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Allen Collins
@agcollins.bsky.social
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Appreciator of comb jellies, medusan jellies, medusan polyps, medusan other stages, sponges (particularly the glass ones). I speak for myself.

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Oarfish Occasionally @oarfishingdaily.bsky.social · 3d
Today's Oarfish comes from Junikoon on Pinterest! They have many more lovely sketchbook drawings on their profile for you to see! #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing #marineanimals
Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing pink frills. It's against a light beige looking background. This was most likely done with specialty markers.

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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 4d
Sorting through some images today I came across a ciliate I’d forgotten all about! This flabby little fella is Campanella sp. #marineplankton 🦑 #protistsonsky

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George Matsumoto @georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social · 4d
🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Ocean Exploration Trust is hiring independent contractors for at-sea positions of data engineers, video engineers, and ROV engineers for our 2026 expedition season aboard E/V Nautilus. More information at nautiluslive.org/about/employ.... Questions can be directed to careers@oet.org.
Employment with Ocean Exploration Trust
Full-time Staff Openings None at this time.
nautiluslive.org

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 5d
Onychoteuthid from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 453 East Cortes Basin #designingthefuture2 #MarineLife

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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 5d
More fun with UV! This polychaete larva proved to be a great subject to experiment with my new UV torch! The setae (the ‘hairy’ bits) are particularly striking.
#marineplankton 🦑

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · 7d
A chance to name a new species!

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Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA) @oceanspecies.bsky.social · 8d
Reminder! Get those names in! www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Hk...

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · 12d
What's a freckled stargazer you ask? Find out, and learn more about how Fisheries Surveys and Museum Collections build evidence that helps us better understand #MarineLife! www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
Expanding the Range—and our Understanding—of the Freckled Stargazer
Fisheries biologists recently documented the freckled stargazer in locations previously thought to be outside its range. Their work demonstrates how surveys and museum collections are continuously con...
www.fisheries.noaa.gov

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · 17d
It is Ocean Exploration Day! #OceanExplorationDay videos.fisheries.noaa.gov/detail/video...
Here are some old thoughts on the importance of exploring our oceans, with a #MarineLife slant for sure. What are your favorite reasons for exploring the world's oceans?
NOAA Marine Biologist Allen Collins on the Importance of Exploring Our Oceans - NOAA Fisheries Video Gallery
NOAA Marine biologist Allen Collins discusses why it is important to explore our world’s oceans.
videos.fisheries.noaa.gov

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · 25d
First characterization of fungal communities in a benthic jellyfish!! #MarineLife
raulgoch.bsky.social Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 25d
New paper out! An attempt to examine the #mycobiome 🍄‍🟫 of the upside-down #jellyfish! 🪼 Led by Victoria Sharp and @momedinamunoz.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1007/s131...

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · 25d
Got your email! And replied to it. But. . .
The Limnocnida could be sent to:
Abigail Reft c/o Bill Moser
Museum Support Center, MRC 534
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, MD 20746-2863

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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 25d
New paper out! An attempt to examine the #mycobiome 🍄‍🟫 of the upside-down #jellyfish! 🪼 Led by Victoria Sharp and @momedinamunoz.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1007/s131...

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · Dec 23
Excellent to see this record that adds good distribution and association information about this species and genus in need of description. @beziostudio.bsky.social is working on it as part of his dissertation.
echinoblog.bsky.social Chris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · Dec 22
attn @beziostudio.bsky.social @agcollins.bsky.social
tuexplorer1.bsky.social Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Dec 22
Fantastic zooms on these undescribed Lyrocteis on a predatory tunicate. @georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social some squishy friends for ya. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 884 #argentiniandeepseeps #MarineLife #CONICET

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Chris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · Dec 22
attn @beziostudio.bsky.social @agcollins.bsky.social
tuexplorer1.bsky.social Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Dec 22
Fantastic zooms on these undescribed Lyrocteis on a predatory tunicate. @georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social some squishy friends for ya. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 884 #argentiniandeepseeps #MarineLife #CONICET

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · Dec 13
Deep Sea squid gets down in the dirt…er….sediment??
www.livescience.com/animals/moll...
'Very novel and very puzzling': Unknown species of squid spotted burying itself upside down, pretending to be a plant
A new study reveals an unknown species of whiplash squid burying itself upside down in the deep sea — a first-of-its-kind behavior for cephalopods.
www.livescience.com

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John Turnbull PhD @johnwturnbull.bsky.social · Dec 13
First day at sea on our expedition to Commonwealth Bay in east #Antarctica, and we've been joined by three species of albatross already! Such magnificent birds, cruising effortlessly on massive wingspans #auroraexpeditions #USyd #SAEF @stephgardner.bsky.social #marinescience 🧪🦑
Wandering albatross sailing above the ocean

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Ocean Acidification Research Center @uaf-oarc-alaska.bsky.social · Dec 13
Today we are running seawater samples from the Fall Bering Sea #EcoFOCI mooring cruise. #FieldworkFriday 🧪🌊🦑

www.ecofoci.noaa.gov
Photo of an oceanographic instrument being deployed off a research vessel in the Bering Sea. It is surprisingly sunny and calm.

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Point Blue Conservation Science @pointblue.bsky.social · Dec 13
🦉🌎🧪 TY @sfgate.com for covering the Farallones murrenados! During breeding season, hundreds of thousands of #CommonMurres swirl over the island before landing en masse. Once reduced to 6K, the Farallon population has rebounded to 500K thanks decades of monitoring and #conservation. shorturl.at/ZZJZQ

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Ocean Exploration Trust @nautiluslive.org · Nov 25
#PublicationAlert! A recent paper describes seven new species of Lepidonotopodini #scaleworms from deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems, including some samples collected by #EVNautilus in the #Galapagos in 2015. Read it in Marine Biodiversity here: bit.ly/4ofrhws

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · Nov 25
It isn’t World Jellyfish Day, but any day is a good day to share images of jellies!
joanjsoto.bsky.social Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · Nov 3
Happy #worldjellyfishday, everyone 🪼🪼🪼!

Jellyfish (and their blooms) are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, significantly contributing to carbon transport and storage. An ocean without jellyfish would not be a healthy ocean.

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · Nov 20
I for one will be extremely happy to peruse an illustrated guide to microscopic organisms documented through expansion microscopy. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
This past year I reviewed an MS using this technique and was very impressed by this new technique. #MarineLife
A new microscopy breakthrough is revealing the oceans’ invisible life
A pandemic-era breakthrough has allowed scientists to literally expand our view of plankton. By using ultrastructure expansion microscopy, researchers visualized the inner workings of hundreds of mari...
www.sciencedaily.com

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · Nov 19
I suppose it is natural to have the comparison point by “human” in discussing the earliest divergence with metazoans. Consider the source! That aside, another marker post in the Porifera-or-Ctenophora first (divergence) is fun to see. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sponging away phylogenomic incongruence
Genes with strong and consistent signals favor sponges as humans’ most distant animal relatives
www.science.org

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · Nov 13
This work on benthic ctenophore systematics (creation of Benthoplanidae) sets up a few planned works, focused on the systematics and evolution of shallow and deep water groups. www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=...

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · Nov 13
As part of his dissertation, @beziostudio.bsky.social leads a recent paper on benthic ctenophores. New family established based on anatomical observations, mitochondrial genome structure, and sequence data. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Benthoplanidae, a new family of benthic ctenophores (Platyctenida), based on morphological and genetic data
The benthic ctenophore Benthoplana meteoris (adults left and bottom, planktonic juveniles to the top right), type species for the genus, which in turn is type for the newly erected family: Benthoplan....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Ocean Exploration Trust @nautiluslive.org · Nov 5
Your artwork could go on an ocean adventure aboard #EVNautilus! Students ages 5 to 18 can submit artwork for consideration for the official Nautilus Expedition Season Stickers and Patch to be worn and displayed by members of the #CorpsofExploration: Learn more: bit.ly/47LODnm

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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · Nov 3
Happy #worldjellyfishday, everyone 🪼🪼🪼!

Jellyfish (and their blooms) are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, significantly contributing to carbon transport and storage. An ocean without jellyfish would not be a healthy ocean.

@universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · Oct 2
Very proud of my former student and longtime collaborator and friend Cheryl Lewis Ames. www.tohoku.ac.jp/romance/en/0...
An Ocean of Possibilities - The Romance of Research - TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
There’s no hierarchy in my lab. If you need to learn something, you just find the person who knows how to do it best.” - Cheryl Ames - Professor, WPI-AIMEC & Graduate School of Agricultural Science, T...
www.tohoku.ac.jp

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · Sep 24
A Caitlin Bailey special

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · Sep 23
NOAA #OceanExploration created a nice write up of research led by Javier Montenegro on the jellyfish Botrynema. oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/news/jellyfi... Demonstrating the value of exploring and collecting for understanding #MarineLife
Jellyfish Found by Team Aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Shatters Range Assumptions - NOAA Ocean Exploration
oceanexplorer.noaa.gov

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · Sep 19
"I know faces, because I look through the fabric my own eye weaves, and behold the reality beneath." --Kahlil Gilbran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zK5...
#MarineLife #SciArt
Deep Dive: Face Value
YouTube video by Global Foundation For Ocean Exploration
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