🌊 Illustrations of the zoology of H.M. Indian Marine Surveying steamer Investigator Calcutta: Printed and sold by the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1892-1909. [Source]

📸 TCS Photography Competition 2025 🦐 There’s still time to submit your crustacean photos! Deadline: 30 Nov. Prizes: $300 + JCB cover, $150, TCS membership & more. Find out more here: www.thecrustaceansociety.org/ssss_up/file... 📸 Hans Hillewaert (CC)

#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

Re-examination and redescription of type specimens of several species of Monstrilla copepods. #copepods #taxonomy #zooplankton doi.org/10.3897/zook...

First record of an association between the copepod genus Hemicyclops and the scleractinian coral Galaxea fascicularis, with a newly described species: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #copepods #corals #crustaceans

Detailed morphological (re)descriptions of two copepod species from Korea, including one new to science: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #biodiversity #crustaceans #meiofauna

❗️The new Ecdysiast Newsletter is out!🦀 Vol. 44 (No. 2), Nov 2025 is now live with updates on events, awards, funding, JCB highlights, and more. Read it here: www.thecrustaceansociety.org/ecdysiast.php 📷 Auckland Museum Collections, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand (CC)

Congratulations on a new species from Vietnam! The study was conducted by a research team from Faculty of Biology, Agriculture, and Environmental Science, the University of Danang – University of Science and Education, Da Nang City. doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#NewSpecies! New cavernicolous freshwater prawn from #china swam by: Macrobrachium guizhouense Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/335A3DCA-... Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zse.... #ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #MacrobrachiumGuizhouense #FAIRdata #ecology #nature #crustacea #prawn #freshwater #caves

❗️New Articles from JCB 🦞
The Journal of Crustacean Biology (JCB), Volume 45, Issue 3 (2025), has released a new set of publications. Read the full issue here:
academic.oup.com/jcb/issue/45/4 
#crustaceans
📷 Hans Hillewaert (CC)

🦐 Fully funded PhD at the Univ. of Leicester: study how ancestral pollution shapes modern health using Daphnia magna and epigenetics. Apply: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 📷 Per Harald Olsen/NTNU (CC)

📸🦐 TCS Photo Competition 2025 is open! Show us your best crustacean shots! Live specimens or lab images (e.g., light microscopy/SEM). 💰 Prizes up to $300 + JCB cover feature! Deadline: 30 Nov 2025 Details 👉 www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... 📷 Hans Hillewaert & Janek Lass (CC)

#NewSpecies! New freshwater crab from #india just pinched us: Patithelphusa yercaudensis Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/ABF1BF47-... Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #ZooKeys #PatithelphusaYercaudensis #FAIRdata #OA #nature #conservation #animals #invertebrates #crustacea #crab #freshwater

🦀 Renew your Membership or Join The Crustacean Society! Researchers, students, & crustacean enthusiasts, join our global community and access grants, scholarships, competitions, and more. Renew or join: www.thecrustaceansociety.org 📸 Lion Pods Live Copepods & Corbari L.

#NewSpecies! New hermit crab from east #atlantic just came out: Dardanus ctenodon Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/038EBC2D-... Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Zootaxa #DardanusCtenodon #FAIRdata #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #conservation #animals #crustacea #crab #hermitcrab

#NewSpecies! New mangrove crab from #australia just came in: Parasesarma otiense Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/2BBCB7FE-... Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #ZooKeys #ParasesarmaOtiense #FAIRdata #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #crustacea #crab #mangrove

As much as #nokings is the message of the day, here is 1:20 of Birgus latro! the world's largest terrestrial crab! #crabz youtu.be/ucHz7Kdgyhg?...

🌊 Applications are open for the MBA Student Bursary Programme! 🌊 Supporting early-career marine scientists by removing financial barriers to global research opportunities. Apply by 31 Oct (noon UK) 🔗 mymba.mba.ac.uk/student-burs... 📷 Hans Hillewaert (CC) #MarineBiology

#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

#NewSpecies! New squat lobster from the #atlantic #ocean just pinched us: Munidopsis messingi Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/27F7770D-... Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #ZooKeys #MunidopsisMessingi #FAIRdata #OA #biology #ecology #biodiversity #nature #conservation #crustacea #lobster

❗️New Articles in the Journal of Crustacean Biology 🦞 Two new crustacean studies have just been published in Volume 45, Issue 3 (2025) of the Journal of Crustacean Biology! Read the latest research here: 🔗 academic.oup.com/jcb/issue/45/3 Happy reading! 🦀 📷 Chan T. Y. & Lin C. (CC)

🦀 Student Highlights from the TSC Summer Meeting 2025🦀 Massive congratulations to all the amazing student contributions at The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting 2025 in Paris! We had a great time, especially seeing so many talented early-career scientists showing their work!

➡ EJT Vol. 1012 (2025) #openaccessjournal 📰 Published 2025-08-28 [#Zoology] 🦞 Squat lobsters ( #Decapoda: Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea) from Saya de Malha Bank, SW Indian Ocean, with the descriptions of 3 #newspecies ⤵ ✒ Enrique Macpherson & Annie Machordom 🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt....

#NewSpecies! New mole crab from #indonesia just surfaced: Emerita pangandaran Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/06298781-... Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Zootaxa #EmeritaPangandaran #FAIRdata #science #biology #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #animals #crustacea #crab #molecrab

#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

❗️New Articles from JCB 🦞 The latest research on crustaceans has just been added the Journal of Crustacean Biology (JCB), Volume 45, Issue 3 (2025). 📖 Read the full articles here: academic.oup.com/jcb/issue/45/3 Happy reading! 🦀 📷 Corbari L. #thecrustaceansociety #crustaceans #marineinvertebrates

🌍 TCS Early-Career/Post-PhD Travel Awards 🦀 
Apply by 30 Sept 2025 (deadline extended) for a chance to receive a US$2,000 travel grant to present your crustacean research at a TCS meeting (e.g., SICB)! 🔗 thecrustaceansociety.org/scholarship.php 
📷 Janek Lass (CC)

🦀 TCS Student Travel Awards: Deadline extended to Sept 30, 2025! Up to five US$500 grants for students presenting at SICB or other crustacean-related meetings. Find out more and apply here www.thecrustaceansociety.org/scholarship.... 📷 Ffish.asia (CC)

#NewSpecies! New squat lobster from the #redsea just pinched us: Sadayoshia benzoniae Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03EF0962-... Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Zootaxa #SadayoshiaBenzoniae #FAIRdata #OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #crustacea #lobster #squat

🦀MDPI Diversity Travel Award 2025 🦀 Apply by 31 Oct 2025 for a chance to receive CHF 800 + certificate for postdocs/PhDs presenting at 2026 biodiversity conferences. Find out more: www.mdpi.com/journal/dive... 📷 Janeklass (CC)

#NewSpecies New atyid shrimp from #vietnam just swam by: Caridina tanson Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/EE5C738F-... Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #ZooKeys #CaridinaTanson #FAIRdata #OA #biology #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #shrimps

Ever wondered how tidal creek crabs stabilize their gaze? think crabs are neat? want to support a first time author? read my first article! out now in IOB @sicbjournals.bsky.social academic.oup.com/iob/article/...

🌊 COBRA Early Career Master Class & Fellowship 🌊 Gain skills to plan & conduct deep-sea expeditions in this 12-week program! Open to early career researchers. Apply & learn more here: cobra.bigelow.org/master-class... 📷 Hans Hillewaert (CC) #deepsea

NEXT WEEK - "The Effects of Climate Change on Scottish Deep Seas - A Story Map and Policy Brief" will be an open session with @kristinakbeck.bsky.social (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social)‬ + Daniëlle de Jonge (@jncc.bsky.social) from the Deep Sea Forum 🪸Sign up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bcb2f7...

And for #InverteFest false crab of the day, Paguropsis! 😍 A hermit crab genus that wears an anemone but stretched out with no shell ever! Also called the "blanket hermit crabs" they live in the deep sea, 150-360 m below 🦀🦑🧪 zookeys.pensoft.net/article/23712/

❗️New articles from JCB 🦀 Some exciting new articles have just been added to Journal of Crustacean Biology (JBC), Volume 45, Issue 3 (2025)! Read the full articles here: academic.oup.com/jcb/issue/45/3 Happy reading & wishing you all a great weekend! 📷 Janek Lass (CC)

❗️Post-Doc Alert! 🦀 NIOZ is hiring a Post-Doc in Marine Benthic Ecology. Join sea-going expeditions & research human impacts on the benthic ecosystem. Apply by Oct 17, 2025 👉 academicpositions.com/ad/nioz-roya... 📷 Frank Fox (CC) #marinescience

#NewSpecies! New copepod from #southchinasea just surfaced: Monstrilla pseudograndis Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/9851EEA4-... Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #ZooKeys #MonstrillaPseudograndis #FAIRdata #openaccess #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #crustacea #copepods #ocean #zooplankton

❗️New articles from JCB 🦞 Some more exciting new articles have been added to Journal of Crustacean Biology (JBC), Volume 45, Issue 3 (2025), covering topics in paleobiology, physiology and more! Find the full articles here: academic.oup.com/jcb/issue/45/3 Happy reading!🦀 #crustaceans

What scientists thought was one deep-sea isopod species turned out to be six—five of them brand new to science! Explore this cryptic group's discovery story and meet the whole isopod crew in the article below: www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-c... @sgn.one

Meet the people of The Crustacean Society! 🦀✨ We’re continuing our series introducing the wonderful people who help make the Society what it is. Today, meet Prof. William Santana, our President-elect. Swipe to learn more about him! #thecrustaceansociety #crustaceans

Four new species of the poorly known freshwater crab genus Megapleonum are described from China's Guangdong Province. Learn more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #aquaticspecies #taxonomy #newspecies

The stalk-eyed Crustacea Cambridge, Printed for the Museum, 1895. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13885333) #nature #illustration #art

Four new freshwater shrimp species are described in the genus Caridina. Learn more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #biodiversity #endemicspecies #fauna

❗️Job Alert: Deep-Sea Benthic Biologist (Assistant Professor) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA 🌊 Apply by Dec 1, 2025: apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04175 📷 Auckland Museum Collections (CC) #MarineBiology

#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 squat lobster from #southafrica just surfaced: Galathea noboya Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03C13C01-... Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Zootaxa #GalatheaNoboya #FAIRdata #OA #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #arthropods #crustacea #lobster #squatlobster

From a karstic spring in Thailand's Loei Province, two new copepod species of the genus Nitocrella. #biodiversity #karst #newspecies doi.org/10.3897/zook...

New Research from the Journal of Crustacean Biology 🦐 Just in time for the weekend, the latest update to Volume 45, Issue 3 (2025) is out now! 🔗 Read the full articles here: academic.oup.com/jcb/issue/45/3 Happy reading! 📚🦀 📸 Hans Hillewaert (CC) #crustaceans

#NewSpecies! New snapping shrimp from #madagascar just snapped: Arete cornutus Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/3777878E-... Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Zootaxa #AreteCornutus #FAIRdata #OA #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #crustacea #shrimps #snapping