Deep-Sea Sea Pigs: Scotoplanes, the Echinoderms that Walk the Abyss at 5,000m Depth
May 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Deep-Sea Sea Pigs: Scotoplanes, the Echinoderms that Walk the Abyss at 5,000m Depth
Sea cucumbers (Scotoplanes) are a genus of echinoderms that live on the seabed at depths of 3,000–5,000 meters....
May 7, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Sea cucumbers (Scotoplanes) are a genus of echinoderms that live on the seabed at depths of 3,000–5,000 meters....
I usually stick to echinoderms, but this insect was so stunning.
This is a Cretaceous aged Neuropterid insect, Hemerobidae sp.
#FossilFriday
This is a Cretaceous aged Neuropterid insect, Hemerobidae sp.
#FossilFriday
January 30, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I usually stick to echinoderms, but this insect was so stunning.
This is a Cretaceous aged Neuropterid insect, Hemerobidae sp.
#FossilFriday
This is a Cretaceous aged Neuropterid insect, Hemerobidae sp.
#FossilFriday
Happy #Invertefest! Celebrate invertebrate biodiversity 🐛💕
April 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy #Invertefest! Celebrate invertebrate biodiversity 🐛💕
We are 2 for 2 with echinoderms for #fossilfriday!
Here is an absolutely beautiful regular sea urchin known as Desoricidaris pouyannei. This specimen comes from the Lower Cretaceous (Cenomanian) rocks of Taouz, Morocco. The preservation of the test (body) is absolutely stunning even after 100 mya!
Here is an absolutely beautiful regular sea urchin known as Desoricidaris pouyannei. This specimen comes from the Lower Cretaceous (Cenomanian) rocks of Taouz, Morocco. The preservation of the test (body) is absolutely stunning even after 100 mya!
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We are 2 for 2 with echinoderms for #fossilfriday!
Here is an absolutely beautiful regular sea urchin known as Desoricidaris pouyannei. This specimen comes from the Lower Cretaceous (Cenomanian) rocks of Taouz, Morocco. The preservation of the test (body) is absolutely stunning even after 100 mya!
Here is an absolutely beautiful regular sea urchin known as Desoricidaris pouyannei. This specimen comes from the Lower Cretaceous (Cenomanian) rocks of Taouz, Morocco. The preservation of the test (body) is absolutely stunning even after 100 mya!
@alchemistechidna.bsky.social Opulent echinoderms! 😲
March 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
@alchemistechidna.bsky.social Opulent echinoderms! 😲
Thankful for biodiversity and the joy of natural history
November 27, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Thankful for biodiversity and the joy of natural history
A close-up of a basket star
#MarineLife #Echinoderms #PNW #PugetSound #SeattleAquarium #Photography #Invertebrates
#MarineLife #Echinoderms #PNW #PugetSound #SeattleAquarium #Photography #Invertebrates
May 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A close-up of a basket star
#MarineLife #Echinoderms #PNW #PugetSound #SeattleAquarium #Photography #Invertebrates
#MarineLife #Echinoderms #PNW #PugetSound #SeattleAquarium #Photography #Invertebrates
A few echinoderms before the end of @greenpeace.org dive 6
Sea star & basket star
#DeepArctic #MarineLife
Sea star & basket star
#DeepArctic #MarineLife
May 25, 2026 at 3:21 AM
A few echinoderms before the end of @greenpeace.org dive 6
Sea star & basket star
#DeepArctic #MarineLife
Sea star & basket star
#DeepArctic #MarineLife
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July 24, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Eocrinoids and Gogia are some of my favorite echinoderms. They are very early echinoderms with simple arms and short holdfasts.
Gogia spiralis is from the Cambrian upper Wheeler Shale of Utah.
#FossilFriday #SciArt
Gogia spiralis is from the Cambrian upper Wheeler Shale of Utah.
#FossilFriday #SciArt
August 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Eocrinoids and Gogia are some of my favorite echinoderms. They are very early echinoderms with simple arms and short holdfasts.
Gogia spiralis is from the Cambrian upper Wheeler Shale of Utah.
#FossilFriday #SciArt
Gogia spiralis is from the Cambrian upper Wheeler Shale of Utah.
#FossilFriday #SciArt
I don’t know what I’m supposed to do with this information
Starfish ‘arms’ are actually extensions of their head, scientists say
The echinoderms more closely resemble disembodied heads than multi-limbed creatures, experts have discovered
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2023 at 12:29 AM
I don’t know what I’m supposed to do with this information
I don't think I have any monster designs based on echinoderms yet, does anyone remember the name of the sea urchin that has little boots
April 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I don't think I have any monster designs based on echinoderms yet, does anyone remember the name of the sea urchin that has little boots
its on internet archives if anyone wants a good lesson on echinoderms but i like physical media
September 29, 2026 at 5:04 AM
its on internet archives if anyone wants a good lesson on echinoderms but i like physical media
Our brittle star patterning study is now out at EvoDevo! 🥳
doi.org/10.1186/s132...
@lowelab.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1186/s132...
@lowelab.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Our brittle star patterning study is now out at EvoDevo! 🥳
doi.org/10.1186/s132...
@lowelab.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1186/s132...
@lowelab.bsky.social
Our work on the evolution of the regulatory genome of echinoderms is now out in @natecoevo.nature.com. Led by my former PhD Marta Magri, Danila Voronov & Saoirse Foley. Great collaboration of Arnone, Hinman & Maeso labs, started long time ago with our missed José Luis Gomez-Skarmeta: rdcu.be/eXX8l
Deep conservation of cis-regulatory elements and chromatin organization in echinoderms uncover ancestral regulatory features of animal genomes
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Analysis of the 3D chromatin architecture and cis-regulatory elements in a sea urchin and a sea star reveals mechanisms of 3D chromatin organization in echinoderms...
rdcu.be
January 7, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Our work on the evolution of the regulatory genome of echinoderms is now out in @natecoevo.nature.com. Led by my former PhD Marta Magri, Danila Voronov & Saoirse Foley. Great collaboration of Arnone, Hinman & Maeso labs, started long time ago with our missed José Luis Gomez-Skarmeta: rdcu.be/eXX8l
I recently picked up a Helicoplacus for my collection. One of the earliest and strangest echinoderms.
June 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I recently picked up a Helicoplacus for my collection. One of the earliest and strangest echinoderms.
Tiny sea cucumbers, big mysteries! 🪱
Out sampling for my MSCA project SensHolo at the @msarscentre.bsky.social, at the University of Bergen, 🇳🇴— exploring how these mini echinoderms sense their world.
Plus a few bonus echinoderms! 🌊✨
Out sampling for my MSCA project SensHolo at the @msarscentre.bsky.social, at the University of Bergen, 🇳🇴— exploring how these mini echinoderms sense their world.
Plus a few bonus echinoderms! 🌊✨
October 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Tiny sea cucumbers, big mysteries! 🪱
Out sampling for my MSCA project SensHolo at the @msarscentre.bsky.social, at the University of Bergen, 🇳🇴— exploring how these mini echinoderms sense their world.
Plus a few bonus echinoderms! 🌊✨
Out sampling for my MSCA project SensHolo at the @msarscentre.bsky.social, at the University of Bergen, 🇳🇴— exploring how these mini echinoderms sense their world.
Plus a few bonus echinoderms! 🌊✨
One of my favorite echinoderms. Those chonky spines get me every time. #marinelife #invertebrate
Can never have enough in situ shots of Cidaris blakei! A weirdo cidaroid urchin with spines that flatten out into big fans! What are they for? unclear! 530 m from Caja de Muertos in the tropical Atlantic from the #okeanos expedition in 2018
January 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
One of my favorite echinoderms. Those chonky spines get me every time. #marinelife #invertebrate
Calcein staining showing the skeleton on the aboral side of a juvenile sea star (Patiria miniata)
Everything looks better with a rainbow LUT 🌈😊
#microscopy #echinoderms #fluorescence
Everything looks better with a rainbow LUT 🌈😊
#microscopy #echinoderms #fluorescence
November 23, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Calcein staining showing the skeleton on the aboral side of a juvenile sea star (Patiria miniata)
Everything looks better with a rainbow LUT 🌈😊
#microscopy #echinoderms #fluorescence
Everything looks better with a rainbow LUT 🌈😊
#microscopy #echinoderms #fluorescence
Went to the Yale Peabody Museum and found my friends (echinoderms and fish) hanging out together
May 22, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Went to the Yale Peabody Museum and found my friends (echinoderms and fish) hanging out together
Delighted to share our paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social iology.bsky.social with a palaeo-evo-devo perspective on the evolution of symmetry in echinoderms. Led by Steffi Woodgate with Frankie Dunn, @echinerd.bsky.social, @laurentformery.bsky.social & Sam Zamora
www.cell.com/current-biol...-5
www.cell.com/current-biol...-5
A new Cambrian stem-group echinoderm reveals the evolution of the anteroposterior axis
Woodgate et al. describe a new bilaterally symmetrical echinoderm, Atlascystis acantha,
from the Cambrian of Morocco. Comparisons of plate growth with other echinoderms reveal
that Atlascystis possess...
www.cell.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Delighted to share our paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social iology.bsky.social with a palaeo-evo-devo perspective on the evolution of symmetry in echinoderms. Led by Steffi Woodgate with Frankie Dunn, @echinerd.bsky.social, @laurentformery.bsky.social & Sam Zamora
www.cell.com/current-biol...-5
www.cell.com/current-biol...-5