DigInverts
@DigInverts
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Making marine invertebrate collections accessible for all. 🦀🦑🦞🦐 Funded by the National Science Foundation. #diginverts #NSFfunded
Joined October 2021
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!
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RT @inaturalist: You're currently looking at Phylliroe bucephala — a parasitic sea slug that lives its life in the open ocean — and the col….
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RT @inaturalist: We're hiring! iNaturalist is searching for a Senior Staff Mobile Engineer team to lead the continued development of our cr….
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Naomi Rodriguez @NHMLA uses integrative taxonomy to better ID marine isopods—tiny but vital players in marine ecosystems—tackling the challenge of consistent species IDs for this group. She also made a zine to bring isopods to life!.#WednesdayWisdom
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RT @WHOI: Some of the best inventors “study nature, not books.”. 🎨 by Natalie Renier, 🖋️ by Hannah Piecuch/WHOI Creative. #OceanMatters #Bl….
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RT @inaturalist: It's #WormWednesday 😌🪱 . Here's a very good flatworm, possibly in the Genus Paraplanocera. 📷 adrian2370 on iNaturalist.📍….
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#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.
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RT @FieldMuseum: Ready for the DEEPEST dive you've ever taken? . Explore the mysterious, rarely-seen world hidden beneath the waves in our….
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RT @FieldMuseum: In #UnseenOceans:. 🪼 Encounter glow-in-the-dark fish and plankton. 🪼 Pilot through the depths in an interactive submersibl….
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RT @calacademy: This seagull definitely heard we’re looking for sea stars this month…. All iNaturalist observations of CA sea stars count t….
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RT @NHM_Science: Understanding a new phylum: the Micrognathozoa were discovered only 25 years ago - NHM's Christopher Laumer with colleague….
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RT @inaturalist: As of 2025, there are over 8 million estimated species on Earth, over 2 million species described so far, and over 500,000….
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RT @inaturalist: Atlantic Bobtails (Sepiola atlantica), like many squids in the same family, have a specialized light organ that helps them….
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RT @Scripps_Ocean: 🪸 An innovative approach to #CoralReefRestoration: Gel! A new substance designed by Scripps Oceanography & @UCSDJacobs s….
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Coral larvae are picky about where they attach and settle down. One of the ways they decide is by “smelling” chemicals in the water that are associated with healthy reefs.
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RT @Scripps_Ocean: 🌊 If you frequent #SanDiego tidepools, you've probably spotted these delightful locals. Meet the #SeaHare! Charlotte Sei….
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Types of large sea slugs called the California sea hare and black sea hare can be found off the coast and in tide pools
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RT @MCZHarvard: Get to know Mandë Holford @scimaven, incoming Curator of Malacology and @HarvardOEB professor, and her research on venomous….
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Harvard biologist Mandë Holford studies venomous snails and other toxic creatures to unlock new medications that may one day treat cancer.
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RT @MCZHarvard: In January, MCZ collections hosted students from the @HarvardExt Museum Collections Care course. Students worked with many….
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RT @MCZHarvard: Five new species of squat lobsters have been described by @paularodflo, former Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellow. Munidopsis….
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RT @UCSanDiego: Celebrating 75 years of the @NSF! 🎉 At UC San Diego, their funding drives bold research in health, AI, climate & more. #….
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