Ark ASA screenshot with three glorious glowing ladybug amphipods inside my base. The largest one is the dominion variant, the white is the regular variant and the floating one is a chibi pet.

The tek saddle of the ladybug dominion, enveloping the creature snugly and sporting lots of extra lights and cannons.

ASA screenshot of my survivor wearing the small ladybug as a shoulder pet and being in a state of unfathomable bliss

I've missed these little goobers so much! Tamed myself some ladybug #amphipods in #TaeniaStella, ASA version. The dominion variant now has a tek saddle, it's so funny! #arksurvivalascended

24 New Species Including a New Family of Amphipods Identified in Deep Sea Survey The expedition uncovered a new family and even a new superfamily Mirabestioidea, revealing completely new evolutionary branches,

24 New #Species Including a New Family of #Amphipods Identified in #DeepSea Survey

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24 New Species Including a New Family of Amphipods Identified in Deep Sea Survey A recent international survey of a deep sea zone near Mexico turned up 24 species of shrimp-like animals called amphipods, including a whole new taxonomic family, called Mirabestiidae. The survey took place in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) between Hawaii and Mexico, where a fractious seabed can range in depth from 10,000 to 20,000 feet. Over […] The post 24 New Species Including a New Family of Amphipods Identified in Deep Sea Survey appeared first on Good News Network.

24 New Species Including a New Family of Amphipods Identified in Deep Sea Survey: A recent international survey of a deep sea zone near Mexico turned up 24 species of shrimp-like animals called amphipods,… @goodnewsnetwork.org #MarineBiology #DeepSeaExploration #NewSpecies #Amphipods #Biodiversity

Hidden in the dark: complex evolutionary history revealed by genome-wide analyses of cave amphipods Abstract. Subterranean environments provide unique habitats and maintain high biodiversity. However, their underlying evolutionary processes remain poorly

Our genome-wide study of subterranean #amphipods in Japan reveals that #Pseudocrangonyx species shows a complex history involving geographic isolation and secondary contact. Hidden evolution can provide subterranean biodiversity in the dark:

Suenaga et al.
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Brian is a masters student in the Conservation Science program in FWCB. He worked in the lab as a undergraduate researcher focused on dentition wear in prickleback fishes and is now changing gears to work on morphology of fishes in the Esocidae family.

Notes from Cannon #Beach trip,
#SICB2026 #Portland!

Get to know @kassthefish.bsky.social 's
Convergence lab
www.kassandraford.com
& member Brian Whelan
& did you know that the Fluffy #sculpin (bottom right) is a predator, the diet consisting mainly of #amphipods and polychaete worms?

#science

#Amphipods

Paracanthonotozomella steffi, male, holotype, shortly after sampling.

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #newzealand just surfaced:

Paracanthonotozomella steffi

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/8622DE56-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #ParacanthonotozomellaSteffi

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #conservation #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

Nineteen species from four families within the amphipod parvorder Amphilochidira are documented from Bocas del Toro, Panama, including one new species described here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#amphipods #taxonomy #newspecies

A bright orange oblong sea sponge with an opening at the tip. A semi transparent crustacean with red eyes is poking its head out looking at the camera

I always look inside the osculum of larger sponges to see if I can find a little buddy in their living room and this weekend I did. How hospitable they were to sit at the entrance and let me take photos. #Amphipods #Invertebrates

Melita ajmali, male, paratype.

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #india just surfaced:

Melita ajmali

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/0381381F-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #MelitaAjmali

#FAIRdata
#OA #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #animals #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

Elasmopus lumbiniger, paratype female, lateral view.

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #japan just surfaced:

Elasmopus lumbiniger

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/A6AB1033-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #ElasmopusLumbiniger

#FAIRdata
#OA #biodiversity #nature #conservation #animals #arthropods #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

Hyalella plutonia, holotype male.

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #usa just came in:

Hyalella plutonia

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/1121DCD3-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/subt...
#SubterraneanBiology #HyalellaPlutonia

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #arthropods #crustacea #amphipods

Stenopleustes jeskulkeae in life.

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #iceland just came in:

Stenopleustes jeskulkeae

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03F387B4-...
Publication: doi.org/10.5852/ejt....
#ejtaxonomy #StenopleustesJeskulkeae

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #animals #crustacea #amphipods

Leucothoe limidicola, holotype, female, lateral view.

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #japan just surfaced:

Leucothoe limidicola

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/3E6A87D0-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #LeucothoeLimidicola

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

Niphargus primoricus, holotype ♂, general lateral view.

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from the #blacksea just surfaced:

Niphargus primoricus

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/8390EBB5-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #NiphargusPrimoricus

#FAIRdata
#openaccess #ecology #biodiversity #nature #conservation #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

Neopleustes schwentneri in life.

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #iceland just came in:

Neopleustes schwentneri

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03F387B4-...
Publication: doi.org/10.5852/ejt....
#ejtaxonomy #NeopleustesSchwentneri

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #crustacea #amphipods

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #panama just came in:

Photis bulla

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/40FE8260-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #PhotisBulla

#FAIRdata
#OA #biology #taxonomy #ecology #nature #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #amphipods

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #japan just came in:

Elasmopus projectus

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/F0346A15-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#zootaxa #ElasmopusProjectus

#FAIRdata
#biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #amphipods

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

#Amphipods
#giantamphipods

"They estimate that about 59 per cent of the sea floor falls within this range. The genetic data also suggested the specimens, although distributed across this vast area, all represented one genetically similar species."

www.newscientist.com/article/2480...

The supergiant amphipod Alicella gigantea may inhabit over half of the world’s oceans | Royal Society Open Science The deep-sea amphipod Alicella gigantea Chevreux, 1899, currently known as the world’s largest amphipod, inhabits depths of the lower abyssal and upper hadal zones. Historically, it has been sampled o...

Giant #amphipods may be more common in the #deepsea than we previously thought

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

2/4 We quantified intra-annual variation in litter inputs to #forestfloors & #streams, estimating aquatic ( #amphipods!) & terrestrial decomposition across the year. #Autumn litter pulse is complemented by smaller magnitude but more constant-through-the-year lateral inflows to stream ecosystems.

A black-and-white scientific line drawing illustrating various anatomical parts of an amphipod.

Description of two new species of riparian hoppers from a small creek bank in Thailand: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#newspecies #amphipods #taxonomy #invert

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #panama just surfaced:

Podocerus offucia

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/0525432E-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #PodocerusOffucia

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #biology #taxonomy #ecology #nature #wildlife #animals #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

Caribbean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Panama. Part IV: parvorder Caprellidira The parvorder Caprellidira includes 1,244 described species in 17 families. The diverse morphology of caprellidiran amphipods ranges from thread-like to more typical laterally compressed body forms. C...

Description of five new species and range extensions for 15 caprellidiran amphipods in the Caribbean waters of Panama.

#taxonomy #amphipods #invert

doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#Driftwood as #habitat: decomposer species in this marine/brackish habitat include #isopods (sea slater, Sphaeroma serratum) and talitrid #amphipods.

Munching through the wood they create a system of holes and tunnels alike a Swiss cheese.

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #panama just surfaced:

Konatopus tridens

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/EDB299BE-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #KonatopusTridens

#FAIRdata
#biology #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #japan just swam in:

Lepechinella macrospinosa

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2B878B-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #LepechinellaMacrospinosa

#FAIRdata
#biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #conservation #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

Freshwater Shrimp, Gammarus pulex/fossarum agg.

Knee deep in Malacostraca
This week I have been mostly thinking about Malacostraca, specifically Amphipods:
ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/03/knee...

#Amphipods #Leicester #VC55 #environment

an Antarctic amphipod crustacean with a red eye and spiky body

an Antarctic amphipod crustacean with an orange eye and white and orange body

an Antarctic amphipod crustacean with a red eye and body, with long antennae and legs

an Antarctic amphipod crustacean with a red eye and pale white body

#Antarctic #amphipods are wild!

Currently 564 amphipod species are known in the Antarctic and 417 species in the sub-Antarctic! Commonly known as sand hoppers, sand or sea fleas, scuds, or sideswimmers.

@bas.ac.uk