After 17 hours on the road yesterday, we are home safe after Monterey. I miss Aulacoctena already; it was so hard to say goodbye. I spent long enough sitting on the floor with Aulacoctena that I met the lead jellies aquarist twice, and got invited behind the scenes to show the Beroe my beanie.
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October 4, 2026 at 10:08 AM
I did it! 1004 wild cteno observations uploaded to @inaturalist.bsky.social before the end of #CtenophoreDay!
I had 26 minutes and 2% battery life to spare 😮💨
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I had 26 minutes and 2% battery life to spare 😮💨
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October 4, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Four ctenophores on 10/04 #CtenophoreDay
Who knew voracious, brainless invasive environmental disasters could be so charismatic?
Wait.
Who knew voracious, brainless invasive environmental disasters could be so charismatic?
Wait.
October 4, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Four ctenophores on 10/04 #CtenophoreDay
Who knew voracious, brainless invasive environmental disasters could be so charismatic?
Wait.
Who knew voracious, brainless invasive environmental disasters could be so charismatic?
Wait.
Add to your arsenal of comb jelly factoids with #CtenophoreFunFacts! 🤓 #CtenophoreDay #scicomm #MarineLife
Have you ever seen a #ctenophore poop? 🪼💩 While it was widely accepted that comb jellies expel waste from both ends, Mnemiopsis shattered dogma with the presence of a through-gut. Intrigued? Read the original research: www.cell.com/current-biol.... Credit video to William Browne. #CtenophoreFunFacts
October 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Add to your arsenal of comb jelly factoids with #CtenophoreFunFacts! 🤓 #CtenophoreDay #scicomm #MarineLife
October 4th (10/04 or "Ten-O-Four") is #CtenophoreDay for those that use the MM-DD format 🪼 Celebrate the occasion by sharing your favorite comb jelly photos and videos throughout the day! And don't forget to add the hashtag #CtenophoreDay to your posts 😊 #ctenophore #combjelly #scicomm #marinelife
October 4, 2026 at 8:33 AM
October 4th (10/04 or "Ten-O-Four") is #CtenophoreDay for those that use the MM-DD format 🪼 Celebrate the occasion by sharing your favorite comb jelly photos and videos throughout the day! And don't forget to add the hashtag #CtenophoreDay to your posts 😊 #ctenophore #combjelly #scicomm #marinelife
Happy #CtenophoreDay!
Ctenophores are back. Freshly sampled Mnemiopsis leidyi from Sotra, Norway. These beautiful comb jellies continue to surprise us and are helping reveal new insights into the early evolution of nervous systems. 🌊✨
#CombJellies #Evolution #Neuroscience
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Ctenophores are back. Freshly sampled Mnemiopsis leidyi from Sotra, Norway. These beautiful comb jellies continue to surprise us and are helping reveal new insights into the early evolution of nervous systems. 🌊✨
#CombJellies #Evolution #Neuroscience
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October 4, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Happy #CtenophoreDay!
Ctenophores are back. Freshly sampled Mnemiopsis leidyi from Sotra, Norway. These beautiful comb jellies continue to surprise us and are helping reveal new insights into the early evolution of nervous systems. 🌊✨
#CombJellies #Evolution #Neuroscience
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Ctenophores are back. Freshly sampled Mnemiopsis leidyi from Sotra, Norway. These beautiful comb jellies continue to surprise us and are helping reveal new insights into the early evolution of nervous systems. 🌊✨
#CombJellies #Evolution #Neuroscience
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they have comb-like cilia (hairs). This multimedia piece combines my linocut comb jelly on translucent Japanese paper, and self-flashing rgb LEDs to replicate their incredible bioluminescence.
Very hard to photograph or video…
#ctenophore #CtenophoreDay #linocut #printmaking #sciart #multimedia
Very hard to photograph or video…
#ctenophore #CtenophoreDay #linocut #printmaking #sciart #multimedia
October 4, 2026 at 1:17 PM
they have comb-like cilia (hairs). This multimedia piece combines my linocut comb jelly on translucent Japanese paper, and self-flashing rgb LEDs to replicate their incredible bioluminescence.
Very hard to photograph or video…
#ctenophore #CtenophoreDay #linocut #printmaking #sciart #multimedia
Very hard to photograph or video…
#ctenophore #CtenophoreDay #linocut #printmaking #sciart #multimedia
Happy #CtenophoreDay! These lab-grown comb jellies are giving off lava lamp vibes 😎 I often get entranced whenever I feed them 😍 #TeamBob #Bobettes #ctenophore #scicomm
October 4, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Happy #CtenophoreDay! These lab-grown comb jellies are giving off lava lamp vibes 😎 I often get entranced whenever I feed them 😍 #TeamBob #Bobettes #ctenophore #scicomm
happy ctenophore day from a fruit fly. your comb jellies run a fused nerve net; i run 165,122 neurons wired one synapse at a time. two very different answers to the same question. #CtenophoreDay #neuroskyence #drosophila
October 4, 2026 at 10:08 PM
happy ctenophore day from a fruit fly. your comb jellies run a fused nerve net; i run 165,122 neurons wired one synapse at a time. two very different answers to the same question. #CtenophoreDay #neuroskyence #drosophila
"The fact I have now to report,
Is one partly old, partly new, sirs;
About a remarkable sort
Of the ciliograde Medusas.
With a subject so charming and light,
‘Tis certainly fair to make merry; we
Will endeavour to do so to-night,
By chaunting our song of the Beroë..."
-Edward Forbes #CtenophoreDay
Is one partly old, partly new, sirs;
About a remarkable sort
Of the ciliograde Medusas.
With a subject so charming and light,
‘Tis certainly fair to make merry; we
Will endeavour to do so to-night,
By chaunting our song of the Beroë..."
-Edward Forbes #CtenophoreDay
Given it’s #CtenophoreDay for those who put the month in front of the year (10/04, get it?!) here’s an 1849 poem on one genus, by the naturalist (and frequent poet) Edward Forbes:
edwardforbes.net/2026/05/14/a...
edwardforbes.net/2026/05/14/a...
A Song of the Beroe
From the Literary Gazette, 6 October 18491 Beroe cucumis. Image by Mark Norman, Museum Victoria, via Wikimedia Commons. (Dedicated to the Members of Section D2*.)The fact I have now to report,Is on…
edwardforbes.net
October 4, 2026 at 12:17 PM
"The fact I have now to report,
Is one partly old, partly new, sirs;
About a remarkable sort
Of the ciliograde Medusas.
With a subject so charming and light,
‘Tis certainly fair to make merry; we
Will endeavour to do so to-night,
By chaunting our song of the Beroë..."
-Edward Forbes #CtenophoreDay
Is one partly old, partly new, sirs;
About a remarkable sort
Of the ciliograde Medusas.
With a subject so charming and light,
‘Tis certainly fair to make merry; we
Will endeavour to do so to-night,
By chaunting our song of the Beroë..."
-Edward Forbes #CtenophoreDay
Given it’s #CtenophoreDay for those who put the month in front of the year (10/04, get it?!) here’s an 1849 poem on one genus, by the naturalist (and frequent poet) Edward Forbes:
edwardforbes.net/2026/05/14/a...
edwardforbes.net/2026/05/14/a...
A Song of the Beroe
From the Literary Gazette, 6 October 18491 Beroe cucumis. Image by Mark Norman, Museum Victoria, via Wikimedia Commons. (Dedicated to the Members of Section D2*.)The fact I have now to report,Is on…
edwardforbes.net
October 4, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Given it’s #CtenophoreDay for those who put the month in front of the year (10/04, get it?!) here’s an 1849 poem on one genus, by the naturalist (and frequent poet) Edward Forbes:
edwardforbes.net/2026/05/14/a...
edwardforbes.net/2026/05/14/a...
Happy #CtenophoreDay! 🦑🐙🧪
I’m an equal-opportunity cteno celebratory so I observe both October 4th and April 10th when it comes to appreciating our shared cousins that have been out doing their own thing for hundreds of millions of years.
I’m an equal-opportunity cteno celebratory so I observe both October 4th and April 10th when it comes to appreciating our shared cousins that have been out doing their own thing for hundreds of millions of years.
October 4, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Happy #CtenophoreDay! 🦑🐙🧪
I’m an equal-opportunity cteno celebratory so I observe both October 4th and April 10th when it comes to appreciating our shared cousins that have been out doing their own thing for hundreds of millions of years.
I’m an equal-opportunity cteno celebratory so I observe both October 4th and April 10th when it comes to appreciating our shared cousins that have been out doing their own thing for hundreds of millions of years.
Cten days to go until #CtenophoreDay (10-04) 🪼 How will you be celebrating this tentacular event? #combjelly #ctenophore #scicomm #sciart #MarineLife #SciSky 📽️ @montereybayaquarium.org
September 24, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Cten days to go until #CtenophoreDay (10-04) 🪼 How will you be celebrating this tentacular event? #combjelly #ctenophore #scicomm #sciart #MarineLife #SciSky 📽️ @montereybayaquarium.org
It’s only three weeks until #CtenophoreDay (10/04), for those with the MM/DD calendar! How will you be celebrating this biannual event? #scicomm #sciart #ctenophore #MarineLife #evolution #EvoDevo #CombJelly
Excited Dog Can't Wait!
Alt: Excited Dog Can't Wait!
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September 13, 2026 at 2:34 PM
It’s only three weeks until #CtenophoreDay (10/04), for those with the MM/DD calendar! How will you be celebrating this biannual event? #scicomm #sciart #ctenophore #MarineLife #evolution #EvoDevo #CombJelly
I hope people manage to see some Spring plankton tomorrow 💙🥹
I know if I had my druthers, that's what I'd be up to for #CtenophoreDay
I know if I had my druthers, that's what I'd be up to for #CtenophoreDay
Tomorrow is #CtenophoreDay!
(10/04 for the dd/mm calendar format = ten-oh-four)
If you are near the sea in the Northern Hemisphere, you may have a chance to see Spring plankton blooming. This is your invitation to go looking for ctenophores and share them with us here & on iNaturalist.
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(10/04 for the dd/mm calendar format = ten-oh-four)
If you are near the sea in the Northern Hemisphere, you may have a chance to see Spring plankton blooming. This is your invitation to go looking for ctenophores and share them with us here & on iNaturalist.
🌿🐙🦑🧪
Happy Ctenophore Day!
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April 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I hope people manage to see some Spring plankton tomorrow 💙🥹
I know if I had my druthers, that's what I'd be up to for #CtenophoreDay
I know if I had my druthers, that's what I'd be up to for #CtenophoreDay
I'm told it's #ctenophoreday!
Consider the lovely comb jellies, different enough from other jellies to have their own phylum.
But! Some gave up swimming to 'devolve' into compact symbiotic bottom feeders—uncanny, even eldritch lil invertebrates who hitch a ride on others. bsky.app/profile/bezi...
Consider the lovely comb jellies, different enough from other jellies to have their own phylum.
But! Some gave up swimming to 'devolve' into compact symbiotic bottom feeders—uncanny, even eldritch lil invertebrates who hitch a ride on others. bsky.app/profile/bezi...
Day 22, Fellowship. A sketch from the work I did during my last fellowship which redescribed a deep sea benthic ctenophore Tjalfiella. Unlike other benthic comb jellies, Tjalfiella has three openings to its gut, a primary mouth and 2 secondary mouths on its "arms." #sciartseptember
October 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I'm told it's #ctenophoreday!
Consider the lovely comb jellies, different enough from other jellies to have their own phylum.
But! Some gave up swimming to 'devolve' into compact symbiotic bottom feeders—uncanny, even eldritch lil invertebrates who hitch a ride on others. bsky.app/profile/bezi...
Consider the lovely comb jellies, different enough from other jellies to have their own phylum.
But! Some gave up swimming to 'devolve' into compact symbiotic bottom feeders—uncanny, even eldritch lil invertebrates who hitch a ride on others. bsky.app/profile/bezi...
It’s Ctenophore Day! (‘Cos it’s the 4th of Oct and in the States you’d say it’s 10/04 ten-oh-four ctenophore. See? See?) So here’s a Ctenophore juvenile for #ctenophoreday ! Now the word ctenophore doesn’t make any sense to me, I’ve said it too many times.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
October 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It’s Ctenophore Day! (‘Cos it’s the 4th of Oct and in the States you’d say it’s 10/04 ten-oh-four ctenophore. See? See?) So here’s a Ctenophore juvenile for #ctenophoreday ! Now the word ctenophore doesn’t make any sense to me, I’ve said it too many times.
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
#ctenophoreday and ... WOW!
Here's another great image of it with the lobes open. Those are so delicate. I can't imagine how difficult they are to film like this. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 651 #sepacificseamounts #MarineLife
April 10, 2026 at 2:38 PM
#ctenophoreday and ... WOW!
Gelatinous creatures for the win! Bloody belly comb jelly lampocteis, the middle are the same ctenophore but I have no idea what genus. And the last one is a type of physonect siphonophore. Dive 784 #Siphonophriend
#AntarcticClimateConnections #MarineLife #SouthernOcean @schmidtocean.bsky.social
#AntarcticClimateConnections #MarineLife #SouthernOcean @schmidtocean.bsky.social
April 10, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Sparkly Lampocteis, the one they call the bloody-belly comb jelly. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 643 #sepacificseamounts #MarineLife
April 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Whoa. A lobate comb jelly from 2212 meters from the Gulf of Mexico #okeanos 218 near a mud volcano, WR488 #ctenophoreday
April 10, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Whoa. A lobate comb jelly from 2212 meters from the Gulf of Mexico #okeanos 218 near a mud volcano, WR488 #ctenophoreday
Wow. Comb Jellies really are space ships! This one from 765 m in the Gulf of Mexico, taken during #Okeanos in 2018 #ctenophoreday
April 10, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Wow. Comb Jellies really are space ships! This one from 765 m in the Gulf of Mexico, taken during #Okeanos in 2018 #ctenophoreday