🌊New Marine Animal Forests Manifesto led by ICTA-UAB researchers calls for urgent action to protect, restore, and sustainably manage the ocean’s hidden rainforests: corals, sponges, bryozoans, and gorgonians that build complex habitats on the seafloor.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🌊New Marine Animal Forests Manifesto led by ICTA-UAB researchers calls for urgent action to protect, restore, and sustainably manage the ocean’s hidden rainforests: corals, sponges, bryozoans, and gorgonians that build complex habitats on the seafloor.
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🚨 NEW EARLY VIEW 📃
A symbiosis between bryozoans and the tabulate coral 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘴 in the Devonian.
🇪🇸 Una simbiosis entre briozoos y el coral tabulado 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘴 en el Devónico
Discover more here! 👇
🔗 https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.31745
#EarlyViewSJP #OpenAccess #SJP #Paleontology
A symbiosis between bryozoans and the tabulate coral 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘴 in the Devonian.
🇪🇸 Una simbiosis entre briozoos y el coral tabulado 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘴 en el Devónico
Discover more here! 👇
🔗 https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.31745
#EarlyViewSJP #OpenAccess #SJP #Paleontology
December 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🚨 NEW EARLY VIEW 📃
A symbiosis between bryozoans and the tabulate coral 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘴 in the Devonian.
🇪🇸 Una simbiosis entre briozoos y el coral tabulado 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘴 en el Devónico
Discover more here! 👇
🔗 https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.31745
#EarlyViewSJP #OpenAccess #SJP #Paleontology
A symbiosis between bryozoans and the tabulate coral 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘴 in the Devonian.
🇪🇸 Una simbiosis entre briozoos y el coral tabulado 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘴 en el Devónico
Discover more here! 👇
🔗 https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.31745
#EarlyViewSJP #OpenAccess #SJP #Paleontology
Correct on all counts! 🎉
There are also bryozoans - those are the long tubes with the dimples. We’re very lucky as a museum to be so close to Wren’s Nest, many of our most prized fossils are from there!
There are also bryozoans - those are the long tubes with the dimples. We’re very lucky as a museum to be so close to Wren’s Nest, many of our most prized fossils are from there!
December 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Correct on all counts! 🎉
There are also bryozoans - those are the long tubes with the dimples. We’re very lucky as a museum to be so close to Wren’s Nest, many of our most prized fossils are from there!
There are also bryozoans - those are the long tubes with the dimples. We’re very lucky as a museum to be so close to Wren’s Nest, many of our most prized fossils are from there!
i didn't know anyone on bluesky even talked about bryozoans. here's a fun one i saw at the end of june this year here milling about the shores of falls lake in raleigh, north carolina. it was maybe 3 feet long
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
i didn't know anyone on bluesky even talked about bryozoans. here's a fun one i saw at the end of june this year here milling about the shores of falls lake in raleigh, north carolina. it was maybe 3 feet long
However, the autonomy of bryozoans is partial within the colony; that is, each animal senses changes in its environment and its neighbors and sends this information to the others; we do not have complete assimilation. 2/4
December 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
However, the autonomy of bryozoans is partial within the colony; that is, each animal senses changes in its environment and its neighbors and sends this information to the others; we do not have complete assimilation. 2/4
Something similar to what you propose is bryozoans, a colony of marine animals, which supposedly have their ‘brains’ connected by a collective ‘neural network’. 1/4
December 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Something similar to what you propose is bryozoans, a colony of marine animals, which supposedly have their ‘brains’ connected by a collective ‘neural network’. 1/4
Back to bryozoans for this #FossilFriday with a sample of free-living (lunulite) cheilostomes from the Chalk of Rügen, Germany. Spot the crinoid interloper.
December 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Back to bryozoans for this #FossilFriday with a sample of free-living (lunulite) cheilostomes from the Chalk of Rügen, Germany. Spot the crinoid interloper.
Traditional phylogenies: brachiopods are shelled phoronids, bryozoans are colonial
Early genetic phylogenies: phoronids are shell-less lingulids, bryozoans aren't even lophophorates
Recent phylogenies: lophophorates are real, phoronids and bryozoans are sisters
Craniids: still a PITA
Early genetic phylogenies: phoronids are shell-less lingulids, bryozoans aren't even lophophorates
Recent phylogenies: lophophorates are real, phoronids and bryozoans are sisters
Craniids: still a PITA
December 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Traditional phylogenies: brachiopods are shelled phoronids, bryozoans are colonial
Early genetic phylogenies: phoronids are shell-less lingulids, bryozoans aren't even lophophorates
Recent phylogenies: lophophorates are real, phoronids and bryozoans are sisters
Craniids: still a PITA
Early genetic phylogenies: phoronids are shell-less lingulids, bryozoans aren't even lophophorates
Recent phylogenies: lophophorates are real, phoronids and bryozoans are sisters
Craniids: still a PITA
Just finished delivering an online talk on Chalk bryozoans to the Amateur Geological Society, which was fun
December 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Just finished delivering an online talk on Chalk bryozoans to the Amateur Geological Society, which was fun
It's always nice when we can use museum collections to do research and other projects! Here is an example from Norway with bryozoans from the 50s!
www.nhm.uio.no/english/rese...
#NorDigBryo #Artsdatabanken #Bryozoa #scicomm
www.nhm.uio.no/english/rese...
#NorDigBryo #Artsdatabanken #Bryozoa #scicomm
Bryozoans from the 50s - Natural History Museum
Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.
www.nhm.uio.no
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It's always nice when we can use museum collections to do research and other projects! Here is an example from Norway with bryozoans from the 50s!
www.nhm.uio.no/english/rese...
#NorDigBryo #Artsdatabanken #Bryozoa #scicomm
www.nhm.uio.no/english/rese...
#NorDigBryo #Artsdatabanken #Bryozoa #scicomm
Second verse, same as the first: interior surface perspective.
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Second verse, same as the first: interior surface perspective.
#MolluskMonday, #Crustmas edition: scallop encrusted with acorn barnacles! Bonus cheilostome bryozoans, but don't miss the abraded barnacle base plates either. 🧪⚒️🦪
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
#MolluskMonday, #Crustmas edition: scallop encrusted with acorn barnacles! Bonus cheilostome bryozoans, but don't miss the abraded barnacle base plates either. 🧪⚒️🦪
I love how abalone shells can become mini reefs
🌊🌿🐙🦑
🌊🌿🐙🦑
December 7, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I love how abalone shells can become mini reefs
🌊🌿🐙🦑
🌊🌿🐙🦑
Sea squirts. Bryozoans. (Pictured)
December 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Sea squirts. Bryozoans. (Pictured)
Okay, I had to get that out of my system.
There are 5,900 species of bryozoans (name means "moss animal"). They're found in the ocean, in lakes, bays, anywhere they can filter food from the surrounding water.
They're often found attached to a substrate like a dock, limb, rock or floating log.
There are 5,900 species of bryozoans (name means "moss animal"). They're found in the ocean, in lakes, bays, anywhere they can filter food from the surrounding water.
They're often found attached to a substrate like a dock, limb, rock or floating log.
Bryozoan
“Ugh; It looks like a brain, man,” my fishing partner said, peering into the swampy water and gingerly poking a gelatinous-looking blob with a boat paddle.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Okay, I had to get that out of my system.
There are 5,900 species of bryozoans (name means "moss animal"). They're found in the ocean, in lakes, bays, anywhere they can filter food from the surrounding water.
They're often found attached to a substrate like a dock, limb, rock or floating log.
There are 5,900 species of bryozoans (name means "moss animal"). They're found in the ocean, in lakes, bays, anywhere they can filter food from the surrounding water.
They're often found attached to a substrate like a dock, limb, rock or floating log.
What looks like a xenomorph egg, has jelly like texture, is covered in slime? This thing... uh, whatever it is?
Some people pull Excalibur from the lake. To others is given the Blob of Destiny.
Let's talk about the CURSED GUMMI BEAR, bryozoans.
Some people pull Excalibur from the lake. To others is given the Blob of Destiny.
Let's talk about the CURSED GUMMI BEAR, bryozoans.
December 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What looks like a xenomorph egg, has jelly like texture, is covered in slime? This thing... uh, whatever it is?
Some people pull Excalibur from the lake. To others is given the Blob of Destiny.
Let's talk about the CURSED GUMMI BEAR, bryozoans.
Some people pull Excalibur from the lake. To others is given the Blob of Destiny.
Let's talk about the CURSED GUMMI BEAR, bryozoans.
December 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
⚒ #FossilFriday 🦑
🐚 Faxe quarry's Danian reef
📷 Fossil cold-water coral mound ecosystem:
e.g. scleractinian corals, over 120 species of small gastropods, echinoderms, bryozoans
⏳ Danian (66-61.6my)
🔎 Paleodepth 100-300m /328-984ft
📍 Faxe, Denmark 🇩🇰
#geology #geoscience #paleontology #fossil
🐚 Faxe quarry's Danian reef
📷 Fossil cold-water coral mound ecosystem:
e.g. scleractinian corals, over 120 species of small gastropods, echinoderms, bryozoans
⏳ Danian (66-61.6my)
🔎 Paleodepth 100-300m /328-984ft
📍 Faxe, Denmark 🇩🇰
#geology #geoscience #paleontology #fossil
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
⚒ #FossilFriday 🦑
🐚 Faxe quarry's Danian reef
📷 Fossil cold-water coral mound ecosystem:
e.g. scleractinian corals, over 120 species of small gastropods, echinoderms, bryozoans
⏳ Danian (66-61.6my)
🔎 Paleodepth 100-300m /328-984ft
📍 Faxe, Denmark 🇩🇰
#geology #geoscience #paleontology #fossil
🐚 Faxe quarry's Danian reef
📷 Fossil cold-water coral mound ecosystem:
e.g. scleractinian corals, over 120 species of small gastropods, echinoderms, bryozoans
⏳ Danian (66-61.6my)
🔎 Paleodepth 100-300m /328-984ft
📍 Faxe, Denmark 🇩🇰
#geology #geoscience #paleontology #fossil
What are bryozoans? Have a look at this animation created with @cookedillustrations.com and supported by the National project #MedCalRes funded by the @AgEInves. Stay updated for more free educational resources here 👉 bryozoans.weebly.com
youtu.be/5yKlfl-9lWM?...
youtu.be/5yKlfl-9lWM?...
What is a bryozoan?
YouTube video by Marine calcifiers
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM
What are bryozoans? Have a look at this animation created with @cookedillustrations.com and supported by the National project #MedCalRes funded by the @AgEInves. Stay updated for more free educational resources here 👉 bryozoans.weebly.com
youtu.be/5yKlfl-9lWM?...
youtu.be/5yKlfl-9lWM?...
The Mediterranean is warming fast & future acidification may threaten bryozoans. Using a natural CO₂ vent, our study shows species-specific skeletal shifts, microbiome changes & long-term vulnerability. New animation out now 👇
#MedCalRes @cookedillustrations.com
youtu.be/RuOxO0kH2oQ?...
#MedCalRes @cookedillustrations.com
youtu.be/RuOxO0kH2oQ?...
Microbiomes, skeletons & climate stress: The future of Mediterranean bryozoans
YouTube video by Marine calcifiers
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The Mediterranean is warming fast & future acidification may threaten bryozoans. Using a natural CO₂ vent, our study shows species-specific skeletal shifts, microbiome changes & long-term vulnerability. New animation out now 👇
#MedCalRes @cookedillustrations.com
youtu.be/RuOxO0kH2oQ?...
#MedCalRes @cookedillustrations.com
youtu.be/RuOxO0kH2oQ?...
Transparent blobs are hard to draw. These guys are so much cooler than I can render them; please look up some macro photos! #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Transparent blobs are hard to draw. These guys are so much cooler than I can render them; please look up some macro photos! #InsertAnInvert2024 in 2025
*jeff foxworthy voice*
you might be a paleontologist if you can't go to sleep without seeing skeletal bryozoans
i think i may be going insane
you might be a paleontologist if you can't go to sleep without seeing skeletal bryozoans
i think i may be going insane
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
*jeff foxworthy voice*
you might be a paleontologist if you can't go to sleep without seeing skeletal bryozoans
i think i may be going insane
you might be a paleontologist if you can't go to sleep without seeing skeletal bryozoans
i think i may be going insane
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
How do #bryozoans and ginger cookies go together up North? Read here!
Wrote a blog post about our workshop at the Espegrend Marine Station last week! #Bryozoa #NorDigBryo @bryozoology.bsky.social @hardbunnsfauna.bsky.social
www.nhm.uio.no/english/rese...
www.nhm.uio.no/english/rese...
Espegrend, bryozoans and gingerbread cookies - Natural History Museum
Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.
www.nhm.uio.no
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
How do #bryozoans and ginger cookies go together up North? Read here!
The November issue of #Geology is now online. Topics include "Evolution of skeletal mineralogy in cheilostome bryozoans from calcite to aragonite seas" and "Unique leaf mimicry in Jurassic insects."
Read more at geosociety.co/3M2YZaY
#Jurassic #Mineralogy #GSAPubs
Read more at geosociety.co/3M2YZaY
#Jurassic #Mineralogy #GSAPubs
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The November issue of #Geology is now online. Topics include "Evolution of skeletal mineralogy in cheilostome bryozoans from calcite to aragonite seas" and "Unique leaf mimicry in Jurassic insects."
Read more at geosociety.co/3M2YZaY
#Jurassic #Mineralogy #GSAPubs
Read more at geosociety.co/3M2YZaY
#Jurassic #Mineralogy #GSAPubs