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Calling all #ctenophore researchers and artists! Joe Ryan is organizing the Ctenopalooza Ctwo meeting, which we will host at MBARI in California August 23-25. 🦑🧪🌊 www.mbari.org/event/ctenop... Come swap notes with fellow enthusiasts about the latest news in comb jellies.

Can #sponges help protect the threatened coastal lagoon of the Mar Menor (SE of Spain)? 🧽 #eDNA 🧬 to monitor biological communities in shallow coastal ecosystems. 76 taxa, 9 phyla identified by Corral-Lou et al! @mncn-csic.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🚨 Thrilled to announce that I’ve been awarded a new project by Artsdatabanken, the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. Project ODIN will investigate Octocoral Diversity In Norway 🌊🪸, tackling it with a synergetic combination of imaging 🔬📽️ and sequencing 🧬💻 tools. Picture: Erling Svensen.

Here's some underwater Christmas trees🎄 to brighten up your day. #Hydrozoa #Hype4Hydrozoa.

Proud to be part of this great piece led by talented @annaferraioli.bsky.social. A fundamental step towards a better understanding of ctenophores' complex behavioral repertoire. @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social + amazing cover by @alexandrejan.bsky.social

Happy #AntarcticaDay, everyone! Today Dec 1st commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959. Remember: there's more than (truly amazing) whales 🐳, seals 🦭 and penguins🐧 in its icy waters, and they also deserve some (research) attention and resources 🪸🪼.

The best part? The Manet team at @universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social has received funding for 2️⃣ projects in the 2026 call! The second one on Challenging Gelatinous Zooplankton🪼, led by Aino Hosia. Double celebration: loading [99% completed...]

Never thought I'd be on #spotify, but here we are. More on our findings here: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.... #Ctenophora @unibergen.bsky.social

Happy #worldjellyfishday, everyone 🪼🪼🪼! Jellyfish (and their blooms) are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, significantly contributing to carbon transport and storage. An ocean without jellyfish would not be a healthy ocean. @universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social

“I find your lack of ctenes disturbing.”Credit original #sciart to @joanjsoto.bsky.social. #MayTheCtenoforceBeWithYou #MayTheFourthBeWithYou #StarWarsDay #ctenophore #scicomm

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Reverse development, or the ability to rejuvenate by morphological reorganization into the preceding life cycle stage is thought to be restricted t...

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Reverse development in the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi | PNAS

For those feeling Christmassy🎅, here's some aglaopheniid hydroids🎄 with ascidians and corals at their base. Looks like someone in the reef will have lots of gifts 🎁 this year. #Hype4Hydrozoa

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The curious case of the comb jelly, where we described a comb jelly with the ability to reverse its development to an earlier stage of life, is now also available at #spotify 🤩 #ctenophores 🪼⏪ open.spotify.com/episode/6c2O... with @joanjsoto.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social

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Congratulations to all the authors 👏 A special mention goes to @alexandrejan.bsky.social for a gorgeous cover image! @leodigel.bsky.social @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @carinelegoff.bsky.social @joanjsoto.bsky.social @maikekittelmann.bsky.social @aaas.org 4/4

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