The image, which Mette (@metteh-thorsager.bsky.social) named “Democratising Imaging of Life in the Ocean,” features the salp Thalia democratica. It was captured with our portable Flamingo light-sheet microscope at @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social in collaboration with Alexandre Alié.

#Salp #LBDV

Made my first ever plushie! #008 Salpalp! Inspired by tunicates & pyrosomes!

They're a bit wonky but overall i' m happy w/ the result! Plush arc incoming!

#plushies #salp #tunicate

Beast in the barrel/Phronima sedentria

Beast in the barrel/Phronima sedentria

Beast in the barrel/Phronima sedentria

Beast in the barrel/Phronima sedentria

Beast in the barrel/Phronima sedentria

We found these magnificently weird creatures washed up on St. Ninians beach tombolo over the holidays.

It's an amphipod crustacean living in a salp barrel. A very cool beach combing find!

#Shetland #BeachCombing #PhronimaSedentria #Beach #Salp #Crustacean

ROV pilots filmed this smooth swimming #salp at 324m
during #AsgardArchaea expedition off the coast of Uruguay.

Credit: ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute

Catherine (@shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social)

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> A Tunicate #Salp’s Last Supper. A swimming smorgasbord wrapped in glassy flesh #photography #UnderwaterPhotography Link for more #photos and […]

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Freaky fishies & other gooey things from 15-17May2024.

1 & 2) two different species of #dragonfish
3) #anglerfish
4) male #nautilus #octopus riding a salp
5) #phronima in a #salp
6) #scaleworm
7) #whalefish
#larvalfish #deepseafish #blackwaterdiving #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater

Zeg … dit wilde je toch altijd al weten?
#Salp … zelfs de naam is lief!

De #salp (lief! Prikt of bijt niet!) levert een belangrijke bijdrage aan de #koolstofyclus in oceanen en daardoor aan vermindering van opwarming van de aarde.

New South West Marine Ecosystems report published This comprehensive report on the state of the marine ecosystems around the South West, including contributions from PML scientists, gives an wonderful overview of how the marine environment is fairing

The #SouthWestMarineEcosystems 2024 report reveals some big shifts in marine life - from unusual #jellyfish blooms and #salp swarms, to major fish mortality events and shifts in #fisheries catches 🦞🪼 Read the highlights and access the full report here: pml.ac.uk/news/new-sou...

salp anatomy...
#salp #anatomy #underwater #sealife #animatedgif

Salps, while not at all uncommon, are one of the most fascinating planktonic organisms seen while I shoot for my Aliens Collection.
#salp #salps #plankton #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater #ocean #scubadiving

While not uncommon in any way, sometimes these #oxycephalus #amphipods pose soooo well that it’s impossible to not photograph it! It’s riding a colony of #salp clones

#oxycephalusamphipod #amphipod #salps #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #symbiosis #commensalism #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater

...Pegea confoederata #salp ridden with hyperiid amphipods inside and out ...

Cyclosalpa affinis #salp solitary oozoids asexually bud chains of whorls as a double chain internally, which starts pinching sets of blastozooids as it comes out. These eventually will break off as free-swimming whorl colonies able of sexual reproduction #multijetpropulsion (Feb 2022)

Cyclosalpa polae #salp takes the bilateral whorl architecture one step further with very long peduncles, so they can bob and tangle around freely, like the heads of a hydra. These clusters tend to form hemispherical shapes #multijetpropulsion (Feb 2022)

Cyclosalpa affinis #salp aggregate colonies have the same bilateral whorl arrangement as in C. quadriluminis, but the whorls tend to stick together along the axis of the double chain long after being released from the oozoid #multijetpropulsion (Feb 2022)

Brooksia rostrata #salp blastozooid colonies deviate from the linear chain arrangement we saw in Iasis cylindrica, as their zooids have their aboral ends flared outward in a herringbone pattern #multijetpropulsion (Feb 2022)

Iasis (Weelia) cylindrica #salp colonies deviate from double transversal chains as their zooids and jets rotate to be almost parallel to the colony elongation axis, leading to very fast swimming. We investigated how and why their trajectory is often helical, especially in longer chains. (Feb 2022)

Three scuba divers in blue water with bubbles rising up above their heads

A salp chain in a helix shape against dark water

A sunset over blue ocean water lit from below the surface

Close up of a scuba diver's face next to a salp chain with swirls of green fluorescent dye trailing off it

Oct 2021: We travelled to Kona, HI, to study locomotion and feeding in gelatinous animals. During the day and night, we did #bluewaterdiving and #blackwaterdiving to film #ctenophore and #salp species to study their swimming and feeding. We used fluorescent dyes and 3D video to examine fluid flow.

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Stuffed their hoo haw with the ghost of Christmas past 🤣🤣

#Badge502 #paramedic #comedy #funny #haha #FirstResponder #salp #Christmas #past #hoohaw #stuffed

While I see a #phronima clinging to a salps quite frequently in the nighttime open #ocean environment, this one was unique. They typically capture a much smaller #salp of a different species - perhaps 2x the size of her body.
#prambug #amphipod #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gug

Definition of salp salp minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each endnnn #definition #meaning #salp #ielts #learnenglish #education #british

salp
- Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end

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#definition #salp #meaning #english #ielts

HSPG-binding peptide Pep19-2.5 is a potent inhibitor of HPV16 infection | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Antiviral peptides have emerged as promising therapeutic targets against a wide range of DNA and RNA viruses, including cytomegalovirus (CMV), herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2), adenovirus, rotavirus, poliovirus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), influenza virus, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and the dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses, targeting various stages of viral infection (1). A novel class of inhibitors known as synthetic anti-lipopolysaccharide peptides (SALPs) has been suggested as suitable broad-spectrum antiviral and anti-inflammatory agents as they exhibit low cytotoxicity and effectively block the attachment, and as a result, the infection of human pathogenic viruses (2, 3). Among these inhibitors, Peptide 19-2.5 (also known as Aspidasept or Pep19-2.5) has attracted attention for its ability to inhibit the entry of various enveloped viruses, including hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and human immunodeficiency virus (3). This is achieved through its binding to heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) and sialic acids on the plasma membrane. Studies suggest that the positively charged amino acids within Pep19-2.5 compete with the virus for the binding to the negatively charged plasma membrane components (2, 3). In addition, it has been demonstrated that Pep19-2.5 possesses anti-septic properties in vitro and in vivo by reducing the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines (4, 5). The influence of Pep19-2.5 on non-enveloped viruses has not been investigated so far.

HSPG-binding peptide #Pep19-2.5 is a potent inhibitor of #HPV16 #infection; #AntimicrobAgentsChemother #LangLab @unibonn.bsky.social #UnimedizinMainz #Aspidasept; #SALP; #human #papillomavirus shorturl.at/Qc30l

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Key Word Sign Workshop

Learn Key Word Sign in functional & fun interactive activities in 2 morning sessions

Feb 19 & 26, 2025.
Time 9 am to 1 pm AEDT
Online.

Cathy has been a Key Word Sign Presenter for more than 35 years.
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#SLP #SaLP #KWS #Aus #Disability

#ai #artai #color #thenewflesh #AIArt #AIArtist #AIArtwork #GenerativeArt #DigitalArt #AIArtGallery #AIGeneratedArt
#AIArtCommunity #ambiguity #badbiology #invertebrate #scotland #plankton #tunicate

#Luminous #Salp from #LochNess

IOB
The #evolutionary history of #salp colony architecture has remained obscured due to the lack of an #ontology to characterize architectures, as well as a lack of #phylogenetic taxon sampling and resolution of critical nodes..."
Damian-Serrano et al
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#science #zooid

Hard to see, but it is a #salp wonderland next to the boat!