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Allen Collins
@agcollins.bsky.social

Appreciator of comb jellies, medusan jellies, medusan polyps, medusan other stages, sponges (particularly the glass ones). I speak for myself.

Environmental science 43%
Biology 21%

First characterization of fungal communities in a benthic jellyfish!! #MarineLife
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...

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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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...

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.
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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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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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 🧪🦑

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Today we are running seawater samples from the Fall Bering Sea #EcoFOCI mooring cruise. #FieldworkFriday 🧪🌊🦑

www.ecofoci.noaa.gov

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🦉🌎🧪 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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#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

It isn’t World Jellyfish Day, but any day is a good day to share images of jellies!
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

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

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

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=...

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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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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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

A Caitlin Bailey special

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

"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
www.youtube.com

Great write up on how NOAA and Smithsonian scientists work together to build resources supporting marine research.
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
NOAA Fisheries Partners with Smithsonian to Archive Marine Specimens for Genetic Research
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center partnered with the Smithsonian Institution to preserve fish and squid specimens that will expand the genetic reference libraries needed for ongoing and future ...
www.fisheries.noaa.gov

Arizona. Parker Dam.
n2t.net/ark:/65665/3...
Invertebrate Zoology Collections Search
n2t.net

Yes. One

Good luck! Please let me know. And you can reach me at collinsa@si.edu.
This is great - we a huge need in the #eDNA community to have data-informed standards for eDNA identity cutoffs, not just the bog-standard 97%
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
For Chordata there is no cutoff that leads to 0% error when assigning species!! (Table S4)
Taxon‐specific BLAST percent identity thresholds for identification of unknown sequences using metabarcoding
The identification of organisms in environmental samples using metabarcoding relies on factors such as taxonomic assignment methods, genetic markers, reference databases and confidence thresholds ...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
🗣NEW PAPER: Taxon‐specific BLAST percent identity thresholds for identification of unknown sequences using metabarcoding - Pappalardo et al. - Methods in Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Taxon‐specific BLAST percent identity thresholds for identification of unknown sequences using metabarcoding
The identification of organisms in environmental samples using metabarcoding relies on factors such as taxonomic assignment methods, genetic markers, reference databases and confidence thresholds ...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

I cannot wait to own a copy of this!!
Our science photo book The Radiant Sea is out Sept 2nd!!
30 years of research, 10 years of "we should", and a year of collating pix and writing.
Sönke and I show (mostly for the first time) images of how organisms produce, use, and interact with light in the sea. #bioluminescence #fluorescence 🦑🧪🌊
Our science photo book The Radiant Sea is out Sept 2nd!!
30 years of research, 10 years of "we should", and a year of collating pix and writing.
Sönke and I show (mostly for the first time) images of how organisms produce, use, and interact with light in the sea. #bioluminescence #fluorescence 🦑🧪🌊

Wow. So cool to see so many associates!