A page of beetle specimens with the details of BHL Day 2026 overlaid.
How do scientists use biodiversity literature?
At #BHLDay2026, Lauren Hughes, Principal Curator In Charge @nhm-london.bsky.social, will explore how BHL is the bridge between taxonomy @marinespecies.bsky.social & the evidence behind it.
📅 29 April: London + online
🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/bhlday2026
Philippe Bouchet, one of the Chief Taxonomic Editors of #MolluscaBase and @marinespecies.bsky.social has been selected as the Carlo Heip Awardee for 2023-2025
www.marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...
Introducing the keynote speakers of #WCMB2026:
Leen Vandepitte from @vliz.be will present the keynote for Theme 5. She is the coordinator of @marinespecies.bsky.social, @eurobis.bsky.social, #IRMNG and the @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social Species Information Backbone.
wcmb2026.org/keynotesbio#...
🚨 Applications now OPEN for the Ocean Census Species Discovery Awards 2026.
$5,000 grants available to support marine species discovery. Apply by 30th April.
👉 Apply now: oceancensus.org/species-disc...
This week we are, together with FishBase (@q-quatics.bsky.social), present at the Antarctic Marine Species Traits Workshop in Leuven.
Participants are learning how to add traits to the Register of Antarctic Marine Species
marinespecies.org/rams/
"New Amphipod species from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, named in honour of WoRMS"
@tammyhorton.bsky.social #marinespecies
www.marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @lifewatchbelgium.bsky.social @lifewatcheric.bsky.social @vliz.be @janmees.bsky.social
So, there they are, the @marinespecies.bsky.social top-10 marine species of 2025! Do you have a favorite?
www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te...
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @lifewatchbelgium.bsky.social @lifewatcheric.bsky.social @vliz.be @janmees.bsky.social
(10/10) The Elven Abyss Tunicate yawns in the dark depths of the abyss waiting for food.
www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te...
@scrippsocean.bsky.social
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #deepsea
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @lifewatchbelgium.bsky.social @lifewatcheric.bsky.social @vliz.be @janmees.bsky.social
(9/10) Poseidon’s Squid was found in the stomach of a sperm whale.
www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te...
@cefafalopodo.bsky.social @ieo.es @gi.ieo.es @icmcsic.bsky.social
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @lifewatchbelgium.bsky.social @lifewatcheric.bsky.social @vliz.be @janmees.bsky.social
(8/10) A third species of manta ray has now been confirmed: meet the Atlantic Manta Ray.
www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te...
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean
@bokamero.bsky.social @bethfmfleming.bsky.social @mucofloris.bsky.social @hwiklund.bsky.social @adrg2.bsky.social
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @lifewatchbelgium.bsky.social @lifewatcheric.bsky.social @vliz.be @janmees.bsky.social
(7/10) The Nodule Crown Coral is the first & only known stony coral that lives attached to polymetallic nodules.
www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te...
@guadalupebribiesca.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk @nhm-london.bsky.social @sgn.one
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #deepsea
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @lifewatchbelgium.bsky.social @lifewatcheric.bsky.social @vliz.be @janmees.bsky.social
(6/10) Does this stern looking creature remind you of someone? Meet the Darth Vader Supergiant Isopod.
www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te...
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @lifewatchbelgium.bsky.social @lifewatcheric.bsky.social @vliz.be @janmees.bsky.social
(5/10) The Good Luck Flatworm only lives on the critically endangered guitarfish.
www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te...
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @lifewatchbelgium.bsky.social @lifewatcheric.bsky.social @vliz.be @janmees.bsky.social
(4/10) Far below the Pacific Ocean, in a world without sunlight, something glitters: Iskra’s Glitter Worm.
www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te...
@scrippsocean.bsky.social
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #deepsea
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @lifewatchbelgium.bsky.social @lifewatcheric.bsky.social @vliz.be @janmees.bsky.social
(3/10) The Golden Glow Zoantharian is the first documented deep-sea cave species to bioluminesce.
www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te...
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @lifewatchbelgium.bsky.social @lifewatcheric.bsky.social @vliz.be @janmees.bsky.social
(2/10) The Sponge Ambusher Worm sets its trap in a glass sponge.
www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te...
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #deepsea
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @lifewatchbelgium.bsky.social @lifewatcheric.bsky.social @vliz.be @janmees.bsky.social
(1/10) The Dragon Nematode is the first of its kind to be described from chemosynthetic environments.
www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te...
@willetal.bsky.social @ifremer.bsky.social
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #deepsea
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @lifewatchbelgium.bsky.social @lifewatcheric.bsky.social @vliz.be @janmees.bsky.social
(2/2) Today @marinespecies.bsky.social thanks all editors for this important task. And we celebrate the work of taxonomists with the WoRMS list of the top-ten marine species described in 2025!
www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te...
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade