The Invertebrate Zoology division of the @FloridaMuseum on the @UF Campus. Come for the IZ images, stay for the IZ info...stay even longer for the IZ poetry.
Gainesville, FL and beyond
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We're hiring! 📢 Assistant Curator of Vertebrate #Paleontology
This is a 12-month, tenure-track position 👇 Info:
🔸 Apply via @UF: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/j…
🔸 About our extensive collection: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/vertpa…
🔸👉 Position info: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept…
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Work at the Florida Museum! 📢 We're hiring an experienced full-time Collections Manager for Florida Archaeology and Caribbean Archaeology
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Enjoy a #TwoferTuesday with this Linckia multifora sea star and Eulimid snail parasite from the Phoenix Islands
ALT underside of white sea star with small yellow spots. can see the top half of an orange and white mottled translucent snail that's embedded in the arm of the star
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Roughly 1/3 of all freshwater mussel species in the U.S. are at risk of extinction. To help protect them, imaging specialists are creating digital and 3D models of museum specimens to use as identification training material. Story:
floridamuseum.ufl.edu/scienc…
ALT a neat grid of 36 different mollusk shells, each irregularly shaped and showing either their brown to golden mottled upper shell or their pearly inner shell surface
Echinaster luzonicus from Australia going rouge
ALT red sea star on black background with dark spots. has 6 main arms with two additional arms branching off the tip of one of them
Spineless Science @ UF retweeted
Scientist Spotted 🐚 #MolluskMonday
John Slapcinsky and Harry Lee appear on an episode of @ChangingSeas about mollusks, museum collections, and a new initiative to assist scientific research -- the Eastern Seaboard Project:
changingseas.tv/season-15/15…
Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=ubeIVUSN…
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"They can do things that you couldn’t even imagine," says Gustav Paulay about sea cucumbers. "They have a lung, but their lung is not through their mouth but through their anus. So they actually breathe through their butt." Watch with @UFExplore:
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Spineless Science @ UF retweeted
A study led by @DecimaLab out of @niwa_nz highlights the impact salp’s fast sinking fecal pellets can have on carbon export. When salps are present the biological carbon pump is more efficient, sequestering atmospheric carbon to the ocean! #RVTangaroa nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Spineless Science @ UF retweeted
Crustaceans in the family Phronimidae found a bizarre way to ascend from their ancestor's benthic niche & live a pelagic lifestyle. Phronimids prey on filter-feeding gelatinous zooplankton, hollow out their bodies, & use their bodies for protection, buoyancy, & reproduction.🦐
TFW you spend all day reorganizing the sponge collection
ALT Woman in brown pants lying on concrete floor amidst jars and cardboard trays curling up in a ball
Spineless Science @ UF retweeted
“They all look the same, until you compare their gonopods, which are structurally complex and very species specific,” said Robert Lasley. Gonopods are used for reproduction, and in some crabs, they’re adorned with frills, spikes and streamers. #Crabs 🦀
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Spineless Science @ UF retweeted
Chlorodielline crabs, most of which grow no larger than a corn kernel, look so similar that scientists have struggled to distinguish species in the group based solely on appearance. A new study took a closer look to understand crab diversity. Much closer.
floridamuseum.ufl.edu/scienc…
ALT microscope images of 8 crab reproductive organs that are varying lengths with a variety of frills and tendrils sprouting from the end areas
Spineless Science @ UF retweeted
Did you know these mesmerizing creatures aren't jellyfish? They're colonial animals made up of individual specialized organisms, known as zooids, that work together as a unit.
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Scientist Spotted 🔦 #WeeWednesday
"These wee weirdos are highly underrated."
Our biologist Gustav Paulay's student Brittany Cummings writes about amphipods, DNA and her experiences as a visiting scholar @HakaiInstitute:
hakai.org/its-the-little-thi…
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#TBT Gustav Paulay, our curator of marine malacology, explains sea cucumbers and describes some of the research on these unique animals, such as how DNA sequencing has revealed there are many more species than previously believed. Read & watch:
floridamuseum.ufl.edu/scienc…
Spineless Science @ UF retweeted
Had an amazing time searching for snails in today’s Museum in the Parks program! The theme for the day was Mollusks. Thanks to our awesome featured scientist @jslapcin ! @FloridaMuseum #Malacology Collections Manager #MuseumInTheParks #InclusiveScicomm
Happy Valentine's Day!
ALT white cone snail with dark red hear-shaped marking on the side, photographed on pale gray background
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There is a specific type of barnacle that attaches itself to manatees. When manatees enter the relative warmth of the springs during the winter months, the barnacles can’t survive in the freshwater and die.
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