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**Plazi Species** @plazi_species@mastodon.green · 4h

Plazi Species @plazi_species@mastodon.green

#NewSpecies!
New jewel beetle from #cambodia just glittered:

Anthaxia haraldi

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087A9-FFB0-3902-DDB4-A009FF7FFDD3
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.9
#Zootaxa #AnthaxiaHaraldi

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #coleoptera #beetles #bugs #jewelbeetles #jewels #scarabs

**Wanderin' Weeta** @WWeeta@flipping.rocks · 1d

Wanderin' Weeta @WWeeta@flipping.rocks

Hermit crabs grow out of the shells they borrow, and go "shopping" for new ones. A wide range of shell types are acceptable. Here, a young hairy hermit wears a shell of the invasive mudflat snail, Battillaria attramentaria, about 5 cm. long. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

A small hermit crab wearing a long, narrow shell, about twice the length of the exposed part of his body (head, thorax, legs). He wears it off at a 90° angle to his face. The hermit is mostly olive green; the shell has spiral ridges, marked with algae in brown and grey. And he stands on white acorn barnacles, some of them empty shells, some still active.

**ABC Feeds** @abcfeeds@rssfeed.media · 1d

ABC Feeds @abcfeeds@rssfeed.media

Elusive colossal squid filmed swimming in deep ocean for first time
By Peter de Kruijff

New footage filmed 600 metres below the surface of the Southern Atlantic Ocean shows rare juvenile from world's heaviest squid species.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-04-17/first-time-colossal-squid-filmed-natural-habitat/105185924

ABC News · 1dColossal squid filmed in deep-sea natural habitat for the first time, but it's just a juvenileBy Peter de Kruijff

#Invertebrates #MarineBiology #ScienceandTechnology

**mags?** @mags@mags.omg.lol · 1d

mags? @mags@mags.omg.lol

Creepy crawlies/insects (not technically)

**Wanderin' Weeta** @WWeeta@flipping.rocks · 2d

Wanderin' Weeta @WWeeta@flipping.rocks

A hermit crab stack. Two grainy-hand hermits below and a little hairy hermit on top. The one on the bottom never seems to mind the weight; the shells they wear aren't compressible. VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit #Eelgrass

Three hermit crabs. A larger one in a whitish whelk shell, facing right; she's a grainy-hand hermit, with orange antennae. A limpet is scraping her shell for algae. Next, on top of her, another grainy-hand, facing left, wearing a corroded charcoal-grey shell. And on top, a much smaller hairy hermit, a youngster, facing the camera. He carries his lunch, a creamy shrimp pellet. Beneath the stack are several other shells, ready for the next "shopping" event.

**Wanderin' Weeta** @WWeeta@flipping.rocks · 3d

Wanderin' Weeta @WWeeta@flipping.rocks

Hermit crabs are good climbers. They like high places where they can sit and watch the world go by. Here, a little one climbs the eelgrass. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit #Eelgrass

Small Hairy hermit crab in a well-worn periwinkle shell, climbing a blade of bright green eelgrass. The hermit is a yellow/olive shade, with black eyes; her antennae are dotted-line yellowish with white. The shell, up to 2.5 cm. long, and black when new, is coated with green algae.

**Susannah** @wweeta@mstdn.ca · 3d

Susannah @wweeta@mstdn.ca

**Wanderin' Weeta** @WWeeta@flipping.rocks · 4d

Wanderin' Weeta @WWeeta@flipping.rocks

Hairy hermit crab, Pagurus hirsutiusculus, wearing a broken shell; the hole exposes the end of his vulnerable, soft abdomen.#VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

Hermit crab in a broken shell. He has green and white antennae, striped eyes on stalks, brownish legs with blue "knees" and white "ankles". He sits on a large, wavy shell, (oyster) facing right. The shell he occupies is missing a segment towards the tip; through this hole part of his abdomen is visible. The shell he wears, and the one he walks on are tinted with pink and green algae.

**Wanderin' Weeta** @WWeeta@flipping.rocks · 5d

Wanderin' Weeta @WWeeta@flipping.rocks

Grainy Hand hermit crab, Pagurus granosimanus. Description in ALT. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #DailyHermit

A hermit crab with orange antennae, red eyes on stalks, and olive-green, blue-spotted legs and pincers. (Hence "granosimanus") He faces the camera, exposing to view some of his sensory and eating tools; grabbers, orange "flags", brushes, etc. He's wearing a well-aged shell, green with encrusted algae. From this angle, the shell looks like a hat with a rolled brim. He's standing on a clump of leafy red algae.

**Global Museum** @globalmuseum@mastodon.online · 5d

Global Museum @globalmuseum@mastodon.online

It’s heroic, hardy and less than a millimetre long: meet the 2025 invertebrate of the year.

If you’re seeking inspiration from a figure of strength who is also strangely cute then look no further than the winner of 2025: Milnesium tardigradum, a microscopic multisegmented animal that resembles a piglet wrapped in an enormous duvet.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/07/guardian-invertebrate-of-the-year-2025-natural-history

Milnesium tardigradum, a microscopic multisegmented animal that resembles a piglet wrapped in an enormous duvet.

#invertebrates #animals

**Wanderin' Weeta** @WWeeta@flipping.rocks · 6d

Wanderin' Weeta @WWeeta@flipping.rocks

For 13 years, I maintained an invertebrates aquarium, housing only small critters from local intertidal zones. 13 years! In the aftermath of Covid, I had to give it up. It's been two years now, and I miss my critters, especially the hermit crabs. So I've decided to do a Daily Hermit post here, using photos of those glorious years. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #DailyHermit

Two hairy hermit crabs, Pagurus hirsutiusculus, facing each other, one on red algae, the other on shells on the floor. The hermits have green spotted antennae, legs with white patches. They are wearing old, algae-covered snail shells. Photo labelled "Conversation".

**Plazi Species** @plazi_species@mastodon.green · 6d

Plazi Species @plazi_species@mastodon.green

#NewSpecies!
New endemic beetle from #southafrica just came in:

Stenomastigus mpumalanganus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EF87EE-FFDF-E45E-FF5C-FB10FACCC709
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5590.1.5
#Zootaxa #StenomastigusMpumalanganus

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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #coleoptera #beetles #bugs #endemic

**Plazi Species** @plazi_species@mastodon.green · Apr 11

Apr 11

Plazi Species @plazi_species@mastodon.green

#NewSpecies!
New shield bug from #brazil just came in:

Pelidnocoris paradisicola

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6B11D823-FD07-FFC7-FC64-FE81FDFDF936
Publication: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.028
#ActaEntomologica #PelidnocorisParadisicola

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hemiptera #heteroptera #bugs #shieldbugs #stinkbugs

**Plazi Species** @plazi_species@mastodon.green · Apr 11

Apr 11

Plazi Species @plazi_species@mastodon.green

#NewSpecies!
New spider from #china just caught us:

Aculithus languan

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D8C1A8E3-45BB-552D-BB13-79D6866B2FC0
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e153747
#BiodiversityDataJournal #AculithusLanguan

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arachnology #arachnids #spider

**Plazi Species** @plazi_species@mastodon.green · Apr 11

Apr 11

Plazi Species @plazi_species@mastodon.green

#NewSpecies!
New wasp from #china just stung us:

Diaulinopsis altunensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5804763C-67DE-58BE-A4B3-BB0D04CD16A8
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1233.140823
#ZooKeys#DiaulinopsisAltunensis

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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #wasps

**A Temporary Collection** @hag@rage.love · Apr 10 *

Apr 10 *

A Temporary Collection @hag@rage.love

I found a tiny snail friend hiding in the new Hydrangea leaves.

#Gardening #snail #BadPhotography

**michael** @proseandpassion@mastodon.social · Apr 10 *

Apr 10 *

michael @proseandpassion@mastodon.social

as a #tardigrade species has been voted #InvertebrateOfTheYear , #CurrentBiology have plugged my recent feature about them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIQmslDMwJT/ #science #ecology #invertebrates

InstagramCurrent Biology on Instagram: "The tardigrade (also known as the Waterbear) has recently been voted as invertebrate of the year! Read Michael Gross’ report on the ultimate survivor to find out how the most resilient animals known to science, have survived several mass extinctions, flown into orbit and landed on the Moon. 📷 Curious character: Much about the distribution, ecology and physiology of tardigrades remains to be explored. (Photo: Frank Fox/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).) Find out more here: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01695-6"currentbiology on April 10, 2025: "The tardigrade (also known as the Waterbear) has recently been voted as invertebrate of the year! Read Michael Gross’ report on the ultimate survivor to find out how the most resilient animals known to science, have survived several mass extinctions, flown into orbit and landed on the Moon. 📷 Curious character: Much about the distribution, ecology and physiology of tardigrades remains to be explored. (Photo: Frank Fox/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).) Find out more here: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01695-6".

**Guerric Haché** @GuerricHache@pixelfed.social · Apr 8

Apr 8

Guerric Haché @GuerricHache@pixelfed.social

A very pretty little shore crab (Hemigrapsus oregonensis) I found on the beach. Usually these are mostly greyish-green, but this one seems to have its own style in mind.

#crab #invertebrates #crustacean #hemigrapsus #inaturalist #macro #macrophotography #wildlife #intertidal #canada #vancouver #britishcolumbia

A very close-up photo of a tiny crab with red, slightly purple coloration across its body. The crab is walking away from the camera, across a surface of seaweed, mussel shells, and gunk.

#britishcolumbia

**Dr Manabu Sakamoto (he/him)** @drmambobob@ecoevo.social · Apr 8

Apr 8

Dr Manabu Sakamoto (he/him) @drmambobob@ecoevo.social

I keep pet woodlice and I've been testing what food they like to eat, and so far, they've gobbled up courgette and cabbage, but not really interested in celery leaves or lettuce. They eat dead leaves and whatnot but they don't show the same level of enthusiasm as they do to courgette and cabbage...Interesting...
#woodlice #invertebrates

**Dr Manabu Sakamoto (he/him)** @drmambobob@ecoevo.social · Apr 7 *

Apr 7 *

Dr Manabu Sakamoto (he/him) @drmambobob@ecoevo.social

We're looking for an Invertebrate Zoologist (palaeontologist) to come work with us at University of Reading! There's a potential to take on the curation of the Cole Museum of Zoology so museum experience would be a plus.
Please get in touch if you have any enquiries.
Application deadline is 25/04/2025.
https://jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=24301
#academia #jobs #academicjobs #science #zoology #Palaeontology #palaeobiology #invertebrates

jobs.reading.ac.ukLecturer in Invertebrate Zoology:Whiteknights Reading UK

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