Trond Oskars
@trondoskars.bsky.social
Marine biologist and taxonomist 🐚🪸 working with biodiversity and marine ecosystems.
#PhD with a creative streak.
#naturmangfold #biodiversity #taxonomy
#firstgen higher education of fisherman stock 🇧🇻
https://www.linkedin.com/in/trond-oskars
#PhD with a creative streak.
#naturmangfold #biodiversity #taxonomy
#firstgen higher education of fisherman stock 🇧🇻
https://www.linkedin.com/in/trond-oskars
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
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The genome of the holothuroid Parastichopus tremulus
The sea cucumber Parastichopus tremulus is an important holothuroid species inhabiting the eastern North Atlantic Ocean benthic zone at depths from about 20 to 3000 m. Geographical distribution is fro...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
To see more about the authors:
Gyda: www.researchgate.net/profile/Gyda...
Roger: www.researchgate.net/profile/Roge...
To see more about the authors:
Gyda: www.researchgate.net/profile/Gyda...
Roger: www.researchgate.net/profile/Roge...
Beyond that, genomic data opens exciting opportunities in bioprospecting, which could lead to innovative products in seafood and health.
This marks a major step forward for marine research, and it’s only the beginning!
This marks a major step forward for marine research, and it’s only the beginning!
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Beyond that, genomic data opens exciting opportunities in bioprospecting, which could lead to innovative products in seafood and health.
This marks a major step forward for marine research, and it’s only the beginning!
This marks a major step forward for marine research, and it’s only the beginning!
This breakthrough is crucial for sustainable resource management and enables the development of tools to study populations along the coast.
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This breakthrough is crucial for sustainable resource management and enables the development of tools to study populations along the coast.
Møreforsking's researchers Roger Meisal and Gyda Christophersen has recently mapped and sequenced the genome of the red sea cucumber, published in the journal Genome cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
The genome of the holothuroid Parastichopus tremulus
The sea cucumber Parastichopus tremulus is an important holothuroid species inhabiting the eastern North Atlantic Ocean benthic zone at depths from about 20 to 3000 m. Geographical distribution is fro...
cdnsciencepub.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Møreforsking's researchers Roger Meisal and Gyda Christophersen has recently mapped and sequenced the genome of the red sea cucumber, published in the journal Genome cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
Yet we still know too little about its ecology, biology, and population structure along the Norwegian coast.
To manage this resource responsibly and sustainably, we need deeper knowledge.
Genomic data provides an entirely new level of insight.
To manage this resource responsibly and sustainably, we need deeper knowledge.
Genomic data provides an entirely new level of insight.
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Yet we still know too little about its ecology, biology, and population structure along the Norwegian coast.
To manage this resource responsibly and sustainably, we need deeper knowledge.
Genomic data provides an entirely new level of insight.
To manage this resource responsibly and sustainably, we need deeper knowledge.
Genomic data provides an entirely new level of insight.
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Their ability to tolerate low oxygen levels and the regular length of day and night in the study area are also key aspects.
To read more see our paper:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
MEESO funded by @ec.europa.eu
#Ocean#TwilightZone#MesopelagicFish
#Research
#MarineEcology
To read more see our paper:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
MEESO funded by @ec.europa.eu
#Ocean#TwilightZone#MesopelagicFish
#Research
#MarineEcology
Why is the Arabian Sea a hotspot for myctophids?
Myctophids are the dominant mesopelagic fishes in most of the world’s oceans. They play a key ecological role and also have a potential for harvest. W…
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November 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Their ability to tolerate low oxygen levels and the regular length of day and night in the study area are also key aspects.
To read more see our paper:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
MEESO funded by @ec.europa.eu
#Ocean#TwilightZone#MesopelagicFish
#Research
#MarineEcology
To read more see our paper:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
MEESO funded by @ec.europa.eu
#Ocean#TwilightZone#MesopelagicFish
#Research
#MarineEcology
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In the Arabian Sea, the biomass of lanternfishes is particularly high, but dominated by only a few species.
Much of the high production of the Arabian Sea is channelled via zooplankton to the stock of lanternfishes due to the low abundance of competing small pelagic fish.
Much of the high production of the Arabian Sea is channelled via zooplankton to the stock of lanternfishes due to the low abundance of competing small pelagic fish.
November 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
In the Arabian Sea, the biomass of lanternfishes is particularly high, but dominated by only a few species.
Much of the high production of the Arabian Sea is channelled via zooplankton to the stock of lanternfishes due to the low abundance of competing small pelagic fish.
Much of the high production of the Arabian Sea is channelled via zooplankton to the stock of lanternfishes due to the low abundance of competing small pelagic fish.
When I read about the Arabian sea it's mosly focused on the distriburion of benthic snails, Interestign to read about what is going on in other parts of the water column!🐟
November 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
When I read about the Arabian sea it's mosly focused on the distriburion of benthic snails, Interestign to read about what is going on in other parts of the water column!🐟
Indian ink, water colours and guach.
Vampire squid by Carl Chun, 1903. Image from the NOAA Photo Library (Public Domain) Bela Lugosi as Dracula, anonymous photograph from 1931, Universal Studios (public domain).
Vampire squid by Carl Chun, 1903. Image from the NOAA Photo Library (Public Domain) Bela Lugosi as Dracula, anonymous photograph from 1931, Universal Studios (public domain).
October 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Indian ink, water colours and guach.
Vampire squid by Carl Chun, 1903. Image from the NOAA Photo Library (Public Domain) Bela Lugosi as Dracula, anonymous photograph from 1931, Universal Studios (public domain).
Vampire squid by Carl Chun, 1903. Image from the NOAA Photo Library (Public Domain) Bela Lugosi as Dracula, anonymous photograph from 1931, Universal Studios (public domain).
So behind the Dracula cape hides not a monster, but a gentle recycler keeping the deep sea clean.
More about the squid:
www.mbari.org/animal/vampi...
#spookyspecies #biodiversity
More about the squid:
www.mbari.org/animal/vampi...
#spookyspecies #biodiversity
Vampire squid • MBARI
Swift and mysterious, vampire squid are an icon of life in the deep midwater.
www.mbari.org
October 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
So behind the Dracula cape hides not a monster, but a gentle recycler keeping the deep sea clean.
More about the squid:
www.mbari.org/animal/vampi...
#spookyspecies #biodiversity
More about the squid:
www.mbari.org/animal/vampi...
#spookyspecies #biodiversity
It lives in the dark, deep sea.
But Instead of hunting the living, it drifts silently through the deep, collecting “marine snow”, tiny flakes of dead plankton and detritus sinking from the surface.
But Instead of hunting the living, it drifts silently through the deep, collecting “marine snow”, tiny flakes of dead plankton and detritus sinking from the surface.
Vampire squid • MBARI
Swift and mysterious, vampire squid are an icon of life in the deep midwater.
www.mbari.org
October 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
It lives in the dark, deep sea.
But Instead of hunting the living, it drifts silently through the deep, collecting “marine snow”, tiny flakes of dead plankton and detritus sinking from the surface.
But Instead of hunting the living, it drifts silently through the deep, collecting “marine snow”, tiny flakes of dead plankton and detritus sinking from the surface.
Here's my take on a vampire squid dressed up as Bela Lugosi's version of Dracula.
Here’s the twist: it doesn’t drink blood.
Here’s the twist: it doesn’t drink blood.
Vampire squid • MBARI
Swift and mysterious, vampire squid are an icon of life in the deep midwater.
www.mbari.org
October 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Here's my take on a vampire squid dressed up as Bela Lugosi's version of Dracula.
Here’s the twist: it doesn’t drink blood.
Here’s the twist: it doesn’t drink blood.
Reposted by Trond Oskars
🪸Marine biologist @trondoskars.bsky.social calls iNaturalist the 'Twitter for species' (let us call it Bluesky for species 😆! ) Amateurs post photos + locations of organisms. Researchers and other skilled amateurs then help ID them. The result: verified, open data on #biodiversity.
October 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🪸Marine biologist @trondoskars.bsky.social calls iNaturalist the 'Twitter for species' (let us call it Bluesky for species 😆! ) Amateurs post photos + locations of organisms. Researchers and other skilled amateurs then help ID them. The result: verified, open data on #biodiversity.
🤣 sorry, we already went with Confettiella, but I will keep it mind if it's cousins turn up. Cutilucens has a nice ring to it. Taxonomist often give funny names and hide them in latin
May 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🤣 sorry, we already went with Confettiella, but I will keep it mind if it's cousins turn up. Cutilucens has a nice ring to it. Taxonomist often give funny names and hide them in latin
Today, on Carl Linnaeus’ birthday, we celebrate the science that names, classifies, and safeguards life.
The Image is Confettiella malaquiasi, a genus and species I had the joy of naming in 2024
#nameittosaveit
The Image is Confettiella malaquiasi, a genus and species I had the joy of naming in 2024
#nameittosaveit
May 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Today, on Carl Linnaeus’ birthday, we celebrate the science that names, classifies, and safeguards life.
The Image is Confettiella malaquiasi, a genus and species I had the joy of naming in 2024
#nameittosaveit
The Image is Confettiella malaquiasi, a genus and species I had the joy of naming in 2024
#nameittosaveit
If species is named, it is defined and we can guess what it does based on its place in the taxonomic system, and how it fits into an ecosystem.
You can’t conserve “a weird little snail someone once saw.”
But you can conserve a species with a name, a description, and a place in the tree of life.
You can’t conserve “a weird little snail someone once saw.”
But you can conserve a species with a name, a description, and a place in the tree of life.
May 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
If species is named, it is defined and we can guess what it does based on its place in the taxonomic system, and how it fits into an ecosystem.
You can’t conserve “a weird little snail someone once saw.”
But you can conserve a species with a name, a description, and a place in the tree of life.
You can’t conserve “a weird little snail someone once saw.”
But you can conserve a species with a name, a description, and a place in the tree of life.