aggressive reminder that insects, fairy shrimp, remipedes, and now copepods too (!!!) are a clade of crustaceans called Allotriocarida or literally "weird shrimp". Bugs is shrimps, by definition
Best practices in #taxonomy are critical for addressing the current #biodiversitycrisis. Taxonomy needs to be rebranded to the scientific community as a modern, active and important discipline with sufficient funding and taxonomic researchers. #Entomology#Zoology#Museums
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Dear Members of the European Parliament,
tomorrow all eyes will be on you.
Tomorrow, like always, decency and honesty matter!
Tomorrow, every single vote, even a single vote matters.
Please don't fall victim to the corrosive bitterness of one man.
Please vote to #RestoreNature
...& yesterday @ulfjo addressed 300 school students in the main auditorium of @upvehu in Bilbao with the outreach & citizen science project @EzNazazuZapaldu of @pie_upvehu
Imagine talking to 11-16 y. old students about Acoelomorpha. Wonderful outcome of a @EMBRC_EU TA project
The International Basketball Federation Executive Committee decided not to allow the Russian national team to the pre-qualification tournament for the 2024 Olympics.
For this #wormwednesday evening we have Prorhynchus, a freshwater flatworm that uses its penis stylet (here near the front) as a harpoon to catch prey. The stylet injects poison into the prey. The mouth and stylet share opening - further back the pharynx can be seen.
Pseudmecynostomum bruneofilum a long and slender acoel from the North Sea. It is unusually densely pigmented for an acoel and you can see the hexagonal borders between epidermal cells in the anterior (left) part #WormWednesday.
Anaperus tvaerminnensis is a voracious predator feeding on various small Invertebrates including other Acoela, as can be seen in this photo. The statocyst of the prey is still visible. #WormWednesday