Joe Taylor
@joedtaylor.bsky.social
Molecular ecologist @UKCEH work with
#Protists, #Algae, #Fungi, #Bacteria, #eDNA in soil and freshwater.
#Protists, #Algae, #Fungi, #Bacteria, #eDNA in soil and freshwater.
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This beautiful little ice fish (Channichthydae) is taking advantage of being in a bucket full of copepods to help himself to many snacks. This is called “net feeding” & can scew gut content analyses in net caught organisms. Ice fish are the only fish without hemoglobin #oceanography #zooplankton 🌊🐧🇦🇶
January 30, 2026 at 4:41 PM
This beautiful little ice fish (Channichthydae) is taking advantage of being in a bucket full of copepods to help himself to many snacks. This is called “net feeding” & can scew gut content analyses in net caught organisms. Ice fish are the only fish without hemoglobin #oceanography #zooplankton 🌊🐧🇦🇶
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Not a great stack, but it gives you an idea of the glorious architecture of a Lagena sp. Foraminifera.
#marineplankton 🦑 #protistsonsky
#marineplankton 🦑 #protistsonsky
January 30, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Not a great stack, but it gives you an idea of the glorious architecture of a Lagena sp. Foraminifera.
#marineplankton 🦑 #protistsonsky
#marineplankton 🦑 #protistsonsky
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The delightful contract and stretch of a Trematode flatworm, no doubt on the hunt for a host to enact its parasitic ways.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
January 24, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The delightful contract and stretch of a Trematode flatworm, no doubt on the hunt for a host to enact its parasitic ways.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
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We escaped the ice and have been science hard for 2 days - four full stations and a big factorial experiment setup! Very tired but very happy to be working. We caught Antarctic krill at one station, and lots of salps at all stations. Love the Green krill guts full of phytoplankton! #oceanography 🌊🇦🇶🦐
January 23, 2026 at 3:54 AM
We escaped the ice and have been science hard for 2 days - four full stations and a big factorial experiment setup! Very tired but very happy to be working. We caught Antarctic krill at one station, and lots of salps at all stations. Love the Green krill guts full of phytoplankton! #oceanography 🌊🇦🇶🦐
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Lots of Tintinnina in my sample this week! These are ciliates with a little ‘cup’ calls a lorica.
#marineplankton 🦑 #protistsonsky
#marineplankton 🦑 #protistsonsky
January 23, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Lots of Tintinnina in my sample this week! These are ciliates with a little ‘cup’ calls a lorica.
#marineplankton 🦑 #protistsonsky
#marineplankton 🦑 #protistsonsky
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I /think/ this might be Thalassiophysa hyalina. I’d love to get a yay or nay from fellow plankton peeps. Plankton sample, southern North Sea, Norfolk coast UK. Apical axis = 64.1 um #marineplankton 🦑 #protistsonsky
January 20, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I /think/ this might be Thalassiophysa hyalina. I’d love to get a yay or nay from fellow plankton peeps. Plankton sample, southern North Sea, Norfolk coast UK. Apical axis = 64.1 um #marineplankton 🦑 #protistsonsky
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Super duper cute!! A gorgeous gastropod (sea snail) veliger larva.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
January 18, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Super duper cute!! A gorgeous gastropod (sea snail) veliger larva.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
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December 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Beautiful Bacillaria paxillifera, a colonial diatom, from today’s sample.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
December 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Beautiful Bacillaria paxillifera, a colonial diatom, from today’s sample.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
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#worldsoilday ! Join us on at Soilwatching, diving into the hidden world under our feet - liana forests of fungal hyphae, bacteria swimming as the fastest organisms on earth, and protists jostling their food.
our movies:
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fun facts and an advents calendar:
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our movies:
lnkd.in/dQSHpYy4
fun facts and an advents calendar:
lnkd.in/dpdRxEwi
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
#worldsoilday ! Join us on at Soilwatching, diving into the hidden world under our feet - liana forests of fungal hyphae, bacteria swimming as the fastest organisms on earth, and protists jostling their food.
our movies:
lnkd.in/dQSHpYy4
fun facts and an advents calendar:
lnkd.in/dpdRxEwi
our movies:
lnkd.in/dQSHpYy4
fun facts and an advents calendar:
lnkd.in/dpdRxEwi
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Door 10 of our soilwatching #adventkalender www.instagram.com/soilwatching
December 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Door 10 of our soilwatching #adventkalender www.instagram.com/soilwatching
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Soilwatching #adventkalender door 11 🌟 www.instagram.com/soilwatching
December 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Soilwatching #adventkalender door 11 🌟 www.instagram.com/soilwatching
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Soilwatching #adventkalender Door 12! 🎄 www.Instagram.com/soilwatching
December 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Soilwatching #adventkalender Door 12! 🎄 www.Instagram.com/soilwatching
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December 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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December 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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December 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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December 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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December 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Everything you always wanted to know about... Aphelids.. but were afraid to ask.🦠🔬🧬?🍄?
Are you very busy but still want to learn what Aphelids are and why they are important to understand the evolution of Fungi?
Then check out our “Quick guide” on Aphelids published in collaboration with @deemteam.bsky.social, Sergey and Guifré. #protistsonsky
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Then check out our “Quick guide” on Aphelids published in collaboration with @deemteam.bsky.social, Sergey and Guifré. #protistsonsky
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Everything you always wanted to know about... Aphelids.. but were afraid to ask.🦠🔬🧬?🍄?
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I rarely get to see large ciliates like this in my plankton samples, so this is a real treat. Ciliate ID is definitely a weak spot for me. I’m thinking Hypotrichia?
#marineplankton #protistsonsky 🦑
#marineplankton #protistsonsky 🦑
December 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I rarely get to see large ciliates like this in my plankton samples, so this is a real treat. Ciliate ID is definitely a weak spot for me. I’m thinking Hypotrichia?
#marineplankton #protistsonsky 🦑
#marineplankton #protistsonsky 🦑
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A mix of lichens including a Xanthoria (I think) a couple of Physcia spp, and others. All hanging out on a tree branch. Northwest Territories, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends while #hiking
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends while #hiking
December 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A mix of lichens including a Xanthoria (I think) a couple of Physcia spp, and others. All hanging out on a tree branch. Northwest Territories, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends while #hiking
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends while #hiking
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You beautiful, slinky worm, you! A Xenacoela - I don’t know much about these guys, but I think this one is gorgeous! Thanks @microbe_guru for the ID.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
December 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
You beautiful, slinky worm, you! A Xenacoela - I don’t know much about these guys, but I think this one is gorgeous! Thanks @microbe_guru for the ID.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
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This Tintinnina ciliate is having a good stretch out of its lorica (its little ‘cup’)!
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This Tintinnina ciliate is having a good stretch out of its lorica (its little ‘cup’)!
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
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wow... crawling motility in Asgard #archaea!! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
look at these crazy moves!! Let's face it, what these cells want for Christmas is #cilia... the best type of motility appendage...
look at these crazy moves!! Let's face it, what these cells want for Christmas is #cilia... the best type of motility appendage...
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
wow... crawling motility in Asgard #archaea!! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
look at these crazy moves!! Let's face it, what these cells want for Christmas is #cilia... the best type of motility appendage...
look at these crazy moves!! Let's face it, what these cells want for Christmas is #cilia... the best type of motility appendage...