Kevin Kocot

#FridayFunFact Sea urchins have no eyes, bones, heart, or brain — yet they can still sense light! Their whole body acts like one big eye as they use their tube feet & spines to detect changes in light & navigate their surroundings.👁️ Heliocidaris australiae, found off Australia.

New pub from the @EarthBioGenome Sample Collection and Processing Subcommittee led by @marakat: "Best-practice guidance for Earth BioGenome Project sample collection and processing: progress and challenges in biodiverse reference genome creation" academic.oup.com/gigascience/ar…

New pub by Vicky Sleight et al. on genomic, transcriptomic and epigenomic signatures of ageing and cold adaptation in the Antarctic clam Laternula elliptica (including a nice genome assembly and annotation for Laternula): royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10…

[New Paper] is on the COVER of @ScienceMagazine !! The FIRST genome-phylogeny of MOLLUSCS complete with ALL classes —including the mythical "living fossil" Monoplacophora— reveals how they evolved the most diverse body forms of all animals! Read for FREE: doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

Excited to share a new publication for young scientists! "Life Among the Sand Grains" is a review paper that digs into the hidden world of meiofauna - now published in Frontiers for Young Minds! @willfindjoy @myapchiongco @Ken_Halanych kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Today's #IcyInverts blog post is about our efforts to take the best possible photos of live animals and meticulous data recording for each specimen. icyinverts.com/shipboard-blog2 @UAMNH @DigInverts @iDigBio @GBIF @NSF #Peracarida #ConfusingCrustaceans #SweatTheSmallStuff

[New Paper] in Progress in Oceanography reveals distribution patterns of deep-sea molluscs from Bering Sea and Aleutian Trench using 212 species (>4200 specimens) -- collected between 3500~7300 m on-board RV SONNE, "AleutBio" cruise in 2022. OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1016/j.poce…

I’m thrilled to share our new publication, "Centering Inclusivity in Invertebrate Fieldwork: An Argument for Modernizing Malacological Practices," in the @AMS1931 journal American Malacological Bulletin! DM me if you don't have access and would like a PDF. bioone.org/journals/ameri…

Taxonomy training workshops are an incredibly valuable experience for everyone involved. The next #ConfusingCrustaceans workshop will be in Wilhelmshaven, Germany from Oct. 6-10, 2025. See peracarida.org for more details. #Peracarida #SweatTheSmallStuff #IcyInverts

Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️ ICYMI: our #IcyInverts team will be blogging during the NBP25-01 cruise to the Ross Sea, #Antarctica. Check it out to see the amazing animals we 🫶 at icyinverts.com #Peracarida #SweatTheSmallStuff @UaDeptBSC @UAMNH @InvertebratesDC @SICB_DIZ

Delighted to share our article! @MolBioEvol. Congrats @Rohan_Nath_ @Biswajit_Sci @yoraj21. Analysing 238 genomes, we delineate Class-A GPCRs likely adapted for chemoreception across diverse lophotrochozoans. @OfficialSMBE @IISER_BERHAMPUR @evol_genomics. academic.oup.com/mbe/article/do…

The Crustacean Society (TCS) - Paris, 7-10 July 2025 - Abstract and registration deadline: 10 Mar 2025 tcs2025.sciencesconf.org #marinespecies

At least 58 species new to science and an altogether remarkable diversity found in the methane seeps on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica! News story by @IFLScience on a recent ZooKeys study iflscience.com/over-50-new-sp…

ICYMI: The deadline for student travel grant applications for the 2025 World Congress of Malacology in São Paulo, Brazil is the 28th of February 2025 (5pm GMT). unitasmalacologica.org/projects.html

The Nathaniel B. Palmer leaves Lyttleton, New Zealand today start steaming towards Antarctica. We'll be blogging as time permits here: icyinverts.com/shipboard-blog2 See where the ship is in real time here: marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/sh… #IcyInverts #Peracarida #SweatTheSmallStuff

On two new deep-sea species of the genus Campylaspis G. O. Sars, 1865 (#Cumacea: Nannastacidae) from #Brazil mapress.com/zt/article/vie… #Taxonomy #newspecies

Life in the world’s deepest seas: The challenge of finding 1,000 new marine species by 2030 theconversation.com/life-in-the-wo… via @Conversation_E

📢JOB ALERT! The SMS Benthic Ecology Lab is looking to hire an independent research technician contractor. Interested in applying? Visit naturalhistory.si.edu/research/smith… to see the full job description. Applications should be sent to Holly Sweat ([email protected]) by 5pm on 2/21/25.