Elizabeth Beston
@elizabethbeston.bsky.social
Marine plankton, home educator, biology undergrad, autistic, non binary. Norfolk UK. Runs The Plankton Project
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Another colourful copepod nauplius!
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November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Another colourful copepod nauplius!
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#marineplankton 🦑
3 different flavours of Polychaeta (bristle worms) in one friendship group! The biggest is from the family Spionidae, the orange one was featured is yesterday’s post, from the family Serpulidae, and the littlest is a mystery to me!
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November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
3 different flavours of Polychaeta (bristle worms) in one friendship group! The biggest is from the family Spionidae, the orange one was featured is yesterday’s post, from the family Serpulidae, and the littlest is a mystery to me!
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
Help me wise world of BlueSky! I need a way to communicate with a small group of people (narrating a live plankton sample) in a very busy and noisy room. How could I do that cheaply? It would be extra neat if they could talk to me too.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Help me wise world of BlueSky! I need a way to communicate with a small group of people (narrating a live plankton sample) in a very busy and noisy room. How could I do that cheaply? It would be extra neat if they could talk to me too.
Why oh why weren’t the roads gritted last night?? North Walsham to Cromer road slippy this morning. One car in a ditch. Be careful out there! @bbcradionorfolk.bsky.social #nndc #norfolk #northnorfolk
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Why oh why weren’t the roads gritted last night?? North Walsham to Cromer road slippy this morning. One car in a ditch. Be careful out there! @bbcradionorfolk.bsky.social #nndc #norfolk #northnorfolk
These little orange goobers always cheer me up! The larva of a Serpulidae polychaete (bristle worm).
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November 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
These little orange goobers always cheer me up! The larva of a Serpulidae polychaete (bristle worm).
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#marineplankton 🦑
This is unbelievably exciting for me! I’ve sampled at dusk before, but this is the first time I’ve found krill (Euphausiacea)!!! I’ve identified this individual as Nyctiphanes couchii, which is a coastal species common in the southern North Sea.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This is unbelievably exciting for me! I’ve sampled at dusk before, but this is the first time I’ve found krill (Euphausiacea)!!! I’ve identified this individual as Nyctiphanes couchii, which is a coastal species common in the southern North Sea.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
I love the variety of copepod nauplii I see. One day, I’ll get around to IDing them!
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#marineplankton 🦑
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I love the variety of copepod nauplii I see. One day, I’ll get around to IDing them!
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
Can you believe I’ve never seen Space Balls until today?! My favourite bit….
a statue of a lizard wearing a hat and holding a cane is dancing .
Alt: A alien baby from Alien is wearing a hat and holding a cane and dancing .
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November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Can you believe I’ve never seen Space Balls until today?! My favourite bit….
I usually see these bizarre looking copepods from the order Monstrilloida in the height of summer, so I was surprised to see one in my sample this week, when the sea surface temperature was around 10.5 C.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I usually see these bizarre looking copepods from the order Monstrilloida in the height of summer, so I was surprised to see one in my sample this week, when the sea surface temperature was around 10.5 C.
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#marineplankton 🦑
I think Gallifrey missed me. #catsonsky
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I think Gallifrey missed me. #catsonsky
I won a thing! I’m so honoured to have won the NBN newcomers award at the @nbntrust.bsky.social
conference today, for the work I’m doing around plankton sampling and data collection. #marineplankton 🦑
conference today, for the work I’m doing around plankton sampling and data collection. #marineplankton 🦑
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I won a thing! I’m so honoured to have won the NBN newcomers award at the @nbntrust.bsky.social
conference today, for the work I’m doing around plankton sampling and data collection. #marineplankton 🦑
conference today, for the work I’m doing around plankton sampling and data collection. #marineplankton 🦑
Forgot my toothpaste - apologies in advance if anyone chatting to me at the @nbntrust.bsky.social conference today! 🙈
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Forgot my toothpaste - apologies in advance if anyone chatting to me at the @nbntrust.bsky.social conference today! 🙈
A few recent foraminifera. These are amoeboid protists that have little shells!
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#marineplankton 🦑 #protistsonsky
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A few recent foraminifera. These are amoeboid protists that have little shells!
#marineplankton 🦑 #protistsonsky
#marineplankton 🦑 #protistsonsky
When you’re in Bristol, why would you not expect to see a photo by someone you follow on Bluesky? Very gorgeous photo ‘Along for the Ride’ from @gugunderwater.bsky.social here at Bristol museum. He’ll have to show you all because I’m not allowed to take piccies.
Chris Gug (@gugunderwater.bsky.social)
Pro underwater photographer and filmmaker. Ocean art gallery📍Lauderdale by the Sea, FL
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November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
When you’re in Bristol, why would you not expect to see a photo by someone you follow on Bluesky? Very gorgeous photo ‘Along for the Ride’ from @gugunderwater.bsky.social here at Bristol museum. He’ll have to show you all because I’m not allowed to take piccies.
My god this train is so warm. 🥵
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
My god this train is so warm. 🥵
Well this is fabulous surprise! My first ever Candacia armata copepod and he’s a BEAST! Utterly gorgeous!
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November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Well this is fabulous surprise! My first ever Candacia armata copepod and he’s a BEAST! Utterly gorgeous!
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
Copepod hair band for the @nbntrust.bsky.social conference or no?
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Copepod hair band for the @nbntrust.bsky.social conference or no?
How far south in the North Sea have folks seen Euphausiacea? @rodneyforster.bsky.social ? #marineplankton
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
How far south in the North Sea have folks seen Euphausiacea? @rodneyforster.bsky.social ? #marineplankton
One of the larger diatoms I come across, Neocalyptrella robusta.
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#marineplankton 🦑
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
One of the larger diatoms I come across, Neocalyptrella robusta.
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#marineplankton 🦑
It’s vet day. Poor babies 😿
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It’s vet day. Poor babies 😿
Boop! A cnidarian planula larva bumps into a dancing nematode.
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#marineplankton 🦑
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Boop! A cnidarian planula larva bumps into a dancing nematode.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
Morning snuggles with my boy #catsonsky
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Morning snuggles with my boy #catsonsky