🪱Ekin Tilic
@etilic.bsky.social
curator of all things wormy and spiny at Senckenberg. #polychaetes #echinoderms I've got a thing for bristles and biodiversity. 🧬🪱
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IPC15, Frankfurt 2026
Frankfurt, Germany • 27–31 July 2026Hosted at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt The 15th International Polychaete Conference (IPC15) will bring together resear…
polychaete-association.com
Registration and Abstract Submissions for the 15th International Polychaete Conference is now open!! #IPC15
polychaete-association.com/ipc15-frankf...
polychaete-association.com/ipc15-frankf...
Registration and Abstract Submissions for the 15th International Polychaete Conference is now open!! #IPC15
polychaete-association.com/ipc15-frankf...
polychaete-association.com/ipc15-frankf...
IPC15, Frankfurt 2026
Frankfurt, Germany • 27–31 July 2026Hosted at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt The 15th International Polychaete Conference (IPC15) will bring together resear…
polychaete-association.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Registration and Abstract Submissions for the 15th International Polychaete Conference is now open!! #IPC15
polychaete-association.com/ipc15-frankf...
polychaete-association.com/ipc15-frankf...
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Reminder! Get those names in! www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Hk...
February 1, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Reminder! Get those names in! www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Hk...
Star-shaped worm colonies? ✨🪱
Our new paper describes 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, named after Mauritania’s Baie de l’Étoile (Bay of Stars).
Open access & featured on the Feb cover of Ecology & Evolution.
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
#newspecies #polychaete #taxonomy
@sgn.one @oceanspecies.bsky.social
Our new paper describes 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, named after Mauritania’s Baie de l’Étoile (Bay of Stars).
Open access & featured on the Feb cover of Ecology & Evolution.
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
#newspecies #polychaete #taxonomy
@sgn.one @oceanspecies.bsky.social
Macroid Formation in Salmacina stellaebayensis n. sp. From Mauritania's Baie de l'Étoile With New Insights on Mitogenome Evolution in Serpulidae (Annelida)
We describe Salmacina stellaebayensis n. sp. from Mauritania's Baie de l'Étoile and provide the first complete mitochondrial genome for the genus Salmacina. The species forms distinctive macroid colo...
doi.org
January 29, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Star-shaped worm colonies? ✨🪱
Our new paper describes 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, named after Mauritania’s Baie de l’Étoile (Bay of Stars).
Open access & featured on the Feb cover of Ecology & Evolution.
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
#newspecies #polychaete #taxonomy
@sgn.one @oceanspecies.bsky.social
Our new paper describes 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, named after Mauritania’s Baie de l’Étoile (Bay of Stars).
Open access & featured on the Feb cover of Ecology & Evolution.
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
#newspecies #polychaete #taxonomy
@sgn.one @oceanspecies.bsky.social
There is a great opportunity to work on some cool worms and join the #IPC15 this summer. Details below! Apply here: 🔗 forms.gle/w9DKstARVaki...
@oceanspecies.bsky.social
@oceanspecies.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 5:43 AM
There is a great opportunity to work on some cool worms and join the #IPC15 this summer. Details below! Apply here: 🔗 forms.gle/w9DKstARVaki...
@oceanspecies.bsky.social
@oceanspecies.bsky.social
Worm news! 🪱 Two new polychaete species + a new subfamily from #Indonesia, led by Joko Pamungkas (Senckenberg Global Fellow). Fresh out in #ZJLS. @linneansociety.bsky.social @sgn.one @oceanspecies.bsky.social
#Polychaeta #Taxonomy #NewSpecies #Nereididae #Dendronereidinae #Tylorrhynchinae
#Polychaeta #Taxonomy #NewSpecies #Nereididae #Dendronereidinae #Tylorrhynchinae
December 13, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Worm news! 🪱 Two new polychaete species + a new subfamily from #Indonesia, led by Joko Pamungkas (Senckenberg Global Fellow). Fresh out in #ZJLS. @linneansociety.bsky.social @sgn.one @oceanspecies.bsky.social
#Polychaeta #Taxonomy #NewSpecies #Nereididae #Dendronereidinae #Tylorrhynchinae
#Polychaeta #Taxonomy #NewSpecies #Nereididae #Dendronereidinae #Tylorrhynchinae
📢 The First Circular for the 15th International Polychaete Conference (IPC15) is out! Join us in Frankfurt, Germany • 27–31 July 2026
#IPC15 #Polychaetes #Annelida
polychaete-association.com/ipc15-frankf...
#IPC15 #Polychaetes #Annelida
polychaete-association.com/ipc15-frankf...
October 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
📢 The First Circular for the 15th International Polychaete Conference (IPC15) is out! Join us in Frankfurt, Germany • 27–31 July 2026
#IPC15 #Polychaetes #Annelida
polychaete-association.com/ipc15-frankf...
#IPC15 #Polychaetes #Annelida
polychaete-association.com/ipc15-frankf...
Two brand new polychaete species just published in the latest issue of Ocean Species Discoveries!
🪱 Nicon salinus Hernández-Alcántara & Dávila-Jiménez, n. sp.
🪱 Spinther bohnorum Tilic & Rouse, n. sp.
Read the paper here 👇
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
@oceanspecies.bsky.social @bdj.pensoft.net
🪱 Nicon salinus Hernández-Alcántara & Dávila-Jiménez, n. sp.
🪱 Spinther bohnorum Tilic & Rouse, n. sp.
Read the paper here 👇
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
@oceanspecies.bsky.social @bdj.pensoft.net
Ocean Species Discoveries 13–27 — Taxonomic contributions to the diversity of Polychaeta, Mollusca and Crustacea
Despite centuries of exploration, marine invertebrate biodiversity remains notably under-described. The majority of species in major marine groups are still unnamed, limiting our ability to understand...
doi.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Two brand new polychaete species just published in the latest issue of Ocean Species Discoveries!
🪱 Nicon salinus Hernández-Alcántara & Dávila-Jiménez, n. sp.
🪱 Spinther bohnorum Tilic & Rouse, n. sp.
Read the paper here 👇
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
@oceanspecies.bsky.social @bdj.pensoft.net
🪱 Nicon salinus Hernández-Alcántara & Dávila-Jiménez, n. sp.
🪱 Spinther bohnorum Tilic & Rouse, n. sp.
Read the paper here 👇
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
@oceanspecies.bsky.social @bdj.pensoft.net
Remember, the next Polychaete Conference #IPC15 is coming to Frankfurt in 2026! Make sure you save the dates - and in the meantime check out the website for the polychaete-association.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Remember, the next Polychaete Conference #IPC15 is coming to Frankfurt in 2026! Make sure you save the dates - and in the meantime check out the website for the polychaete-association.com
Reposted by 🪱Ekin Tilic
For about 2y, colleagues from @leibnizlib.bsky.social @sgn.one @univie.ac.at @mncn-csic.bsky.social met to discuss how to contribute to #biodiversity #taxonomy research by sequencing #genomes of type natural history #collection specimens. The result is published at @systbiol.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
For about 2y, colleagues from @leibnizlib.bsky.social @sgn.one @univie.ac.at @mncn-csic.bsky.social met to discuss how to contribute to #biodiversity #taxonomy research by sequencing #genomes of type natural history #collection specimens. The result is published at @systbiol.bsky.social
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Job Alert! We are recruiting one postdoc to work on spiralian embryos and their crazy polar lobes. More info about this HFSP-funded position on our website baronelab.org: scroll to the end, click on "this could be you"...start your adventure!
May 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Job Alert! We are recruiting one postdoc to work on spiralian embryos and their crazy polar lobes. More info about this HFSP-funded position on our website baronelab.org: scroll to the end, click on "this could be you"...start your adventure!
“A story of Neomicrorbis” is out!
Our paper on these fascinating and rare bathyal serpulid worms has just been published.
The study is beautifully illustrated with SEM and microCT images—we hope you’ll enjoy it! It’s open access: 🔓🔗 rdcu.be/ekuGc
Our paper on these fascinating and rare bathyal serpulid worms has just been published.
The study is beautifully illustrated with SEM and microCT images—we hope you’ll enjoy it! It’s open access: 🔓🔗 rdcu.be/ekuGc
May 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“A story of Neomicrorbis” is out!
Our paper on these fascinating and rare bathyal serpulid worms has just been published.
The study is beautifully illustrated with SEM and microCT images—we hope you’ll enjoy it! It’s open access: 🔓🔗 rdcu.be/ekuGc
Our paper on these fascinating and rare bathyal serpulid worms has just been published.
The study is beautifully illustrated with SEM and microCT images—we hope you’ll enjoy it! It’s open access: 🔓🔗 rdcu.be/ekuGc
Reposted by 🪱Ekin Tilic
Als Newcomer direkt in die Top Ten! 🌟 Der von Ekin Tilic & Team entdeckte wunderhübsche kleine Seestern Caymanostella scrippscognaticausa hat es in die #toptenmarinespecies der 2024 beschriebenen Arten von @marinespecies.bsky.social (WoRMS) geschafft! Glückwunsch @etilic.bsky.social! 🥳
📸 Greg Rouse
📸 Greg Rouse
March 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Als Newcomer direkt in die Top Ten! 🌟 Der von Ekin Tilic & Team entdeckte wunderhübsche kleine Seestern Caymanostella scrippscognaticausa hat es in die #toptenmarinespecies der 2024 beschriebenen Arten von @marinespecies.bsky.social (WoRMS) geschafft! Glückwunsch @etilic.bsky.social! 🥳
📸 Greg Rouse
📸 Greg Rouse
Happy Taxonomist Appreciation Day! Very exciting that this little sea star we described last year made it into the #toptenmarinespecies list. 🌟🤗
(8/10) The Scripps Cousins Wood-Dwelling Seastar has some remarkable adaptations for life on sunken wood.
marinespecies.org/worms-top-te...
@scrippsocean.bsky.social
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea
marinespecies.org/worms-top-te...
@scrippsocean.bsky.social
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea
March 19, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Happy Taxonomist Appreciation Day! Very exciting that this little sea star we described last year made it into the #toptenmarinespecies list. 🌟🤗
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Taxonomy training workshops are an incredibly valuable experience for everyone involved. The next #ConfusingCrustaceans workshop will be in Wilhelmshaven, Germany from Oct. 6-10, 2025. See peracarida.org for more details. #Peracarida #SweatTheSmallStuff #IcyInverts
February 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Taxonomy training workshops are an incredibly valuable experience for everyone involved. The next #ConfusingCrustaceans workshop will be in Wilhelmshaven, Germany from Oct. 6-10, 2025. See peracarida.org for more details. #Peracarida #SweatTheSmallStuff #IcyInverts
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A taxonomic inventory of faunal diversity at the methane seeps on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#biodiversity #biogeography #ecology @etilic.bsky.social
#biodiversity #biogeography #ecology @etilic.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A taxonomic inventory of faunal diversity at the methane seeps on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#biodiversity #biogeography #ecology @etilic.bsky.social
#biodiversity #biogeography #ecology @etilic.bsky.social
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Wie viele und welche #Organismen leben im #Meer? Forscherinnen und Forscher dokumentieren die #Artenvielfalt im World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) – darunter auch @etilic.bsky.social vom @oceanspecies.bsky.social … Christina Mikalo erzählt mehr darüber: www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3...
July 26, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Wie viele und welche #Organismen leben im #Meer? Forscherinnen und Forscher dokumentieren die #Artenvielfalt im World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) – darunter auch @etilic.bsky.social vom @oceanspecies.bsky.social … Christina Mikalo erzählt mehr darüber: www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3...
Capitella is one of the best-studied polychaetes, and polychaete chaetae are among the most extensively researched features of all annelids. Yet, we discovered an elusive, transient gland associated with Capitella chaetae. If you’re curious, here’s the link:
t.co/mEciM6b348
t.co/mEciM6b348
Discovery and characterization of a transient chaetal gland during the development of Capitella teleta (Sedentaria: Annelida)
The Journal of Morphology publishes research in cytology, protozoology, embryology, and general animal morphology in vertebrates and invertebrates.
t.co
June 9, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Capitella is one of the best-studied polychaetes, and polychaete chaetae are among the most extensively researched features of all annelids. Yet, we discovered an elusive, transient gland associated with Capitella chaetae. If you’re curious, here’s the link:
t.co/mEciM6b348
t.co/mEciM6b348
Bone-devouring zombie worms (#Osedax) 🧟♀️ make tiny, claw-like hooks. Want to know how? Check out our new paper! 😉
doi.org/10.1186/s132...
doi.org/10.1186/s132...
Hooked on zombie worms? Genetic blueprints of bristle formation in Osedax japonicus (Annelida) - EvoDevo
Background This study sheds light on the genetic blueprints of chaetogenesis (bristle formation), a complex biomineralization process essential not only for the diverse group of bristle worms (annelid...
doi.org
June 9, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Bone-devouring zombie worms (#Osedax) 🧟♀️ make tiny, claw-like hooks. Want to know how? Check out our new paper! 😉
doi.org/10.1186/s132...
doi.org/10.1186/s132...
Reposted by 🪱Ekin Tilic
Prince Albert’s Sea Daisy doesn’t look like your typical starfish. It is a delicate, flower-shaped sea star with an unusual life style, living on sunken wood or tube worms 🧪 lifewatch.be/en/worms-top...
March 19, 2024 at 4:44 AM
Prince Albert’s Sea Daisy doesn’t look like your typical starfish. It is a delicate, flower-shaped sea star with an unusual life style, living on sunken wood or tube worms 🧪 lifewatch.be/en/worms-top...
Happy Taxonomist Appreciation Day! How cool is it that our tiny little sea daisy made it into the top 10! 🌟🤗
March 19th is Taxonomist Appreciation Day! The World Register of Marine Species is celebrating by announcing the Top 10 New Marine Species described in 2023! Check out the list here 👇🧪
lifewatch.be/en/worms-top...
lifewatch.be/en/worms-top...
March 19, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Happy Taxonomist Appreciation Day! How cool is it that our tiny little sea daisy made it into the top 10! 🌟🤗
Ever wondered what the babies of bone-devouring zombie worms look like? 🧐 Your curiosity ends here! Our paper on the postembryonic development of #Osedax is published today. 📖🔬 www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
Frontiers | Postembryonic development and male paedomorphosis in Osedax (Siboglinidae, Annelida)
Most species of the bone-devouring marine annelid, Osedax, display distinct sexual dimorphism with macroscopic sedentary females rooted in bones and free-liv...
www.frontiersin.org
March 18, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Ever wondered what the babies of bone-devouring zombie worms look like? 🧐 Your curiosity ends here! Our paper on the postembryonic development of #Osedax is published today. 📖🔬 www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
Introducing 𝘗𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪 gen. nov. sp. nov.! 🌊🐍🪱 A truly remarkable new species AND genus of deep-sea nereidid worm. The hunt for them is still my highlight from our #CostaRica cruise in 2018. 🛳🔍 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
A remarkable new deep-sea nereidid (Annelida: Nereididae) with gills
Nereidid polychaetes are well known from shallow marine habitats, but their diversity in the deep sea is poorly known. Here we describe an unusual new nereidid species found at methane seeps off the P...
journals.plos.org
March 6, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Introducing 𝘗𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪 gen. nov. sp. nov.! 🌊🐍🪱 A truly remarkable new species AND genus of deep-sea nereidid worm. The hunt for them is still my highlight from our #CostaRica cruise in 2018. 🛳🔍 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
🎉Our paper on #Veneriserva, a fascinating endoparasitic polychaete with unique adaptations, is now published and OpenAccess. Hope you enjoy the read! 🌊🐭
🔗🔓 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🔗🔓 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Hardly Venus’s servant—morphological adaptations of Veneriserva to an endoparasitic lifestyle an...
Endoparasitic annelids living inside another annelid host are known, particularly with regard to Oenonidae, but in general are poorly studied. The dorvilleid Veneriserva pygoclava is known from southe...
link.springer.com
January 16, 2024 at 10:52 AM
🎉Our paper on #Veneriserva, a fascinating endoparasitic polychaete with unique adaptations, is now published and OpenAccess. Hope you enjoy the read! 🌊🐭
🔗🔓 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🔗🔓 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🌟 Excited to share our new paper on a stunning new species, a "sea daisy": 𝘟𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘹 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪 n. sp. 🌊🌼
The paper is #OpenAccess 🔓 so dive in and explore this #deepsea marvel! #NewSpecies w/ @echinoblog.bsky.social
🔗 www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15...
The paper is #OpenAccess 🔓 so dive in and explore this #deepsea marvel! #NewSpecies w/ @echinoblog.bsky.social
🔗 www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15...
Xyloplax princealberti (Asteroidea, Echinodermata): A New Species That Is Not Always Associated with...
Xyloplax is a genus of three species of sea stars previously found only on sunken wood in the deep ocean. Their circular and petaloid bodies, which lend them their common name “sea daisy”, and the...
www.mdpi.com
December 12, 2023 at 2:23 PM
🌟 Excited to share our new paper on a stunning new species, a "sea daisy": 𝘟𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘹 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪 n. sp. 🌊🌼
The paper is #OpenAccess 🔓 so dive in and explore this #deepsea marvel! #NewSpecies w/ @echinoblog.bsky.social
🔗 www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15...
The paper is #OpenAccess 🔓 so dive in and explore this #deepsea marvel! #NewSpecies w/ @echinoblog.bsky.social
🔗 www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15...