Geoff Read @annelidsci.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Unusual for taxonomy. Retraction for fake citations. doi.org/10.11646/zoo... 23513
Geoff Read @annelidsci.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sunk once more into Magelona. Goodby again Maea. WoRMS database has got this covered. #WormWednesday Read our notes: www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/a...marinespecies.orgWorld Polychaeta Database - Maea Johnston, 1865 011
Reposted by Geoff ReadChris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I DO loves a scale worm that live in association with a heart urchin! #wormwednesday is it really called Malmgrenia? what an interesting name! www.inaturalist.org/observations...inaturalist.orgMalmgrenia castaneaMalmgrenia castanea from Mali Lošinj, HR-PG, HR on September 26, 2023 at 02:38 PM by adrian_bothe 111
Reposted by Geoff ReadMBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Not your average worm 🔥 Gossamer worms call the expansive waters of the ocean’s twilight zone home. Living up in the water column, thousands of feet above the seafloor, has made Tomopteris effective swimmers. They swish their bodies side to side while rowing paddle-like parapodia. 118047
Reposted by Geoff ReadThe Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 09/09/2026By combining DNA sequencing of museum specimens with newly collected specimens & detailed anatomical analyses, an int'l team led by the University of Göttingen has discovered 10 extraordinary new worms species. Paper published in journal: @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social. Read more here: shorturl.at/XHVKY 0165
Geoff Read @annelidsci.bsky.social · 01/09/2026#WormWednesday #deepsea Predatory polychaete eating something. Can't quite see enough of it for family id, but look at that extra-long wispy pair of antennae. 082
Reposted by Geoff ReadLisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 29/08/20265423m Is that Swima bombiviridis? That guy is huge @nautiluslive.org NA181 dive 4 #MarineLife 0152
Reposted by Geoff ReadLisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Polynoid 5421m @nautiluslive.org NA181 dive 4 #MarineLife 0232
Reposted by Geoff ReadLisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Here's a side view of the worm. The bristle feet are more obvious here 0133
Reposted by Geoff ReadLisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 27/08/20264983m That's the 1st polychaete I've seen that looks like this. Cool! @nautiluslive.org dive on 8-25-26 #MarineLife 56512
Reposted by Geoff ReadFrank Ashwood @frankashwood.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Every four years, the international earthworm research community gets together to exchange ideas. This time, we’ve taken over Wageningen for #ISEE13, and it’s been a blast! Here’s a few highlights, including my earthworm Macrophotography workshop 📸🪱 @pdejong.bsky.social @helenherself.bsky.social 1174
Reposted by Geoff ReadZooKeys @zookeys.pensoft.net · 26/08/2026🦐 Two new species of hadal #amphipod, Princaxelia malohi and Princaxelia kahat, have been described from the Tonga and Mariana Trenches, bringing the genus to seven known species! Learn more: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1289.204655 #biodiversity 143
Reposted by Geoff ReadStephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 25/08/2026That new species of monkey last month was a great news story, but is species discovery really like that? And why museums are so important: scientistseessquirre... 🌍🧪scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.comNew species from the rainforest vs. new species from museum drawersLast month, the announcement of a new-to-science monkey species from the Congolese rain forest made a bit of a splash. It’s Colobus congoensis, formally, and less formally and based on a local name… 01610
Reposted by Geoff ReadChris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A lovely @mbarinews.bsky.social video about #deepsea worms! #wormwednesday youtu.be/yrlSmxG5yZY?...youtu.beThe ocean is bristling with scale wormsYouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) 2294
Reposted by Geoff ReadSchmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Tomopteris spp. — AKA gossamer worm — these midwater marvels live entire lives in the water column. Their fluid, dance-like moves are mesmerizing to observe! The #DeepWonders team recorded this footage at 819 meters while exploring near Trinidad and Tobago. youtube.com/shorts/TH02wq7sw8M youtube.comYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world 1159
Reposted by Geoff ReadKeishu Asada @cephwarden.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Worms like gummy bears swimming up to the surface to spawn. They are probably not complete polychaete worms, but instead, segments that detach and swim away from the main body just for spawning, while the actual worm stays safe and snug in its den somewhere below. 0126
Geoff Read @annelidsci.bsky.social · 30/07/2026#WormWednesday New extra-big earthworm from Madagascar @zookeys.pensoft.net Genus is endemic Kynotus insularis Csuzdi et al doi.org/10.3897/zook... 083
Reposted by Geoff ReadPolychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · 27/07/2026A fantastic first day of IPC15 in Frankfurt, so many great talks and posters. Our hosts are looking after us so well too. 075
Reposted by Geoff ReadChris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Its called the KING RAGWORM? ha ha. sure. appropriate I suppose! #wormwednesday www.inaturalist.org/observations...inaturalist.orgKing Ragworm (Alitta virens)King Ragworm from Nysundet, Egersund, Norge on May 27, 2016 at 11:29 PM by Poul Erik Rasmussen 051
Reposted by Geoff ReadChris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 30/07/2026While #Okeanos personnel have a fantastic discussion with the PRIME MINISTER of the Cook Islands! here was a cool scale worm at about 5590 m ! #wormwednesday! Some cool tentacles extended! 0144
Reposted by Geoff ReadPolychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Another fantastic day at IPC15 in Frankfurt. Day 2 focused on taxonomy, systematics and phylogenomics. Interestingly it started and finished with the renowned sand striker worms, with the fascinating story of Walter. 075
Reposted by Geoff ReadLisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Seeing tube worms a lot shallower than I expected @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 957 #deepwonders #MarineLife 1376
Geoff Read @annelidsci.bsky.social · 14/07/2026#WormWednesday Minoru Imajima illustrated with great clarity. This is Lepidonotus akunanae from 2011. Not all polychaetes lend themselves to such artistic featuring. www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/a... 172
Reposted by Geoff ReadZooKeys @zookeys.pensoft.net · 07/07/2026🐛 Genetic and morphological analyses have been used to clarify the true boundaries of the scale worm genus Eunoe, revealing that only six of the twenty-one species previously assigned to it truly belong there. 🔍 Read more: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1283.168195 031
Reposted by Geoff ReadKeishu Asada @cephwarden.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Divers and coral spawn are not the only things looking to have a romantic evening on the night of the full moon... Fireworms coming to surface to spawn. 15811
Reposted by Geoff ReadChris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 01/07/2025#POLYCHAETEDAY #Internationalpolychaeteday SHARE YOUR polychaete pix to honor Dr. Kristian Fauchald's birthday! echinoblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/five... 084
Geoff Read @annelidsci.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Nephtyidae for Nephtys. (it should have been spelled Nephthys after the goddess, but someone stuffed up). Horrid spelling to get right. 2163
Reposted by Geoff ReadDr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Happy International Polychaete Day! These plankton grow up into the whole ridiculous range: sea mice, bloodworms, giant tube worms. Epic phylum! 2587
Reposted by Geoff ReadChris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 17/06/2026oh neat! A lovely Nereiphylla so many paddles! #wormwednesday www.inaturalist.org/observations...inaturalist.orgNereiphylla parettiNereiphylla paretti from Ards and North Down, UK on January 7, 2021 at 03:54 PM by Roy Anderson 094
Reposted by Geoff ReadChris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The other day a colleague complained that too much of @inaturalist.bsky.social was naturalists competing to take glamorous nature photos. Uh.. WHY IS THAT A PROBLEM?? 😂 #wormwednesday scaleworm www.inaturalist.org/observations...inaturalist.orgScaleworms (Family Polynoidae)Scaleworms on December 11, 2016 at 08:02 PM by dougperrine. in surface waters of deep open ocean at night, Kona, Hawaii, USA ( Central Pacific Ocean ) 141
Reposted by Geoff Readfranz @franzanth.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Finally, footage from that new whale graveyard. The fact that fossils and fresh carcasses mix together in this spot is bonkers. But of course it makes sense, because the scavengers that live down there also need a steady supply over millions of years. They can't just suddenly adapt to the deep.youtube.comWhale graveyard discovered 7km under the seaYouTube video by nature video 15794313
Reposted by Geoff ReadLisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 03/06/2026This is the 1st time I've seen a Flota swimming with the little stick legs fanned out. Usually they're moving fast and have them pulled in like little spikes @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 929 #Doldrums #MarineLife 18314
Reposted by Geoff ReadChris Gug @gugunderwater.bsky.social · 27/05/2026One of the largest and prettiest #scaleworm I’ve ever found. There’s a term, “meroplankton” which describes organisms who will spend only part of their lives, or earlier life stages drifting by with the plankton. #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #polychaete #deepseacreatures 03612
Geoff Read @annelidsci.bsky.social · 26/05/2026If you look at the @inaturalist.bsky.social world map of distribution Helobdella leeches are everywhere - except the too cold near-polar places. They are also good invaders - as obviously has occurred here. But behind the hype an interesting find nevertheless. 021
Reposted by Geoff ReadC. Chen @ Jamsteeeec @squamiferum.bsky.social · 26/05/2026[New Paper] in Ecology @esajournals.bsky.social reports a remarkable limpet feeding exclusively on chitinous tubes of deep-sea tubeworms! Chitin may be key energy reserves in the deep. New species in the family Osteopeltidae previously only known from whale fall. OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 1165
Reposted by Geoff ReadChris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Malaysian Myzostoma livin' its best life! hangin with its feather star host! #wormwednesday #myzostomida www.inaturalist.org/observations...inaturalist.orgGenus MyzostomaMyzostoma from Kuraman, Labuan, Malaysia on May 10, 2014 at 10:38 AM by Brian R Mayes 041
Reposted by Geoff ReadChris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Myzostoma! interesting texture on this one! #wormwednesday #myzostomida www.inaturalist.org/observations...inaturalist.orgGenus MyzostomaMyzostoma from אילת, ישראל on August 6, 2022 by Rafi Amar 061
Reposted by Geoff ReadEva Stewart @evastewart.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Very happy to have the final chapter of my PhD published, describing the first abyssal species of Myzostomid annelids! This new genus was found living ectocommensally on abyssal seastars across the Pacific Ocean doi.org/10.1071/IS25... 072
Geoff Read @annelidsci.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Crikey! And it's been sitting on YouTube for 13 years without a comment. Amazing! Myzostomids are very strange worms. 120
Reposted by Geoff ReadChris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 01/05/2026ha ha. late #WORMWEDNESDAY Swimming Scale Worm! from EX1706! I remember being there! youtu.be/Bi_3JQULCwM?...youtu.beLaulima O Ka Moana: Deep-Sea Scale WormYouTube video by Global Foundation For Ocean Exploration 072
Reposted by Geoff ReadLisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Wonderful zooms on a large Tomopteris! A little less than a meter probably. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 903 #DesigningtheFuture3 #MarineLife 1226
Reposted by Geoff ReadBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 10/04/2026GLOW WORMS IN LONG BEACH HOLY SHIT!!! 19546101
Reposted by Geoff ReadWoRMS @marinespecies.bsky.social · 19/03/2026(4/10) Far below the Pacific Ocean, in a world without sunlight, something glitters: Iskra’s Glitter Worm. www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... @scrippsocean.bsky.social #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #deepsea 1178
Reposted by Geoff ReadWoRMS @marinespecies.bsky.social · 19/03/2026(2/10) The Sponge Ambusher Worm sets its trap in a glass sponge. www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #deepsea 11712
Reposted by Geoff ReadZoological Journal of the Linnean Society @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social · 19/03/2026What do you get when you study deep sea annelids & sea sponges on the Getsuyo Seamount? A symbiotic relationship resulting in two newly-described species of Hesionid from two sister-clades! Inhabiting the same sponge host, they share a niche...suggesting convergent specialisation! 🧪doi.orgSingle origin and convergent host use of hexactinellid sponge symbiosis in Hesionidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) with descriptions of two new deep-sea speciesAbstract. Symbiotic associations between annelids and sponges are widespread and have evolved repeatedly across diverse families. However, their evolutiona 065
