#bryozoans — Public Fediverse posts

Phenotypic traits can be studied in fossils, but can their evolution be quantified from the fossil record? Liow et al. show that time series of fecundity and partial mortality from fossil and living bryozoans of New Zealand link to micro/macroevolution.
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/731332

#phenotypicTraits #evolution #fecundity #fossil #bryozoans

Looking for a #seminar speaker?
Look no more! Franziska Koch (PhD student in my team) would be happy to talk about her research on #bryozoans competing for space on the seabed. Amongst other things, she can demonstrate that competitive hierarchies mitigate network instability by keeping short and long feedback loops relatively weak. She is an excellent speaker and she can easily fill up to 30 minutes!

#TheoreticalEcology
#EcologicalNetworks

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05060-1

Eighty-five new types of wasp among more than 351 species identified in 2022 | The Independent
#Wasps
#NewSpecies
#Frog
#NaturalHistoryMuseum
#Moths
#Beetles
#Moss
#Bryozoans
#TrematodeWorms
#Protists
#BumbleBees
#Flies
#PolychaeteWorms
#Centipede
#ParasiticWasps
#Thrips
#BiologicalControl
#StickInsects
#Gecko

Also discovered was a frog that grows to just eight millimetres in length
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wasps-new-species-discovered-b2253474.html

Eighty-five new types of wasp among more than 351 species identified in 2022 | The Independent
#Wasps
#NewSpecies
#Frog
#NaturalHistoryMuseum
#Moths
#Beetles
#Moss
#Bryozoans
#TrematodeWorms
#Protists
#BumbleBees
#Flies
#PolychaeteWorms
#Centipede
#ParasiticWasps
#Thrips
#BiologicalControl
#StickInsects
#Gecko

Also discovered was a frog that grows to just eight millimetres in length
1/2

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wasps-new-species-discovered-b2253474.html

Eighty-five new types of wasp among more than 351 species identified in 2022 | The Independent
#Wasps
#NewSpecies
#Frog
#NaturalHistoryMuseum
#Moths
#Beetles
#Moss
#Bryozoans
#TrematodeWorms
#Protists
#BumbleBees
#Flies
#PolychaeteWorms
#Centipede
#ParasiticWasps
#Thrips
#BiologicalControl
#StickInsects
#Gecko

Also discovered was a frog that grows to just eight millimetres in length
1/2

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wasps-new-species-discovered-b2253474.html

Today marks the 190th year anniversary of the discovery of the #cyphonautes #larva of #bryozoans! Ehrenberg first saw the tiny creature on November 25, 1832 (Hyman 1959).

This is my favorite #LarvalForm of all #MarineInvertebrates. It has a unique triangled, hat-like shape with a thin bivalve shell and a pompom at the top (apical organ). It swims and captures food using cilia and has some finely organized muscles (first image).

#OTD #Biology #Bryozoa #Microscopy #Confocal #Biodiversity

#Introduction paleobiologist #academic "cloning" my @lhliow twitter account on Mastodon. I do #diversification rates using #fossil observations, phenotypic evolution using fossils and extant populations, some (paleo)ecology because that's important for big picture #macroevolution and am in general thrilled about #marine #invertebrates (#marineinverts) and work at a natural history #museum. I like R, community databases, #bryozoans and other cool things. I also like #dogs.