Kelporama
@kelporama.bsky.social
Algae appreciator, invertebrate enthusiast, archival enjoyer.
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Abstract shots of Tosia magnifica-a goniasterid sea star from temperate Australia, showing off those smooth convex plates on its body surface! #echinoday #seastarSaturday #starfishSaturday
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Abstract shots of Tosia magnifica-a goniasterid sea star from temperate Australia, showing off those smooth convex plates on its body surface! #echinoday #seastarSaturday #starfishSaturday
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By this point we have lots of regulars who participated in most, if not all of the previous art books. But I also like seeing new names because they keep things fresh. If you know other artists working with invertebrate subjects, please encourage them to submit something!
#InverteFest season is almost here, which means it's time to submit your bug & slug art! The form closes at 100 entries.
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
December 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
By this point we have lots of regulars who participated in most, if not all of the previous art books. But I also like seeing new names because they keep things fresh. If you know other artists working with invertebrate subjects, please encourage them to submit something!
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An (ecto)parasitic #Crustmas. This is Dolops (above), which swims around and attaches to fishes (below), but unlike its relative Argulus, which has suckers, it has hooks to hold on. Also, is bizarrely cute!
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December 8, 2023 at 3:42 PM
An (ecto)parasitic #Crustmas. This is Dolops (above), which swims around and attaches to fishes (below), but unlike its relative Argulus, which has suckers, it has hooks to hold on. Also, is bizarrely cute!
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Introducing the Cool S, For Her™
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Introducing the Cool S, For Her™
Also I'm too busy this week to be sad about the anniversary of losing Honeydew so I'm attempting to suppress let's see how that goes
December 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Also I'm too busy this week to be sad about the anniversary of losing Honeydew so I'm attempting to suppress let's see how that goes
I got a good video last night of a crangon shrimp burying itself in sand so crustmas is going to be good
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I got a good video last night of a crangon shrimp burying itself in sand so crustmas is going to be good
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I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
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December 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Night divers gliding past during this week's calm before the storm
December 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Night divers gliding past during this week's calm before the storm
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I hate to say that sex workers tried to warn y'all this wasn't going to stop at just porn sites, but...
Y'all, I was in Mississippi today for my nephews J-State graduation and got this when I opened Blue Sky
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I hate to say that sex workers tried to warn y'all this wasn't going to stop at just porn sites, but...
Do you think my phone will be smart enough not to give me "on this day" featured photos for the anniversary of my soul pet dying
December 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Do you think my phone will be smart enough not to give me "on this day" featured photos for the anniversary of my soul pet dying
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A few important points here
- Generative AI supercharged data centre growth: lobbyist and substacker lines pretending like this is just streaming are false
- Even when you consider much of the projected growth is speculative, the *likely* projects are still MASSIVE
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
- Generative AI supercharged data centre growth: lobbyist and substacker lines pretending like this is just streaming are false
- Even when you consider much of the projected growth is speculative, the *likely* projects are still MASSIVE
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A few important points here
- Generative AI supercharged data centre growth: lobbyist and substacker lines pretending like this is just streaming are false
- Even when you consider much of the projected growth is speculative, the *likely* projects are still MASSIVE
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
- Generative AI supercharged data centre growth: lobbyist and substacker lines pretending like this is just streaming are false
- Even when you consider much of the projected growth is speculative, the *likely* projects are still MASSIVE
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
What's one thing you wish you had done during your last move? Asking for a me
December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
What's one thing you wish you had done during your last move? Asking for a me
I went to the Uniqlo and I can confirm that everyone in Victoria is about to be wearing the same few shirts
December 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I went to the Uniqlo and I can confirm that everyone in Victoria is about to be wearing the same few shirts
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Rhodymenia californica (“roseweed”) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Rhodymenia californica (“roseweed”) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday
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Today's Nudivember species has bounced all around taxonomically from a species being split into 3 and then a genus change and is now Trinchesia caerulea.
Info: www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/s...
Photos: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/542385-...
Info: www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/s...
Photos: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/542385-...
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Today's Nudivember species has bounced all around taxonomically from a species being split into 3 and then a genus change and is now Trinchesia caerulea.
Info: www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/s...
Photos: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/542385-...
Info: www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/s...
Photos: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/542385-...
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oooo! FANCY blue! Syllid from San Diego! #wormwednesday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Family Syllidae
Syllidae from San Luis Obispo County, CA, USA on February 13, 2022 at 01:34 PM by Alex Heyman
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February 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
oooo! FANCY blue! Syllid from San Diego! #wormwednesday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Yeah, they're both syllid worms. Many (most?) of them do the "original worm buds off a series of sexually reproductive worms" and a few of them are branching worms with one head and many butts (butts which bud off sexually reproductive worms!)
My Genitals Just Grew Eyes and Swam Away: The Life of a Syllid Worm
The syllid worm Myrianida pachycera with a chain of developing epitokes. Photo by Leslie Harris . It is currently Sex Week at Deep-Sea New...
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February 29, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Yeah, they're both syllid worms. Many (most?) of them do the "original worm buds off a series of sexually reproductive worms" and a few of them are branching worms with one head and many butts (butts which bud off sexually reproductive worms!)
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Today's #Nudivember species is Jorunna rubescens and has funky little rhinophores.
Info: www.seaslugforum.net/showall/kent...
Photos: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/467976-...
Info: www.seaslugforum.net/showall/kent...
Photos: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/467976-...
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Today's #Nudivember species is Jorunna rubescens and has funky little rhinophores.
Info: www.seaslugforum.net/showall/kent...
Photos: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/467976-...
Info: www.seaslugforum.net/showall/kent...
Photos: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/467976-...
I'm only now hearing about Alice Wong's passing. Literally just in the past minute. Kind of a monumental loss.
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'm only now hearing about Alice Wong's passing. Literally just in the past minute. Kind of a monumental loss.