Bronwyn W. Williams
@bwwilliams.bsky.social
Research Curator of Non-molluscan Invertebrates at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences 🦞🪱🧬 etc | General promoter of invert chaos
One of a trio of Hirudinella ventricosa specimens acquired in a very timely donation. While it looks a bit like a leech, this is a trematode that parasitizes wahoo. • found in the stomachs of two wahoo caught off the coast of North Carolina a week ago. Happy Halloween 🎃
October 31, 2024 at 4:31 PM
One of a trio of Hirudinella ventricosa specimens acquired in a very timely donation. While it looks a bit like a leech, this is a trematode that parasitizes wahoo. • found in the stomachs of two wahoo caught off the coast of North Carolina a week ago. Happy Halloween 🎃
For some inexplicable reason I feel like posting images of a few crayfishes - all of which occur in North Carolina - that are various shades of red, white, and/or blue. Photos by my amazing talented colleague Michael A. Perkins, NC Wildlife Resources Commission.
July 4, 2023 at 6:19 PM
For some inexplicable reason I feel like posting images of a few crayfishes - all of which occur in North Carolina - that are various shades of red, white, and/or blue. Photos by my amazing talented colleague Michael A. Perkins, NC Wildlife Resources Commission.
I knew pill millipedes were adorable, but this pushes it over the edge.
Zephroniid from Cambodia, Kampot Province | collected May 2000
Zephroniid from Cambodia, Kampot Province | collected May 2000
June 20, 2023 at 4:41 PM
I knew pill millipedes were adorable, but this pushes it over the edge.
Zephroniid from Cambodia, Kampot Province | collected May 2000
Zephroniid from Cambodia, Kampot Province | collected May 2000
Behold this 102-year-old adorably furry Orange Jumper (I think 😬) InverteButt from the NC Museum of Natural Sciences Collection. Collected in Raleigh, North Carolina, September 1921, by C.S. Brimley.
June 9, 2023 at 12:35 PM
Behold this 102-year-old adorably furry Orange Jumper (I think 😬) InverteButt from the NC Museum of Natural Sciences Collection. Collected in Raleigh, North Carolina, September 1921, by C.S. Brimley.
That time you collect a turtle leech with a brood of eggs, forget about it - leaving it in a tackle box for three weeks - finally remember and think to move it to find dozens of leechlets. Score!
June 7, 2023 at 9:01 PM
That time you collect a turtle leech with a brood of eggs, forget about it - leaving it in a tackle box for three weeks - finally remember and think to move it to find dozens of leechlets. Score!
Q- How many undescribed crayfish species can we find in 1 day in an area in western North Carolina 22 miles long x 4 miles wide?
A- At least five, plus one with a name. 😑 We have our work cut out for us!
One small miracle: the branchiobdellidans shown here ARE known (Xironodrilus bashaviae) 😮💨
A- At least five, plus one with a name. 😑 We have our work cut out for us!
One small miracle: the branchiobdellidans shown here ARE known (Xironodrilus bashaviae) 😮💨
June 6, 2023 at 3:09 PM
Q- How many undescribed crayfish species can we find in 1 day in an area in western North Carolina 22 miles long x 4 miles wide?
A- At least five, plus one with a name. 😑 We have our work cut out for us!
One small miracle: the branchiobdellidans shown here ARE known (Xironodrilus bashaviae) 😮💨
A- At least five, plus one with a name. 😑 We have our work cut out for us!
One small miracle: the branchiobdellidans shown here ARE known (Xironodrilus bashaviae) 😮💨
THIS is custom-fit protective wear! A Granulate Shellback Crab (Hypochonca arcuata) collected 28 July 2004 off Usina Beach, Jacksonville, FL by SEAMAP biologists. The functional form-fit shell even comes with its own bling: bryozoans, a tiny anemone, worm tubes, and traces of barnacle.
June 5, 2023 at 3:10 PM
THIS is custom-fit protective wear! A Granulate Shellback Crab (Hypochonca arcuata) collected 28 July 2004 off Usina Beach, Jacksonville, FL by SEAMAP biologists. The functional form-fit shell even comes with its own bling: bryozoans, a tiny anemone, worm tubes, and traces of barnacle.