Jocelyn Cooper

Our digitized Lophophorata data (now mostly #bryozoa, some #brachiopoda) are online at GBIF, this is just the beginning! More coming! www.gbif.org/dataset/82e6...

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True Facts: New Species Naming Competition YouTube video by Ze Frank

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀! Check out Ze Frank’s newest True Facts video and drop your name suggestion for this new chiton in the comments: youtu.be/G7HkBBJO7ZU?...

@sgn.one @bdj.pensoft.net

Float like a glass squid.

What might it feel like to reach a state where your body’s density perfectly matches your surroundings? Their buoyant bodies are filled with ammonium chloride, which is lighter than seawater, helping them to conserve energy while traveling. 1,729 m #ArgentinianDeepSeeps

OH WOW! A whole web page DEVOTED to SPONGE SPICULE Imagery ! #porifera #spongeThursday www.spicules.org

Seek and you shall find: Detection of alien bryozoans along the Chilean SE Pacific coast with a simple and cost-efficient methodology Invasions by non-indigenous species (NIS) are among the major problems that coastal ecosystems are facing globally and are driven by anthropogenic activities, such as international vessel traffic and ...

New publication on alien bryozoans from Chile
neobiota.pensoft.net/article/1447...

Gulf Restoration Live! ARMS: Unlocking Ocean Biodiversity YouTube video by Inner Space Center

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Unlocking Mediterranean bryozoan diversity: seven new species unveiled after fixing a neotype for Fenestrulina malusii (Audouin & Savigny, 1826) (Cheilostomatida, Fenestrulinidae) Fenestrulina malusii (Audouin & Savigny), the type species of Fenestrulina Jullien, is among the most widely reported bryozoans globally. Following the loss of the original type material, presumed...

New publication on diversity of the cheilostome bryozoan genus Fenestrulina in the Mediterranean
zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1579...

Magnificent bryozoan: What are the giant blobs floating in US waters? It might look like a giant gummy bear, or a brain shaped blob...like something from another planet maybe? But actually this blob was found on Earth floating in a U.S. lake...

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How The Smithsonian Safeguards 148 Million Specimens | AI in Action | Business Insider YouTube video by Business Insider

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starfish in jars

Appropros for #taxonomistappreciation day a NEW video by GFOE's Art Howard and Caitlin Bailey- the Power of Collections- a feature on #okeanos museum collections featuring myself, Martha Nizinski, Andrea Quattrini (@corallab.bsky.social) and @agcollins.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=STtg...

A broadly resolved molecular phylogeny of New Zealand cheilostome bryozoans as a framework for hypotheses of morphological evolution Larger molecular phylogenies based on ever more genes are becoming commonplace with the advent of cheaper and more streamlined sequencing and bioinfor…

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Dr. Andrea Quattrini holding up a big orange coral while standing in a room full of drawers that contain corals.

Congrats to Dr. Andrea Quattrini (Coral Curator, SI NMNH) for winning The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers!

This is the highest honor bestowed by the United States federal government on outstanding scientists in the early stages of their independent research careers!

A round jellyfish with glowing golden stripes on the bell and long tendril tentacles against a background of deep sea sediment.

An anemone with many white thin tentacles

A close up into the centre of a feather duster worm with radiating striped white and brown tentacles

A semi-translucent octopus with a spotted mantle and blue tentacles.

Happy New Year from invertebrates that look like fireworks.

Credits
Jellyfish: OET/Nautilus Live
Anemone: Cathy Lewis
Feather duster worm: Pauline Walsh Jacobsen
Octopus: Schmidt Ocean Institute