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etilic.bsky.social
curator of all things wormy and spiny at Senckenberg. #polychaetes #echinoderms I've got a thing for bristles and biodiversity. 🧬πŸͺ± πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆhe/him
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Taxonomy training workshops are an incredibly valuable experience for everyone involved. The next #ConfusingCrustaceans workshop will be in Wilhelmshaven, Germany from Oct. 6-10, 2025. See peracarida.org for more details. #Peracarida #SweatTheSmallStuff #IcyInverts

A taxonomic inventory of faunal diversity at the methane seeps on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #biodiversity #biogeography #ecology @etilic.bsky.social

Wie viele und welche #Organismen leben im #Meer? Forscherinnen und Forscher dokumentieren die #Artenvielfalt im World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) – darunter auch @etilic.bsky.social vom @oceanspecies.bsky.social … Christina Mikalo erzΓ€hlt mehr darΓΌber: www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3...

Capitella is one of the best-studied polychaetes, and polychaete chaetae are among the most extensively researched features of all annelids. Yet, we discovered an elusive, transient gland associated with Capitella chaetae. If you’re curious, here’s the link: t.co/mEciM6b348

Bone-devouring zombie worms (#Osedax) πŸ§Ÿβ€β™€οΈ make tiny, claw-like hooks. Want to know how? Check out our new paper! πŸ˜‰ doi.org/10.1186/s132...

Happy Taxonomist Appreciation Day! How cool is it that our tiny little sea daisy made it into the top 10! πŸŒŸπŸ€—

Ever wondered what the babies of bone-devouring zombie worms look like? 🧐 Your curiosity ends here! Our paper on the postembryonic development of #Osedax is published today. πŸ“–πŸ”¬ www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...

Introducing π˜—π˜¦π˜€π˜΅π˜ͺ𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘦π˜ͺ𝘴 𝘴𝘡𝘳π˜ͺ𝘀𝘬𝘳𝘰𝘡𝘡π˜ͺ gen. nov. sp. nov.! 🌊🐍πŸͺ± A truly remarkable new species AND genus of deep-sea nereidid worm. The hunt for them is still my highlight from our #CostaRica cruise in 2018. πŸ›³πŸ” journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

πŸŽ‰Our paper on #Veneriserva, a fascinating endoparasitic polychaete with unique adaptations, is now published and OpenAccess. Hope you enjoy the read! 🌊🐭 πŸ”—πŸ”“ link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🌟 Excited to share our new paper on a stunning new species, a "sea daisy": 𝘟𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘒𝘹 𝘱𝘳π˜ͺ𝘯𝘀𝘦𝘒𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘡π˜ͺ n. sp. 🌊🌼 The paper is #OpenAccess πŸ”“ so dive in and explore this #deepsea marvel! #NewSpecies w/ @echinoblog.bsky.social πŸ”— www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15...