Reposted by Erik Simon LledóWoRMS @marinespecies.bsky.social · 19/03/2026(7/10) The Nodule Crown Coral is the first & only known stony coral that lives attached to polymetallic nodules. www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... @guadalupebribiesca.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk @nhm-london.bsky.social @sgn.one #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #deepsea 1247
Reposted by Erik Simon LledóICM-CSIC @icmcsic.bsky.social · 21/01/2026🌊 AbyScapes, by @bokamero.bsky.social, is underway! 🤖 The project will explore the biodiversity of abyssal landscapes & is focused on the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (Pacific Ocean). 🔗https://www.icm.csic.es/en/news/abyscapes-launches-pioneering-project-discover-hidden-biodiversity-abyssal-landscapes 032
Reposted by Erik Simon LledóDr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Feeling very grateful today to be part of this big, thoughtful collaboration. New open-access perspective on deep ocean seascape ecology lays out where the gaps are and how we actually move from concept to practice. Huge thanks to an incredible group of coauthors. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comDeep ocean seascape ecology: gaps and pathways for application - Landscape EcologyContext The ecological implications of multiscale spatial heterogeneity remain poorly resolved in many parts of the ocean, especially at abyssal (3000–6000 m) and hadal (> 6000 m) depths. Seascape eco... 1187
Erik Simon Lledó @bokamero.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Join the Deep Ocean Ecology and Biogeography lab at @icmcsic.bsky.social! We are looking for a postdoc or experienced technician to work in environmental, climate and ecological modelling of abyssal seascape ecosystems (project AbyScapes). 2 years, extendable. More info: icm.csic.es/en/calls/pos... 043
Erik Simon Lledó @bokamero.bsky.social · 12/12/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/s...nytimes.comThis Squid Is Playing Peekaboo at the Bottom of the Ocean 041
Erik Simon Lledó @bokamero.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Why do we see so few squid in the abyss? Because they hide from us, pretending to be sponges!🦑 New paper by @alemejiasaenz.bsky.social captures a potential new whiplash-squid species that burrows between nodules at the #CCZ, world's largest region targeted for #deepseamining doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 0279
Reposted by Erik Simon LledóNational Oceanography Centre @noc.ac.uk · 24/11/2025New species of deep-sea coral found living on polymetallic nodules. 🪨🪸 A team of international scientists have recently discovered a deep-sea coral is are specially adapted to live at depth, in complete darkness, and whose only known habitat is attached to the nodules. 🔗 noc.ac.uk/news/hidden-... 095
Reposted by Erik Simon LledóDr. Tanja Stratmann @drtanjastratmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2025I'm thrilled to present our latest paper about the trophic ecology and behavior of sea stars (Asteroidea) and brittle stars (Ophiuroidea) from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone. doi.org/10.1016/j.ds... It was a great collaboration with a team from 🇪🇸🇳🇱🇩🇪🇵🇹 and 🇦🇹 (incl. @bokamero.bsky.social). #SciArt 061
Erik Simon Lledó @bokamero.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Evolutionary "hills" or "islands"? Very interesting new approach to measure the uniqueness of a biological community, with great potential use as baseline to identify high-value biodiversity sites at multiple scales. 153
Reposted by Erik Simon LledóAndrés Baselga @andresbaselga.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Our paper on how to use the spatial scaling of community phylogenetic uniqueness came out during the summer but we haven't posted it yet: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comAreas of High Biodiversity Value Evidenced by the Spatial Scaling of Phylogenetic UniquenessPhylogenetic endemism is the most efficient single criterion to maximise global phylogenetic diversity within the smallest land area, and can be complemented with the spatial scaling of phylogenetic ... 1239
Reposted by Erik Simon LledóAndrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 31/07/2025An incredible discovery that challenges our assumptions about how complex life can thrive in the deepest and more remote places in the ocean. Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comFlourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches - NatureThe discovery of chemosynthesis-based benthic communities at depths of 5,800 m to 9,533 m in the Kuril–Kamchatka and western Aleutian trenches challenges traditional perspectives on the energy sources... 23811
Erik Simon Lledó @bokamero.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Want to join our deep-sea ecology team at @icmcsic.bsky.social? We seek a PhD student to study macroecology and effects of climate change in abyssal seascapes. With focus on sea cucumber communities. Please disseminate, and if interested please contact us www.icm.csic.es/en/calls/phd... 052
Reposted by Erik Simon LledóDr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 05/06/2025From tiny worms to giant squid: New global database reveals the hidden power of body size in the ocean phys.org/news/2025-05... #science #ocean #biodiversity #marinelife #invertebratephys.orgFrom tiny worms to giant squid: New global database reveals the hidden power of body size in the oceanA new open-access resource, the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) Database, is giving scientists, conservationists, and the public an unprecedented look at the true scale of ocean life—literally. 0105
Reposted by Erik Simon LledóProf. Anna Metaxas @annamet.bsky.social · 11/05/2025www.bbc.com/future/artic...bbc.comScars from the world's first deep sea mining test 50 years onHalf a century after the world's first deep sea mining tests picked nodules from the seafloor off the US east coast, the damage has barely begun to heal. 033
Erik Simon Lledó @bokamero.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Ecological shifts persist decades after a deep-sea mining test in the abyssal Pacific. www.icm.csic.es/en/news/new-...icm.csic.esNew study reveals long-term impacts of deep-sea mining | Institut de Ciències del MarNew study led by the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the Natural History Museum has revealed long-term impacts of deep-sea mining and first signs of biological recovery 44-years after deep... 020
Erik Simon Lledó @bokamero.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Starting the @oikosfinland.bsky.social Ecology & Evolution Conference in Jyväskylä after a great workshop on HSMC modelling yesterday. Can't think of a better way to start my new job at ICM-CSIC! 🐠🌳🪲🦐 1112
Reposted by Erik Simon LledóAndrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Hunt the Jabberwock, Defend the Warren, Save the Forest The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock: A Feywild Adventure in Ecologic Succession for heroes and heroic teachers. D&D 5e. www.dmsguild.com/product/5056...dmsguild.comThe Last Hunt for the Jabberwock: A Feywild Adventure in Ecologic Succession - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters GuildHunt the Jabberwock, Defend the Warren, Save the Forest Welcome to the Warren. Within this tiny Domain of Delight, Rabb 512432
Erik Simon Lledó @bokamero.bsky.social · 05/02/2025After 10 great years at @noc.ac.uk, and 13 in the UK, I am pleased to announce that I will start a new position at ICM-CSIC in Barcelona next month! see: icm.csic.es/en. Excited to continue diving into #deepsea research, with old and new colleagues, now from home..! 3110
Reposted by Erik Simon LledóDr Lissette Victorero @seamounty.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Our new article out in Science Advances today! 🌊 In Europe we have protected 1% of our deep-sea biodiversity from bottom-contact fishing, but our analysis revealed that 3,500 hours of fishing still occurred within these protected areas. www.science.org/doi/full/10.... 13311
Reposted by Erik Simon LledóThomas Dahlgren @mucofloris.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Erik presenting his paper at dsbs17. Starting to understand who lives where and why at abyssal planes. 063
Erik Simon Lledó @bokamero.bsky.social · 15/01/2025w @andresbaselga.bsky.social @annamet.bsky.social y.social @divaamon.bsky.social 010
Erik Simon Lledó @bokamero.bsky.social · 15/01/2025This means these fauna, mostly soft corals, likely have a lower recolonisation capacity to the impacts of Deep-Sea Mining than we previously thought. But we need more knowledge on life-history traits, larval typologies & behaviour in abyssal seascapes to fully understand these processes! 2122
Erik Simon Lledó @bokamero.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Do abyssal species that grow on polymetallic nodules have more restricted dispersal than fauna not depending on this resource? Contrasting distance-decay patterns in community similarity across the NE Pacific basin suggest they do! See our new study doi.org/10.1111/geb.... on time for #17DSBS! 12714
Erik Simon Lledó @bokamero.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Starting the #17DSBS! Pleased to be in Hong Kong, and to write my first post here, at last..! 052