Budsofstone @budsofstone@computerfairi.es

#NewSpecies!
New polychaete worm from #frenchpolynesia just surfaced:

Spinther bohnorum

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/618E959B-79ED-52E3-BC76-EACE9BB877B4
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e160349
#BiodiversityDataJournal #SpintherBohnorum

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #worms #annelida #polychaeteworms

#NewSpecies!
New flesh fly from #chile just landed:

Microcerella desertum

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A464791E-C738-FF90-075F-E494D7DA59EB
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.989.2897
#ejtaxonomy #MicrocerellaDesertum

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #diptera #fly #fleshfly

one in four animals on the planet earth is a beetle. think of your three closest friends. if none of them are beetles, statistically speaking you are probably a beetle.

Un bracito antes de hacer ejercicio ✨

@UsagiTsukino

Sup dawg, I heard you like springtails. So I put a springtail on your springtail so you can look at a springtail while looking at a springtail.

Don't let the competition walk all over giant springtails like this cheeky blighter, vote today: https://bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/2025-bug-of-the-year-nominees/giant-springtail/

#Entomology #Macrophotography #TeamGiantSpringtail #BugoftheYear2025 #BotY #SoilEcology #SoilBiodiversity #Invertebrate

A woodlouse taking a stroll.

#52wochenfotochallenge
#animal #nature #naturephotography #Tier #invertebrate #arthropod

The first steps of a sea urchin

The winners of this year’s Nikon Small World in Motion are out, and my favorite is the 5th place entry, A newborn sea urchin walking along the seabed by Alvaro Migotto:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFboBA9ZDPQ

It’s adorable to see these newly metamorphosed echinoderms and their long and chubby tube feet learning how to walk.

This scene reminded me of my master’s, when I watched for the first time young sea biscuits take their own first, wobbly steps. And it’s incredible how, in no time, they would be crawling through sand grains like Spider-Man flies through buildings. You can watch them here.

It also reminded me of the video I recorded during my PhD of young ribbon worms learning how to hunt. Also worth watching.

Full disclosure: Alvaro was my supervisor during my master’s degree ;)

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URL: https://brunovellutini.com/posts/sea-urchin-first-steps/

#biodiversity #invertebrate #marineBiology #microscopy #video

Calcareous skeleton of a pluteus larva

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URL: https://brunovellutini.com/posts/calcareous-skeleton-pluteus-larva/

#clypeasterSubdepressus #echinodermata #image #invertebrate #larva #msc #plankton #seaBiscuit

trilobite girl

the Cornell University Library is now online, for free, no registration or login, just there, 76,474 books now tucked in at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/cornell

#art #illustration #kleinekunstklasse #surrealism #snail #snailworld #heuschnecke

Hallo, willkommen in der Snailworld! Hier gibt es Schnecken zu sehen, die noch niemand je zu Gesicht bekommen hat! Heute die Heuschnecke (Gastropoda fenum)
Die Heuschnecke ist eine Kreuzung, von der nicht ganz ausgemacht ist, ob es sich dabei um einen Schneck oder um einen Schreck handelt.

cafe dotvember prompt numba 15: coffee pot

she ...is the coffee ?

#artsky #illustration #asterosea #cafedot #art #cuteart #cute #ocsky #ocart

Scorzonera villosa. https://images.wur.nl/digital/collection/coll13/id/646/

#plants #roots #illustration