Excited to share our new paper! We developed a key to the genera of Caligidae, the largest family of parasitic copepods, which includes >500 species in 27 genera. Available here: doi.org/10.1645/24-97 I spent a lot of time imaging copepods for this project...🧪 [🧵1/5] - ThreadSky

jimmybernot.bsky.social • 20 days ago

Excited to share our new paper! We developed a key to the genera of Caligidae, the largest family of parasitic copepods, which includes >500 species in 27 genera. Available here: https://doi.org/10.1645/24-97
I spent a lot of time imaging copepods for this project...🧪
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kancin.bsky.social•20 days ago

and you have found a link between them and politicians? congratulations. i thought it would only be a matter of time. you are to be congratulated.

reneramirez.bsky.social•20 days ago

So cool!!

mads100tist.bsky.social•20 days ago

@oceanfilly.bsky.social look how cool

aliceneel.bsky.social•20 days ago

They look like baby squids

dialbackfear.bsky.social•20 days ago

Truly amazing. Thank you.

chadruns.bsky.social•20 days ago

These are beautiful and amazing. I work with SEM(scanning electron) so I see a lot of grayscale stuff, but these are something else. Great job.

jimmybernot.bsky.social•20 days ago

Thank you!

jopabinia.bsky.social•20 days ago

😍😍😍

jimmybernot.bsky.social•20 days ago

First, because 20 of the 27 genera in this family had never even been photographed before! Good images go a long way in any form of communication [2/5]

jimmybernot.bsky.social•20 days ago

Second, because confocal microscopy made it easier to identify and highlight morphological differences to make the key more approachable for non-specialists [3/5]

jimmybernot.bsky.social•20 days ago

Third, along the way this high resolution imaging led to several new morphological observations and discoveries [4/5]

jimmybernot.bsky.social•20 days ago

It also gave me a chance to try out different confocal laser scanning methods, which I'm looking forward to applying to other projects, including one of my grad student Netanya’s projects where we’ll be scanning some parasitic copepods at UConn’s Advanced Light Microscopy Facility tomorrow! [5/5]

m-theory3.bsky.social•20 days ago

BEAUTIFUL!

daphsci.bsky.social•20 days ago

Very nice. I'd like to talk to you about the eyes, but I'll read the paper first!

m-theory3.bsky.social•20 days ago

Wow, such a variety of life even within the same species

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