌱No.
An animal?🐮 Yes.
A coral?🪸Not even close!
This is a moss animal, a colonial marine invertebrate related to lamp shells (Brachiopoda) and horseshoe worms (Phoronida).
@sbnature.bsky.social
A plant?🌱No.
An animal?🐮 Yes.
A coral?🪸Not even close!
This is a moss animal, a colonial marine invertebrate related to lamp shells (Brachiopoda) and horseshoe worms (Phoronida).
@sbnature.bsky.social
Who doesn’t love ice cream?🍦Meet the ice cream cone worm, Pectinaria gouldii! These builders craft intricate cone-shaped tubes just one sand grain thick! They live in tubes beneath the sediment in shallow waters, using their golden bristles to dig & their tentacles to find food.
February 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Who doesn’t love ice cream?🍦Meet the ice cream cone worm, Pectinaria gouldii! These builders craft intricate cone-shaped tubes just one sand grain thick! They live in tubes beneath the sediment in shallow waters, using their golden bristles to dig & their tentacles to find food.
Set sail on the epic Velero expeditions in episode 3 of the #DigInDiaries. 🛳️🔍 See how @nhmla.bsky.social is bringing history to life by digitizing Velero data & specimens. 🌐
Watch the full video on Instagram
@diginverts: instagram.com/reel/C9QbL_x...
Watch the full video on Instagram
@diginverts: instagram.com/reel/C9QbL_x...
February 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Set sail on the epic Velero expeditions in episode 3 of the #DigInDiaries. 🛳️🔍 See how @nhmla.bsky.social is bringing history to life by digitizing Velero data & specimens. 🌐
Watch the full video on Instagram
@diginverts: instagram.com/reel/C9QbL_x...
Watch the full video on Instagram
@diginverts: instagram.com/reel/C9QbL_x...
Episode two of the #DigInDiaries! A deep dive into digitization at @nhmla.bsky.social Watch the full video on Instagram @diginverts www.instagram.com/reel/C6XTe_f...
#diginverts #MarineScience #OceanResearch #MarineBiodiversity #MarineInvertebrates #InvertebrateCollections #MarineResearch
#diginverts #MarineScience #OceanResearch #MarineBiodiversity #MarineInvertebrates #InvertebrateCollections #MarineResearch
February 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Episode two of the #DigInDiaries! A deep dive into digitization at @nhmla.bsky.social Watch the full video on Instagram @diginverts www.instagram.com/reel/C6XTe_f...
#diginverts #MarineScience #OceanResearch #MarineBiodiversity #MarineInvertebrates #InvertebrateCollections #MarineResearch
#diginverts #MarineScience #OceanResearch #MarineBiodiversity #MarineInvertebrates #InvertebrateCollections #MarineResearch
Curious about DigIn? Watch part 1 of the #DigInDiaries. 🪼🪸
Check out the full video on Instagram @diginverts
www.instagram.com/reel/C5bX6Y3...
#MarineScience #OceanResearch #MarineBiodiversity #MarineInvertebrates #InvertebrateCollections #MarineResearch #OceanEducation #MarineTaxonomy #Marine
Check out the full video on Instagram @diginverts
www.instagram.com/reel/C5bX6Y3...
#MarineScience #OceanResearch #MarineBiodiversity #MarineInvertebrates #InvertebrateCollections #MarineResearch #OceanEducation #MarineTaxonomy #Marine
February 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Curious about DigIn? Watch part 1 of the #DigInDiaries. 🪼🪸
Check out the full video on Instagram @diginverts
www.instagram.com/reel/C5bX6Y3...
#MarineScience #OceanResearch #MarineBiodiversity #MarineInvertebrates #InvertebrateCollections #MarineResearch #OceanEducation #MarineTaxonomy #Marine
Check out the full video on Instagram @diginverts
www.instagram.com/reel/C5bX6Y3...
#MarineScience #OceanResearch #MarineBiodiversity #MarineInvertebrates #InvertebrateCollections #MarineResearch #OceanEducation #MarineTaxonomy #Marine
Dive into this deep-sea mystery!🔎Scientists at
@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social found unknown, long, white siliceous filaments on a scalpellid and a sponge. These filaments are not part of the organisms! Can you help identify them? #MarineMystery #DeepSeaScience @univmiami.bsky.social
@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social found unknown, long, white siliceous filaments on a scalpellid and a sponge. These filaments are not part of the organisms! Can you help identify them? #MarineMystery #DeepSeaScience @univmiami.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Dive into this deep-sea mystery!🔎Scientists at
@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social found unknown, long, white siliceous filaments on a scalpellid and a sponge. These filaments are not part of the organisms! Can you help identify them? #MarineMystery #DeepSeaScience @univmiami.bsky.social
@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social found unknown, long, white siliceous filaments on a scalpellid and a sponge. These filaments are not part of the organisms! Can you help identify them? #MarineMystery #DeepSeaScience @univmiami.bsky.social
Love marine worms?🪱 Venus's servant worms (Veneriserva pygoclava) are parasitic annelids that live inside other fuzzy annelids called sea mice (Aphrodita longipalpa). #diginverts
Dissecting a sea mouse reveals an adult (yellow) & juvenile (blue) parasite! @scrippsocean.bsky.social
Dissecting a sea mouse reveals an adult (yellow) & juvenile (blue) parasite! @scrippsocean.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Love marine worms?🪱 Venus's servant worms (Veneriserva pygoclava) are parasitic annelids that live inside other fuzzy annelids called sea mice (Aphrodita longipalpa). #diginverts
Dissecting a sea mouse reveals an adult (yellow) & juvenile (blue) parasite! @scrippsocean.bsky.social
Dissecting a sea mouse reveals an adult (yellow) & juvenile (blue) parasite! @scrippsocean.bsky.social
Sea spiders have the unique ability to breath through their legs! Oxygen passes along the legs’ large surface area, and intestinal pouches in the legs diffuse the oxygen throughout the sea spiders' tissues. #diginverts #seaspiders #spiders
February 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Sea spiders have the unique ability to breath through their legs! Oxygen passes along the legs’ large surface area, and intestinal pouches in the legs diffuse the oxygen throughout the sea spiders' tissues. #diginverts #seaspiders #spiders
The Venus’ flower basket is a glass sponge made up of 1000s of tiny pores, which draw in water so the sponge can feed on bacteria & plankton. This process helps keep our oceans clean as a small glass sponge reef can filter 80K liters a second & remove 90% of the water's bacteria!
February 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Venus’ flower basket is a glass sponge made up of 1000s of tiny pores, which draw in water so the sponge can feed on bacteria & plankton. This process helps keep our oceans clean as a small glass sponge reef can filter 80K liters a second & remove 90% of the water's bacteria!
When you think of #coral, you are likely picturing Scleractinian corals, the group of true or #stonycorals. Scleractinians build hard skeletons and structures out of calcium carbonate, making them the primary reef-building corals. 🪸 #coralreef #diginverts
February 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
When you think of #coral, you are likely picturing Scleractinian corals, the group of true or #stonycorals. Scleractinians build hard skeletons and structures out of calcium carbonate, making them the primary reef-building corals. 🪸 #coralreef #diginverts
Pasiphaeid & sergestid shrimp are valuable nutrient recyclers that sometimes feed near the seafloor and then traverse the water column, “giving back” nutrients to other parts of the column. 💩
Photo: Glass shrimp collected as a part of the
@scrippsocean.bsky.social MAS MBC program.
Photo: Glass shrimp collected as a part of the
@scrippsocean.bsky.social MAS MBC program.
February 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Pasiphaeid & sergestid shrimp are valuable nutrient recyclers that sometimes feed near the seafloor and then traverse the water column, “giving back” nutrients to other parts of the column. 💩
Photo: Glass shrimp collected as a part of the
@scrippsocean.bsky.social MAS MBC program.
Photo: Glass shrimp collected as a part of the
@scrippsocean.bsky.social MAS MBC program.
Sea stars can regenerate their nervous systems, which is a rare ability among animals. Researchers are studying this physiology for its potential to inform the development of therapeutic treatments for human brain injuries. #seastars #diginverts
Photo: Chrissy Piotrowski @calacademy.bsky.social
Photo: Chrissy Piotrowski @calacademy.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Sea stars can regenerate their nervous systems, which is a rare ability among animals. Researchers are studying this physiology for its potential to inform the development of therapeutic treatments for human brain injuries. #seastars #diginverts
Photo: Chrissy Piotrowski @calacademy.bsky.social
Photo: Chrissy Piotrowski @calacademy.bsky.social
Some sea stars have the uncanny abilities of autotomy (casting off a limb) & regeneration (regrowing body parts). See the tiny new arms & central disk growing from a cast off arm of Linckia multiflora that was collected during
@calacademy.bsky.social's #HopeforReefs work in the Maldives.
@calacademy.bsky.social's #HopeforReefs work in the Maldives.
February 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Some sea stars have the uncanny abilities of autotomy (casting off a limb) & regeneration (regrowing body parts). See the tiny new arms & central disk growing from a cast off arm of Linckia multiflora that was collected during
@calacademy.bsky.social's #HopeforReefs work in the Maldives.
@calacademy.bsky.social's #HopeforReefs work in the Maldives.
Spongia officinalis, aka the common bath sponge, is found in the Mediterranean. Humans have used this sponge as a scrubbing device for millennia! S. officinalis typically grow on sea floors, but these specimens from @natural-history.bsky.social grew on a piece of sunken pottery. #diginverts
February 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Spongia officinalis, aka the common bath sponge, is found in the Mediterranean. Humans have used this sponge as a scrubbing device for millennia! S. officinalis typically grow on sea floors, but these specimens from @natural-history.bsky.social grew on a piece of sunken pottery. #diginverts
Did you know that @sbnature.bsky.social houses the complete Raymond C. Osburn collection described & noted in "Bryozoa of the Pacific Coast of America." This material includes a large number of primary type specimens, like Bientalophora cylindrica (Osburn, 1953. SBMNH 669500).
February 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Did you know that @sbnature.bsky.social houses the complete Raymond C. Osburn collection described & noted in "Bryozoa of the Pacific Coast of America." This material includes a large number of primary type specimens, like Bientalophora cylindrica (Osburn, 1953. SBMNH 669500).
Simple-armed basket stars resemble Tim Burton's character Beetlejuice, and not just for their white stripes. #diginverts💀
These stars are miniature monsters in their own right, especially to unassuming copepods that get caught by the stars' serpentine appendages.
These stars are miniature monsters in their own right, especially to unassuming copepods that get caught by the stars' serpentine appendages.
February 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Simple-armed basket stars resemble Tim Burton's character Beetlejuice, and not just for their white stripes. #diginverts💀
These stars are miniature monsters in their own right, especially to unassuming copepods that get caught by the stars' serpentine appendages.
These stars are miniature monsters in their own right, especially to unassuming copepods that get caught by the stars' serpentine appendages.