PhD student, phylogeny and biogeography of deep-sea Antarctic sea spiders. Also got a soft spot for Polychaetes He/Him 🏳️🌈🇮🇪🧜🏼♂️ science & other stuff
Galway, Ireland
Joined September 2016
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Jamie Maxwell 🇮🇪🏳️🌈 retweeted
INTERESTING! a sea spider, Colossendeis feeding on this jellyfish! First time I've seen this happening! 2340 m Trinidad Slope #okeanos #pycnogonid
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After over 7 weeks at sea the #SDAScience expedition is finally at an end and the science team flies home tomorrow. A gentoo penguin turned up at the harbour to see us off!
ALT The sir David Attenborough pulled up in harbour in the Falklands
ALT The bow of the ship
ALT A gentoo penguin in the harbour
Jamie Maxwell 🇮🇪🏳️🌈 retweeted
A male meridionale #pycnogonid carrying a large clutch of eggs. Seen in the waters of Eastern #Tasmania.
#scubadiving #seaspider #underwaterphotography
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Went through Prince Gustav Channel yesterday and saw a swarm of orcas. As exciting as we all were to see them come so close to the ship, it quickly turned dark as they were hunting a humpback whale and attacking it from all directions. Felt like something out of Planet Earth!
Jamie Maxwell 🇮🇪🏳️🌈 retweeted
On 19th February 1912, Tom Crean reached Hut Point, Antarctica, to complete his epic solo march and raise rescue for the stricken Edward Evans.
#tomcrean #polarhistory
tomcreandiscovery.com/day-fe…
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On the #SDA science continues 24/7! Here we are deploying the multicorer at night to get some sediment cores from the Weddell Sea!
Jamie Maxwell 🇮🇪🏳️🌈 retweeted
Beautiful sunrise whilst prepping the titanium CTD this morning #SDAScience
Jamie Maxwell 🇮🇪🏳️🌈 retweeted
Heading towards the Weddell Sea and saw icebergs for the first time!!! Lots of penguins and fur seals as well 🐧🫶🏼🦭 #SDAScience
Jamie Maxwell 🇮🇪🏳️🌈 retweeted
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science from the science team on the #RRSSirDavidAttenborough in Antarctica! The amazing @S_Ocean_sof & @KRHendry lead a team in which women are the majority.
#WomenInPolarScience
#WomenInScience #SDAScience
Jamie Maxwell 🇮🇪🏳️🌈 retweeted
LAND!! Woke up this morning to a gorgeous view of Elephant and Clarence island, surrounded by whales and penguins, one chinstrap even tried getting on the #SDA! Unreal scenery, feel so lucky to have witnessed it!
Jamie Maxwell 🇮🇪🏳️🌈 retweeted
Today the #RRSSirDavidAttenborough will cross the invisible but very important line of 60° south in latitude. Although it crosses nothing but ocean, it is important because it marks the boundary of many international agreements defining & protecting Antarctica. #SDAScience
Jamie Maxwell 🇮🇪🏳️🌈 retweeted
Spent the morning cleaning all the trace metal CTD bottles and had a test launch with the new robot arm, we’re finally ready to get some actual samples onboard! 1st Drake’s Passage CTD @ 200m going into the water as we tweet! #SDAScience
Jamie Maxwell 🇮🇪🏳️🌈 retweeted
TAKEOVER ALERT: the #RRSSirDavidAttenborough is heading to Antarctica and back for the #SDAScience Trials 🚢
For the next 7 weeks I (@griffiths_huw) will be your guide to the science, people, wildlife, icebergs, weather, equipment, food & anything else I can find find on board!
Jamie Maxwell 🇮🇪🏳️🌈 retweeted
When we spot sea spiders, they are usually on the seafloor or crawling on some organism. So it was a delightful surprise to see this sea spider swimming in the Gulf of Mexico.
This sea spider belongs to the order Pantopoda, which literally means “all legs." Sounds about right...
Jamie Maxwell 🇮🇪🏳️🌈 retweeted
#AntarcticaDay with heart!
A cool Antarctic heart urchin, called Abatus curvidens, which broods little tiny baby urchins in these chambers on its surface! from the @InvertebratesDC collections!
Jamie Maxwell 🇮🇪🏳️🌈 retweeted
head on! Lovely sea spider for #AntarcticaDay
Back in the lab properly after two weeks of 1st labs and working on a polychaete paper. Took a while for the brain to click back into pycno mode #SpidieSense
First one outta the jar this morning was Pallenopsis cf macronyx
#hairylegs #Antarctic #seaspider #pycnogonida
Jamie Maxwell 🇮🇪🏳️🌈 retweeted
Fun with sea spiders for #AntarcticaDay
In the deep sea any hard surface is a potential home! 🏡
Here's a selection of #epifauna I have seen on #Antarctic #pycnogonida
1)Foraminifera, sponges and barnacles (I think)
2)Branching tube made of mud (polychaete??)
3)Large goose barnacle
4)Hydroids
#scicomm #seaspiders
