to anyone out there who might be wondering no, I am not a butt doctor for ghosts

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Some of my photos from the Mid-Atlantic RAS, which we've just finished! with @DavinackLab, @AMHBlakeslee, @HabeoCanceres, @Fowler_Lab, Jim Carlton, and a bunch of other awesome invert and algae taxonomists 🦀🦐🪼🪸

It's time for 'What's On Your' #MolluskMonday, brought to you by the @NaturalSciences Non-molluscan Invertebrates Collection. This is a cool shell and all, but look at the teeny weeny barnacle on it (left of center)! Aww. Let's flip it over... 🧵 1/2

A fabulous specimen for a #FantasticFriday This is one of two basket stars collected off the coast of North Carolina on 23 June 1970 by the crew of the R/V Eastward at a depth of 60 m. Formerly in the @DukeMarineLab collection, currently housed @NaturalSciences NMI Collection.

guess who's on bluesky with the same username?! meeee

Live today at noon EDT! Don't miss the live Q and A with host @EnvEdChris & guest @mccullermi FYI @SeaGrantNC @NCAquarium_RI @NCAquariumatPKS @NCAquariumFF @jennettespierob @_CMAST @UNCims @DukeMarineLab @NCCoastalFed @RebeccaRHelm @UNCW_CMS @NCReserve @CoastalECU @AndyAread

Wow. Intriguing isn't it? It would be cool if one of the authors on this study was right here in North Carolina, and could do a #LunchTimeDiscovery live talk for us on 5/3/2023. Just saying... https://t.co/dB5iNWbnp1 @mccullermi @NCDEQ @naturalsciences @ABC11_WTVD

Coastal species on the move? On 5/3/23 @mccullermi presents "If You 'Build' It, They Will Come: Ocean Plastic Debris is Being Colonized by Coastal Species" The #LunchTimeDiscovery streams live noon ET: https://t.co/JlV8hcpG7s @NCDEQ @NorthCarolinaEE @naturalsciences

A spider crab (Libinia dubia, I think - I was too excited to be filming it that I forgot to count the spines) on Sunset Beach, NC for #InverteFest

Hey, that's me! I'm going to be talking about some of the research I've been part of and how it's changing what we've long believed about coastal marine inverts! I promise there will be more than just one slide that says "they're living in the open ocean now"

🎬🎥🎞Our May #LunchTimeDiscovery "Cinema Series" kicks off 5/3/2023! @mccullermi is our first guest star in "If You 'Build' It, They Will Come: Ocean Plastic Debris is Being Colonized by Coastal Species." Streams noon ET https://t.co/dB5iNWbnp1

A Crab Megalopa larva keeping up with the newest fashion in underwater hats, a Barnacle. Blackwater off Anilao, Philippines

Doing some experimentation on what guesstimating the number of individuals in hundreds of lots of amphipods does to a person (me). Right now I'm on the genus Colomastix and they are very small! Please help. 300? 1000? It could be anything 🫠

Check out this 3D model of an Antarctic marine bryozoan (genus Reteporella) that was created using photogrammetry. @mccullermi The Non-Molluscan Invertebrates team at @naturalsciences is hoping to scan a number of other specimens and make those models publicly available.

freshwater bryozoans living in a pine needle and filtering the water for snacks

one for the bryozoan folks @oceanexplorer #Okeanos #WestCoastShakedown

I am thrilled to announce our latest publication in @Zootaxa describing not just one, but TWO new crayfish species in North Carolina. This stems from an amazing ongoing collaboration with @NCWildlife. A huge shoutout to my coauthors Michael Perkins and TR Russ! @naturalsciences

bryozoa!