[5/6] Collaboration was at the heart of the workshop's success. Early career researchers worked alongside internationally recognised taxonomic specialists, sharing expertise, building taxonomic capacity and accelerating the process of species discovery.
[1/6] Celebrating a fantastic two weeks of species discovery in Buenos Aires. 👏🪸 Over the past fortnight, 18 scientists came together for an Ocean Census Species Discovery Workshop, hosted by Universidad Maimónides in partnership with @schmidtocean.bsky.social.
Species discovery is underway in Argentina. Find out more about the latest workshop, bringing together international teams of scientists to discover new species from the South Atlantic oceancensus.org/revealing-th... Thank you to workshop partners @schmidtocean.bsky.social.
The Ocean Census Schmidt Ocean Institute Argentina Species Discovery Workshop
In July 2026, taxonomic experts will gather for the Ocean Census Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) Argentina Species Discovery Workshop.
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Museum collections are more than archives: they anchor species names. A new catalogue documents over 10,000 Cumacea type specimens from the Hamburg collection, improving access to a key resource for biodiversity research. #LIBresearch © Mercado-Salas et al., CC BY 1/3
#FunFact Some type specimens in museum collections were collected more than a century ago but remain essential for modern biodiversity research. 3/3
Type specimens are the reference points for species identification, helping ensure that biodiversity research is built on stable and verifiable taxonomy. → doi.org/10.3897/evol... @nancymercado.bsky.social 2/3
New branches of the tree of life are still being discovered. A new family of Monstrilloida—tiny parasitic crustaceans—has been identified from the deep North Atlantic, revealing an unexpected lineage. #LIBresearch © Suárez-Morales et al., CC BY 1/3
#FunFact Despite their name, monstrilloid copepods spend part of their lives as parasites inside marine invertebrates before becoming free-swimming adults. 3/3
Join us in shaping the future of ornithological collections and research! We're looking for a Curator of Ornithology in Hamburg to help advance collection-based biodiversity science, research infrastructure, and long-term knowledge on birds worldwide 🐦🌍
Mariella Herberstein (she/her) 🌈@mherberstein.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are hiring a curator for the ornithology section at the @leibnizlib.bsky.social in Hamburg. Please apply or share: www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/careers/j...
My article has been published today in @PeerJSTM peerj.com/articles/21176 #Genetics #MarineBiology #Taxonomy #Zoology
A new family of the order Monstrilloida (Copepoda) from deep waters of the North Atlantic supported by morphological and genetic evidence
Background Monstrilloid copepods have endoparasitic naupliar and postnaupliar stages infecting different groups of marine invertebrates. As adults, they have been recorded as free-swimming, non-feedin...
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Stunning video of an arcturid isopod! (not a caprellid!)
Schmidt Ocean Institute@schmidtocean.bsky.social · 6mo agoSkeleton shrimp: superior snackers This amphipod in the family Caprellidae, has feather-like setae line several of their 18 appendages for collecting food — amphipod translates to “feet on all sides” in Greek. #argentiniandeepseeps ~1200 meters
Un nematodo puede enseñarnos más de lo que parece. La meiofauna es un libro abierto que nos ayuda a entender como se genera y mantiene la biodiversidad en la Tierra... explorando, analizando datos y sabiendo matematica, poco a poco, lo vamos leyendo
¿Y si te dijera que hay un mundo "invisible" bajos tus pies, lleno de animales que nadie ve pero que lo sostienen todo?🔍 Mi tesis va de ellos: la meiofauna. 🪱🦂 ¡Te lo cuento en este hilo!🧵 #HiloTesis @crueuniversidades.bsky.social @filarramendi.bsky.social
Emanuel (@emanuelp1990.bsky.social), a guest scientist of the LIB Crustacea Collection in Hamburg, is doing some #CT scans of deep-sea #isopods. He wants to visualize soft tissue to explore the anatomy of the reproductive systems in deep-sea species.
