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

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Detailed black and white scientific illustration of four marine crustaceans: two crabs (Paralomis investigatoris and Paralomis indica) with spiny, textured bodies and extended legs; a spiny lobster (Munida comorina) with elongated antennae and segmented tail; and a small clawed lobster (Pylocheles miersi) shown from above with large front claws. Also included are detailed close-ups of shell segments and a leg joint. The drawing displays fine textures, anatomical features, and segmented limbs, typical of marine crustacean zoological studies from the late 19th century.
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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📸 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)
November 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #iceland just came in:

Stenopleustes jeskulkeae

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03F387B4-...
Publication: doi.org/10.5852/ejt....
#ejtaxonomy #StenopleustesJeskulkeae

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#science #OA #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #animals #crustacea #amphipods
Stenopleustes jeskulkeae in life.
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Re-examination and redescription of type specimens of several species of Monstrilla copepods.

#copepods #taxonomy #zooplankton

doi.org/10.3897/zook...
Monstrilloid copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) in the U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution: updated redescriptions of Mexican species of Monstrilla Dana
The species of monstrilloid copepods (Monstrilloida: Copepoda: Crustacea) from Mexico that were deposited by the author in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Instit...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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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
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Detailed morphological (re)descriptions of two copepod species from Korea, including one new to science: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#biodiversity #crustaceans #meiofauna
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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❗️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)
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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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.

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November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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#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

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#ecology #nature #crustacea #prawn #freshwater #caves
Live specimen of Macrobrachium guizhouense, male, lateral view.
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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❗️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:
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#crustaceans
📷 Hans Hillewaert (CC)
November 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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🦐 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)
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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📸🦐 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)
October 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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#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
Patithelphusa yercaudensis, paratype female, dorsal view.
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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🦀 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.
October 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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#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

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#taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #conservation #animals #crustacea #crab #hermitcrab
Dardanus ctenodon in life in Cape Verde Islands. Photographs and copyright: Peter Wirtz.
October 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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#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

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#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #crustacea #crab #mangrove
Parasesarma otiense, holotype, frontal view.
October 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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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?...
ヤシガニの歩き方。
YouTube video by satoshi ueda
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October 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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🌊 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
October 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from the #blacksea just surfaced:

Niphargus primoricus

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/8390EBB5-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #NiphargusPrimoricus

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#openaccess #ecology #biodiversity #nature #conservation #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods
Niphargus primoricus, holotype ♂, general lateral view.
October 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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#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

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#OA #biology #ecology #biodiversity #nature #conservation #crustacea #lobster
Munidopsis messingi, color images of fresh specimen.
October 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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❗️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)
October 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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🦀 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!
October 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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➡ 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....
➡ "Specimens of galatheoid and chirostyloid squat lobsters were collected during a scientific cruise to the Saya de Malha Bank in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Nineteen species were identified, including three new species belonging to the genera Coralliogalathea Baba & Javed, 1974, Galathea Fabricius, 1793 and Trapezionida Macpherson & Baba, 2022. The present paper provides systematic accounts of the three new species, along with new locality records of other species. Molecular data are provided to support the identification and differentiation of each new species..."
September 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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#NewSpecies!
New mole crab from #indonesia just surfaced:

Emerita pangandaran

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/06298781-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #EmeritaPangandaran

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#science #biology #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #animals #crustacea #crab #molecrab
Emerita pangandaran, holotype male, dorsal view.
September 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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#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
Neopleustes schwentneri in life.
September 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM