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bryozoa!

I am thrilled to announce our latest publication in Zootaxa updates describing not just one, but TWO new crayfish species in North Carolina. This stems from an amazing ongoing collaboration with N.C. Wildlife. A huge shoutout to my coauthors Michael Perkins and TR Russ! NC Museum of Natural Sciences

one for the bryozoan folks NOAA Ocean Exploration #Okeanos #WestCoastShakedown

freshwater bryozoans living in a pine needle and filtering the water for snacks

Check out this 3D model of an Antarctic marine bryozoan (genus Reteporella) that was created using photogrammetry. Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist The Non-Molluscan Invertebrates team at NC Museum of Natural Sciences is hoping to scan a number of other specimens and make those models publicly available.

Doing some experimentation on what guesstimating the number of individuals in hundreds of lots of amphipods does to a person (me). Right now I'm on the genus Colomastix and they are very small! Please help. 300? 1000? It could be anything 🫠

A Crab Megalopa larva keeping up with the newest fashion in underwater hats, a Barnacle. Blackwater off Anilao, Philippines

🎬🎥🎞Our May #LunchTimeDiscovery "Cinema Series" kicks off 5/3/2023! Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist is our first guest star in "If You 'Build' It, They Will Come: Ocean Plastic Debris is Being Colonized by Coastal Species." Streams noon ET naturalsciences.org/calendar/event…

Hey, that's me! I'm going to be talking about some of the research I've been part of and how it's changing what we've long believed about coastal marine inverts! I promise there will be more than just one slide that says "they're living in the open ocean now"

A spider crab (Libinia dubia, I think - I was too excited to be filming it that I forgot to count the spines) on Sunset Beach, NC for #InverteFest

Coastal species on the move? On 5/3/23 Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist presents "If You 'Build' It, They Will Come: Ocean Plastic Debris is Being Colonized by Coastal Species" The #LunchTimeDiscovery streams live noon ET: youtube.com/watch?v=liO0P4… N.C. DEQ NorthCarolinaEE @naturalsciences

Wow. Intriguing isn't it? It would be cool if one of the authors on this study was right here in North Carolina, and could do a #LunchTimeDiscovery live talk for us on 5/3/2023. Just saying... naturalsciences.org/calendar/event… Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist N.C. DEQ @naturalsciences ABC11 EyewitnessNews

Live today at noon EDT! Don't miss the live Q and A with host Chris Smith & guest Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist FYI NC Sea Grant NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island NC Aquarium at PKS NC Aquarium at FF Jennette's Pier NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Technology UNC IMS Duke Marine Lab N.C. Coastal Fed High Seas Science UNCW_CMS N.C. Coastal Reserve ECU Integrated Coastal Programs @AndyAread

guess who's on bluesky with the same username?! meeee

A fabulous specimen for a #FantasticFriday This is one of two basket stars collected off the coast of North Carolina on 23 June 1970 by the crew of the R/V Eastward at a depth of 60 m. Formerly in the Duke Marine Lab collection, currently housed NC Museum of Natural Sciences NMI Collection.

It's time for 'What's On Your' #MolluskMonday, brought to you by the NC Museum of Natural Sciences Non-molluscan Invertebrates Collection. This is a cool shell and all, but look at the teeny weeny barnacle on it (left of center)! Aww. Let's flip it over... 🧵 1/2