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New paper alert!

During the 2021 Australian Mesophotic Coral Examination expedition to the Ashmore Reef Marine Park, researchers collected 10 new species of sea stars, 9 of which are described in the paper by @echinoblog.bsky.social et al., published in Megataxa in early January.
New taxa of Mesophotic Asteroidea from Ashmore Reef, Western Australia | Megataxa
We report on 27 asteroid specimens collected by the RV
mapress.com
February 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
annelidsci.bsky.social
For a look at some other deep-sea members of the group see Jame's Blake's 2025 open access article in Megataxa
doi.org/10.11646/meg...
New species and records of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) from the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, and adjacent seas | Megataxa
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August 30, 2026 at 12:11 AM
triloboii.bsky.social
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Systematics and palaeobiology of kangaroos of the late Cenozoic genus Protemnodon (Marsupialia, Macropodidae) | Megataxa
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January 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
echinoblog.bsky.social
Wooo! Dropped a new paper describing new species of mesophotic and deep-sea seastars from Ashmore Reef in Western Australia collected by the Falkor @schmidtocean.bsky.social & supported by @wamuseum.bsky.social from a visit in 2023! MORE STARS in the THREAD! mapress.com/mt/article/v...
New taxa of Mesophotic Asteroidea from Ashmore Reef, Western Australia | Megataxa
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February 26, 2026 at 3:53 PM
echinoblog.bsky.social
CRAZY diversity of sea stars fr NEW CALEDONIA! I describe 28 NEW SPECIES,3 NEW GENERA! #echinoday #goniasteridae #openaccess. My thanks to colleagues at the @MNHN.fr in Paris! for my many visits in order to complete this research! Will share some of my favorites herein! mapress.com/mt/article/v...
New genera, species and occurrences of Goniasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea) from New Caledonia | Megataxa
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February 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
triloboii.bsky.social
#Cenozoicrewind2024 Meet Protemnodon mamkurra and viator!

A kangaroo double feature!

#sciart #paleoart
Vector illustration of Protemnodon viator, a large kangaroo from late Pleistocene Australia. The kangaroo is hopping bipedally, colored warm grey with a white underside and an orange neck, with dark areas on its feet and head. There is a white stripe running from its eye to its mouth. Text reads: Protemnodon viator. Isaac Kerr, Aaron Camens, Jacob van Zoelen et al. "Systematics and paleobiology of kangaroos of the late Cenozoic genus Protemnodon (Marsupialia, Macropodidae)" Megataxa 11(1): 1_261 Apr 15 2024 Vector illustration of Protemnodon mamkurra, a late Pleistocene kangaroo from Australia and Tasmania. The kangaroo is dark grey with an orange patch on its cheek, eating a clump of heath it dug up with its forelimbs. Text reads: Protemnodon mamkurra. Isaac Kerr, Aaron Camens, Jacob van Zoelen et al. "Systematics and paleobiology of kangaroos of the late Cenozoic genus Protemnodon (Marsupialia, Macropodidae)" Megataxa 11(1): 1_261 Apr 15 2024
January 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New deep sea starfish from #newcaledonia just surfaced:

Plinthaster australis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03EAEA5C-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/meg...
#Megataxa #PlinthasterAustralis

#FAIRdata
#biodiversity #nature #wildlife #animals #asterozoa #seastar #starfish #deepsea
Plinthaster australis, abactinal.
June 5, 2026 at 10:32 AM
mcaterino.bsky.social
Thrilled to share this open access paper that represents the bulk of the work done during my 2024–25 sabbatical work at INABIO in Quito!

18 new genera, 339 new species, and the species accumulation curves still headed for the sky!

doi.org/10.11646/meg...
Scraping the surface of a hyperdiverse group—new genera and species of Ecuadorian Pselaphinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), with an emphasis on the cloud forest fauna | Megataxa
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June 16, 2026 at 12:16 AM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New #deepsea #starfish from #newcaledonia just surfaced:

Pillsburiaster chondros

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03EAEA5C-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/meg...
#Megataxa #PillsburiasterChondros

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #ecology #nature #fauna #echinodermata #asterozoa #seastar
Pillsburiaster chondros, abactinal.
September 18, 2026 at 12:35 PM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New #starfish from #newcaledonia just surfaced:

Calliaster hystrix

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03EAEA5C-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/meg...
#Megataxa #CalliasterHystrix

#FAIRdata
#OA #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #asterozoa #seastar #deepsea
Calliaster hystrix, abactinal.
May 22, 2026 at 7:50 AM
isyeb.mnhn.fr
Une étude parue dans #Megataxa et menée par Aurélien Miralles chercheur @isyeb.mnhn.fr avec des collègues européens et malgaches,décrit Zig zag, une nvelle espèce de lézard vermiforme endémique de Madagascar
#Taxonomy #new_genus #new_species
👉 isyeb.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...
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February 23, 2026 at 11:46 AM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New #deepsea #starfish from #newcaledonia just surfaced:

Fromia bathybia

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03EAEA5C-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/meg...
#Megataxa #FromiaBathybia

#FAIRdata
#OA #biodiversity #nature #conservation #animals #fauna #echinodermata #asterozoa #seastar
Fromia bathybia, abactinal.
July 10, 2026 at 11:57 AM
rdmpage.bsky.social
Some would argue that a decline in collecting reflects changes in who runs museums as with this critique of the @nhm-london.bsky.social mapress.com/mt/article/v..., and I do wonder whether digitisation of collections comes with a focus on existing collections rather than their expansion.
The tragedy of the Natural History Museum, London | Megataxa
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November 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
arachnologynews.bsky.social


Survey of Linyphiidae spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from some Oriental Regions of China

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Survey of Linyphiidae spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from some Oriental Regions of China | Megataxa
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January 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
isyeb.mnhn.fr
In Megataxa, 19(2)457-468
BlasTax—a user-friendly stand-alone tool to leverage the BLAST+ program for molecular taxonomy.
Vences, M., Miralles, A. @isyeb.mnhn.fr et al.
#BLAST #Museomics #Phylogenomics #DNA_metabarcoding
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April 27, 2026 at 11:44 AM
isyeb.mnhn.fr
Over 100 cites to :
Vences, M., Miralles, A., Brouillet, S., Puillandre, N. @isyeb.mnhn.fr et al. (2021)
"iTaxoTools 0.1: Kickstarting a specimen-based software toolkit for taxonomists" published in #Megataxa, 6(2).
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April 27, 2026 at 11:29 AM
isyeb.mnhn.fr
Alerte presse @mnhn.fr consacrée à cette étude
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In Megataxa, vol.19(1)
"Zigzags in the White Sand Belt: A new, highly divergent lineage of sand-swimmer skink from Madagascar (Squamata: Scincidae)"
Miralles, A., @isyeb.mnhn.fr et al.
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February 23, 2026 at 1:36 PM
newspeciespodcast.bsky.social
Eduardo Gomyde’s paper “Revisiting the concept of ‘ultra evolved’ aedeagi of Adelopsis using scanning electron microscopy, with description and redescription of species” is in volume 17 issue 1 of Megataxa.

It can be found here: doi.org/10.11646/meg...
Revisiting the concept of ‘ultra evolved’ aedeagi of Adelopsis Portevin, 1907 (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Ptomaphagini) using scanning electron microscopy, with description and redescri...
doi.org
January 1, 2026 at 9:34 PM
elaphrornis.bsky.social
BlasTax—a user-friendly stand-alone tool to leverage the BLAST+ program for molecular taxonomy
mapress.com/mt/article/v...
BlasTax—a user-friendly stand-alone tool to leverage the BLAST+ program for molecular taxonomy | Megataxa
mapress.com
April 23, 2026 at 9:47 AM