Phd student, Jannes Landschoff , has found that digital specimens, captured via X-ray 3D micro computed tomography offers taxonomers an innovative technique for dissecting and studying rare or delicate specimens on their computer screens. Read more: bit.ly/DigitalAvatars…

A nice story, and we have had the honor to provide pictures for it. #SouthAfrica #hermitcrab #newspecies Prof Kerry Sink ACEP National Research Foundation of South Africa SA Biodiversity blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/…

Thanks for the interesting day of scanning!

Amazing talk today by keynote Megan Porter introducing amazing visual systems of crustaceans at ICC10 congress in Aotearoa New Zealand 👀🦐

Amazing talk by @DeepSeaHenry at the #ICC10 🦐 I still wonder why there's no isopod emoji, they're cute, cool, and even interesting to a decapod guy 🤔😉

Scientists discover species of shark, ray or chimaera every 2-3 weeks since 1970s. #sharkweek #flatsharkfriday bit.ly/2tQf4bn

Check out our new article on the remarkable range extension of a #deepsea #hermitcrab across the #IndianOcean mapress.com/j/zt/article/v…

Wonderful article - scientists & citizens working together to describe new species | UCT News SANParks Save Our Seas news.uct.ac.za/article/-2017-…

Discovery of a new micro-pagurid fauna #Crustacea #Decapoda #Paguridae in the Lesser #Antilles, #Caribbean #Sea 🦀 k6.re/jheZy 🇬🇧

A few pics from today's ROV dives on Riy Banks, Algoa Bay.

Stunning benthic forests off Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The Herald x.com/ACEP_ZA/status…

I am one of the co-authors of this newest feathered dino! Congrats Ulysse! Great artwork, Emily! Here's the link: link.springer.com/article/10.100… x.com/eawilloughby/s…

Research from Biological Sci UCT and FitzPatrick Ins PhD student Gareth Tate - now manager of Endangered Wildlife Trust Birds of Prey Programme x.com/arjundevamar/s…

A little story on #newdiscoveries of #deepsea #Invertebrates and #ResearchHighlight in #SouthAfrica saeon.ac.za/enewsletter/ar…

Proud to support scientists that make the world a better place. Prof Kerry Sink Lara Atkinson mg.co.za/article/2017-1…

Check out a delicate new diogenid hermit crab that we recently described as new from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. novataxa.blogspot.co.za/2018/02/diogen… #discovery #science #hermit

Interact with the Crabs in Your Computer: GigaBlog highlighting new GigaDB imaging widgets, and an author Q&A with Jannes Landschoff gigasciencejournal.com/blog/interact-…

New Data Note from Jannes Landschoff & @antonctscanner1 presenting interactive micro X-ray computed tomography data of South African hermit crabs, including rare & new species doi.org/10.1093/gigasc…

Our new #Science datanote on #SouthAfrican #hermit #crab s, downloadable as #microct #data. #3D #crustacea gigasciencejournal.com/blog/interact-…

It was great to be at the #book #launch of the “Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa” at the Two Oceans Aquarium last night. The guide was compiled by Drs Lara Atkinson and Prof Kerry Sink