Marine plankton, biology undergrad, autistic, non binary. Norfolk UK. Runs The Plankton Project
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Elizabeth Beston
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@elizabethbeston.bsky.social@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialEewww
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialThere’s been lots of these fellas in my samples recently. Larvae of polychaetes (bristle worms) from the family Capitellidae.
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialA hydroid polyp in timelapse. Hydroids are part of the phylum Cnidaria (jellyfish, hydroids, sea anemones, corals).
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialHave I reached supreme plankton nerd status yet? N.B only 1 is mine, the others are loaners for citizen science.
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialHahaha! My dream zoo!!
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialA striking red Platyhelminthes (flatworm) from a recent plankton sample.
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialYou’re so right!
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialI had another scale worm larva in my sample! Such a bizarre creature!
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialAbsolutely!
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialEw
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialBut which kind?! Or all of them!!
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialA big THANK YOU to everyone who has purchased a tee from The Plankton Project @teemillstore ! 100% of the y profit goes towards running the CIC and no where else. These tees are still available (link in bio), but what plankton do you suggest we put of a t-shirt next? Comment below!⬇️ #marineplankton
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialThis week is a big boys’ and girls’ meeting and I feel like a toddler standing on the shoulders of another toddler (who has probably only just learnt to walk), wearing a suit and a beard drawn on with eyeliner.
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialCan you see the hitchhiker? Unlike me, this little Epicaridea (parasitic isopod) hasn’t paid his travel fare, and is using this copepod as both a means of transport, and lunch! I think he’s rather cute tbh.
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialSome very enthusiastic Obelia sp. (Hydrozoa) medusae in this week’s sample. I hardly ever get to see them so active! The medusa is the sexual stage of some cnidarians.
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialAaaahhhhhhh!
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialI’ll give you 2. The witch in Chorleton and the wheelies, and everything about The Banana Bunch.
@elizabethbeston.bsky.socialSuch a handsome copepod nauplius! I /think/ this could be a nauplius from the family Siphonostomatoida.