Reposted from x.com/AKLescrauwae... Delivering on the Ocean Decade objectives: taxonomy experts from our sister institute INVEMAR in Colombia working in Oostende with @marinespecies.bsky.social @vliz.be @marineregions.bsky.social towards a National Register of Marine Species for Colombia.

VLIZ @vliz.be recruits (2x): - WoRMS #marinespecies Data Scientist - Biodiversity Data Scientist/Manager vliz.be/en/jobs @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @unoceandecade.bsky.social

There are currently 9,492 marine sponge species recognised in WoRMS. 🧽 With more discoveries to be made, the Ocean Census Science Network needs more sponge experts. Come and chat to us at the World Sponge Conference to find out how you can support species discovery. @wscommunity.bsky.social

The feedingtype attribute in @marinespecies.bsky.social has been split into three different attributes: (1) Ecological interactions, (2) Trophic level, and (3) Feeding method. www.marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...

Did you know? Today is World Elephant Day (the marine edition!) www.linkedin.com/pulse/did-yo...

Introducing the World List of Myxozoa marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...

July 2025 version of the Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG) released for download: 515,601 genus names (+6,7k new) irmng.org/download.php @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social #TonyRees @unoceandecade.bsky.social #marinespecies

This week we are at the @lifewatcheric.bsky.social BEeS Conference at HCMR-IMBBC in Crete. We are chairing a session dedicated to Taxonomy later today. Come and play our “Shell I reveal myself” game at our booth! lifewatch.eu/bees-2025/

TETTRIS @tettris.eu Taxonomic Name Linking Services Deliverable (TNLS) - Task 1 finished: defining a common list of in-and output fields for taxon matching #progress tettris.eu/3rd-party-pr...

Report online - WoRMS Steering Committee (SC) 22-24 Apr 2025, Ostend #marinespecies marinespecies.org/documents/St...

Awardees for the 2025 WoRMS Achievement & Early Career Researcher Award: Sammy De Grave & Sávio Gabriel Gomes Pereira #marinespecies marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...

Giving Wim Decock – WoRMS DMT member - a rousing send-off: well-deserved retirement awaits! marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...

Meet the great Alexandrella wimdecocki, another new species named after our DMT colleague Wim Decock, who is retiring soon. mapress.com/zt/article/v...

DMT member Wim Decock retiring in May 2025. Two new #marinespecies named after him as a goodbye present! Gyge wimi Boyko & Williams, 2025 www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=... Pullosquilla decocki Ahyong, 2025 www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=...

(2/2) Discover how 354 volunteer experts are shaping marine taxonomy and setting the standard in data management. Thank you @unoceandecade.bsky.social for the honour!

(1/2) Proud to announce that @marinespecies.bsky.social has been highlighted as a @unoceandecade.bsky.social Action Success Story!

The Ocean Census Species Discovery Awards support outstanding taxonomists, biodiversity and community scientists involved in marine species discovery. Financial awards available to apply for now oceancensus.org/awards/

The 2024 version of the @fao.org ASFIS List of Species for Fishery Statistics Purposes is now implemented in @marinespecies.bsky.social marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=...

Two interactive keys for brittle stars are now available through: marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/...

🦀🦈🐡 @imarpe.bsky.social launched the Peruvian Register of Marine Species, a sub-register of @marinespecies.bsky.social - in cooperation with VLIZ' Marine Data Centre. The platform compiles a list of marine species inhabiting Peruvian waters. @unoceandecade.bsky.social 🔗 www.marinespecies.org/perms/

@imarpe.bsky.social presents the Peruvian Register of Marine Species platform @unoceandecade.bsky.social www.marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...

@marinespecies.bsky.social will be at the @lifewatcheric.bsky.social Biodiversity & Ecosystem eScience Conference (BEeS). Come and join us during the dedicated session "Taxonomy: Identifying the units of diversity in life" on July 1st. Program and registration: www.lifewatch.eu/bees-2025/

So, there they are, the @marinespecies.bsky.social top-ten marine species of 2024! Do you have a favorite? marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

(10/10) And lastly, the Chimera Mantis Shrimp exhibits different features found in several groups of mantis shrimp. marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

(9/10) The Paired-Lure Anglerfish has not one but two bait-like structures! marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea

(8/10) The Scripps Cousins Wood-Dwelling Seastar has some remarkable adaptations for life on sunken wood. marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... @scrippsocean.bsky.social #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea

(7/10) Shimomura’s Bean-Shaped Isopod parasitizes the brood pouch of other isopods. marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... @uminanafushi.bsky.social #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

(6/10) The Ranma Tanaid is hermaphroditic and capable of self fertilization! marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... @tanaidologist.bsky.social #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

(5/10) John Hooper’s Carnivorous Sponge was collected by the RV Falkor from Australian waters. marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... @schmidtocean.bsky.social #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea

(4/10) Meet the Freely Branched Pterobranch, which looks completely different from the famously flat fossil graptolites. marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

(3/10) Is it a nudibranch? No, it is a syllid worm mimicking a nudibranch (left on the image)! marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... @alciopidae.bsky.social #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies

(2/10) Although it looks like a worm, the Divine Dragon Glistenworm is actually a mollusc! marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... @squamiferum.bsky.social #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea

(1/10) A mighty Mystery Mollusc has finally been revealed! marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... @stevehaddock.bsky.social @mbarinews.bsky.social #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #marinespecies #deepsea

(2/2) Today @marinespecies.bsky.social thanks all editors for this important task. We celebrate the work of taxonomists with the WoRMS list of the top-10 marine species described in 2024! marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #marinespecies

(1/2) In labs, museums, fieldwork etc., taxonomists are busy collecting, cataloguing, identifying, comparing, describing and naming species new to science. Over 300 taxonomists globally give their valuable time to keep @marinespecies.bsky.social up to date. #taxonomistappreciationday

Have you heard the news? 📣 866 brand new marine species discovered by scientists in the Ocean Census Science Network. 👇 oceancensus.org/press-releas...

For the VLIZ Marine Science Day #VMSD2025 @marinespecies.bsky.social developed a game based on our annual WoRMS Top Ten. Come and play “Shell I reveal myself?”, and guess which marine animal your opponent has.

Marine invasive species threaten biodiversity & coastal livelihoods. For the PacMAN project, we co-developed a sea-to-screen framework: ✅ Fully transposable 🔓 Open-source 🧩 Increases local capacity & knowledge 🙌 Supports decision-makers 🔗 Read more obis.org/2025/02/14/m... @vliznews.bsky.social

Today we are at RBINS, Brussels, for the @tettris.eu All Hands Meeting. Break-out session about the 3PP #iSedge this afternoon @pjimmej.bsky.social tettris.eu/all-hands-me...

Don't forget to nominate your favorite marine species for our WoRMS Top Ten 2024! #UNOceanDecade @oceancensus.bsky.social Deadline for nominations: February 7th How to nominate: marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...

📣Nomination time!!!📣 We are now calling for nominations for our WoRMS Top Ten #marinespecies 2024. Deadline = February 7th 2025 See guidelines and nomination form in the link below 👇 marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...

WoRMS 2024 stats: 4️⃣3️⃣4️⃣9️⃣ #marinespecies added (of which 1,579 validly published in 2024); 58 new editors; 169,136 taxonomic edits/additions; uptime 99.74% www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=...

You can now also follow the World Register of Marine Species on Bluesky!