
jyothikara
@jyothikara
Marine Biologist passionate about taxonomy and evolution of marine animals!
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07-05-2019 08:32:10
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Thank you to dark jessica derick santillan ruven and safety officer tintoAI for their help this morning. Blue Wilderness Carol Simon


Sampled Port Shepstone this morning. Marphysa here were found under red bait so I couldn't get as many as I needed. It supposed to be spring lows but the tide was higher than it should have been. #polychaetes Carol Simon



Found tons of nereidids as usual. And also found some Gunnarea!! Carol Simon #polychaetes #EstuarineWonderWorm where are you??


A productive sampling day at Richards Bay harbour. Found Marphysa here living in rock crevices. Also found a cool spaghetti worm. Carol Simon #Marphysa #polychaetes #durbanfieldwork


Thanks to Reesha Kara for being an excellent field assistant and thank you to Brynn from National Sea Rescue Institute station19 for her expert advice on where to look for worms!! Carol Simon #polychaetes




Collected these fanworms from Georgina Jones who got them from Simon's town harbour. We are trying to figure out whether the invasive Sabella spallanzanii made it to South Africa! I don't think it did!! Carol Simon #polychaetes #taxonomy #WormDetective



The latest acquisition of Iziko_Museums is this Giant Squid (Architeuthis) specimen that washed up in Brittania Bay along the South African West Coast. Thanks to the swift action of the public, Environmentza and the South African National Stranding Network. #GiantSquid



Better late than never! A late #WormWednesday post from the Carol Simon, our latest research on the Platynereis species complex in South Africa. See: publish.csiro.au/IS/IS19072 or doi.org/10.1071/IS19072

Its finally happening. After several years of renovation to the South African Museum the Marine Invertebrate Collection of Iziko_Museums is moving back in. Great Job Marine Biology Now for getting down to supporting Science and Society! Watch this space....


My article has been published today in PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environment peerj.com/articles/11847 #Aquaculture,FisheriesandFishScience #Biodiversity #MarineBiology #Taxonomy #Zoology

Prof Gibbons teaching his UWC Plankton Diversity honours course in the new Iziko Biodiverty Lab Iziko_Museums South African Museum. Thanks NSCF_SA🇿🇦 and @dsigovza for funding this cutting-edge training facility. #iBioLab #UWC #iziko #NSCF #DSI #LittleThings Marine Biology
