🪱Ekin Tilic

🚨 PhD position in annelid genomics (EuroWorm) 🚨

If you love biodiversity, evolution & bioinformatics — apply or share! 🪱🧬

Details here: www.senckenberg.de/de/stellenan...

#PhD #Genomics #Annelida #MarineBiology #EuroWorm

IPC15, Frankfurt 2026 Frankfurt, Germany • 27–31 July 2026Hosted at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt The 15th International Polychaete Conference (IPC15) will bring together resear…

Registration and Abstract Submissions for the 15th International Polychaete Conference is now open!! #IPC15

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Macroid Formation in Salmacina stellaebayensis n. sp. From Mauritania's Baie de l'Étoile With New Insights on Mitogenome Evolution in Serpulidae (Annelida) We describe Salmacina stellaebayensis n. sp. from Mauritania's Baie de l'Étoile and provide the first complete mitochondrial genome for the genus Salmacina. The species forms distinctive macroid colo...

Star-shaped worm colonies? ✨🪱
Our new paper describes 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, named after Mauritania’s Baie de l’Étoile (Bay of Stars).
Open access & featured on the Feb cover of Ecology & Evolution.
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

#newspecies #polychaete #taxonomy
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There is a great opportunity to work on some cool worms and join the #IPC15 this summer. Details below! Apply here: 🔗 forms.gle/w9DKstARVaki...

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Molecular phylogenetic assessment of the subfamily Dendronereidinae Pillai, 1961 (Annelida: Nereididae), with the establishment of Tylorrhynchinae subfam. nov. and the descriptions of two new species ... Abstract. The status of the subfamily Dendronereidinae has been subject to uncertainty, because its primary defining morphological character (the presence

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/zool...

Worm news! 🪱 Two new polychaete species + a new subfamily from #Indonesia, led by Joko Pamungkas (Senckenberg Global Fellow). Fresh out in #ZJLS. @linneansociety.bsky.social @sgn.one @oceanspecies.bsky.social

#Polychaeta #Taxonomy #NewSpecies #Nereididae #Dendronereidinae #Tylorrhynchinae

📢 The First Circular for the 15th International Polychaete Conference (IPC15) is out! Join us in Frankfurt, Germany • 27–31 July 2026
#IPC15 #Polychaetes #Annelida

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Meet Spinther bohnorum n. sp. Tilic & Rouse 2025 ✨— a tiny but stunning worm!

Spinther species are enigmatic worms that always seem to dwell on sponges, but we still don’t know exactly where they belong on the annelid tree of life. A shiny small mystery wrapped in glitter, basically. 😅🪱

Ocean Species Discoveries 13–27 — Taxonomic contributions to the diversity of Polychaeta, Mollusca and Crustacea Despite centuries of exploration, marine invertebrate biodiversity remains notably under-described. The majority of species in major marine groups are still unnamed, limiting our ability to understand...

Two brand new polychaete species just published in the latest issue of Ocean Species Discoveries!
🪱 Nicon salinus Hernández-Alcántara & Dávila-Jiménez, n. sp.
🪱 Spinther bohnorum Tilic & Rouse, n. sp.

Read the paper here 👇
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

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I would say that’s a less accurate name similar to “whiskers” - they are homologous to palps.

1: palps
2: the second pair of tentacular cirri or cirriform appendages. Also called whiskers ( which I think is pretty cute )

So - what’s labeled in the book is the internal chaeta/acicula. Not the whole structure. Developmentally it’s a modification of the second segment.

Hope this helps ;)

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Remember, the next Polychaete Conference #IPC15 is coming to Frankfurt in 2026! Make sure you save the dates - and in the meantime check out the website for the polychaete-association.com

For about 2y, colleagues from @leibnizlib.bsky.social @sgn.one @univie.ac.at‬ @mncn-csic.bsky.social met to discuss how to contribute to #biodiversity #taxonomy research by sequencing #genomes of type natural history #collection specimens. The result is published at @systbiol.bsky.social

Job Alert! We are recruiting one postdoc to work on spiralian embryos and their crazy polar lobes. More info about this HFSP-funded position on our website baronelab.org: scroll to the end, click on "this could be you"...start your adventure!

“A story of Neomicrorbis” is out!
Our paper on these fascinating and rare bathyal serpulid worms has just been published.
The study is beautifully illustrated with SEM and microCT images—we hope you’ll enjoy it! It’s open access: 🔓🔗 rdcu.be/ekuGc

Mehrere kleine, weiße, fünfarmige Seesterne der Art Caymanostella scrippscognaticausa auf schwarzem Hintergrund. Ihre Körper sind abgeflacht und mit zahlreichen feinen Stacheln bedeckt, die ihnen ein flauschiges Aussehen verleihen.

Nahaufnahme eines weißen, fünfarmigen Seesterns der Art Caymanostella scrippscognaticausa auf schwarzem Hintergrund. Der Seestern hat eine abgeflachte Körperform und ist mit zahlreichen kleinen, haarartigen Stacheln bedeckt. Seine Oberfläche zeigt eine feine, strukturierte Musterung.

Mikroskopische Aufnahme von zwei juvenilen Seesternen der Art Caymanostella scrippscognaticausa auf schwarzem Hintergrund. Die winzigen, fünfarmigen Seesterne haben einen halbtransparenten, stacheligen Körper mit zahlreichen feinen Fortsätzen entlang der Ränder.

Als Newcomer direkt in die Top Ten! 🌟 Der von Ekin Tilic & Team entdeckte wunderhübsche kleine Seestern Caymanostella scrippscognaticausa hat es in die #toptenmarinespecies der 2024 beschriebenen Arten von @marinespecies.bsky.social (WoRMS) geschafft! Glückwunsch @etilic.bsky.social! 🥳
📸 Greg Rouse

Happy Taxonomist Appreciation Day! Very exciting that this little sea star we described last year made it into the #toptenmarinespecies list. 🌟🤗

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Taxonomy training workshops are an incredibly valuable experience for everyone involved. The next #ConfusingCrustaceans workshop will be in Wilhelmshaven, Germany from Oct. 6-10, 2025. See peracarida.org for more details. #Peracarida #SweatTheSmallStuff #IcyInverts

A taxonomic inventory of faunal diversity at the methane seeps on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#biodiversity #biogeography #ecology @etilic.bsky.social

Buntstfitzeichnung von allerlei schwimmendem Meeresgetier. Rechts daneben Überschrift "Sammeln ohne Ende" sowie Vorspann des im Post verlinkten Artikels.

Wie viele und welche #Organismen leben im #Meer? Forscherinnen und Forscher dokumentieren die #Artenvielfalt im World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) – darunter auch @etilic.bsky.social vom @oceanspecies.bsky.social … Christina Mikalo erzählt mehr darüber: www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3...

Discovery and characterization of a transient chaetal gland during the development of Capitella teleta (Sedentaria: Annelida) The Journal of Morphology publishes research in cytology, protozoology, embryology, and general animal morphology in vertebrates and invertebrates.

Capitella is one of the best-studied polychaetes, and polychaete chaetae are among the most extensively researched features of all annelids. Yet, we discovered an elusive, transient gland associated with Capitella chaetae. If you’re curious, here’s the link:

t.co/mEciM6b348

Hooked on zombie worms? Genetic blueprints of bristle formation in Osedax japonicus (Annelida) - EvoDevo Background This study sheds light on the genetic blueprints of chaetogenesis (bristle formation), a complex biomineralization process essential not only for the diverse group of bristle worms (annelid...

Bone-devouring zombie worms (#Osedax) 🧟‍♀️ make tiny, claw-like hooks. Want to know how? Check out our new paper! 😉

doi.org/10.1186/s132...

Prince Albert’s Sea Daisy doesn’t look like your typical starfish. It is a delicate, flower-shaped sea star with an unusual life style, living on sunken wood or tube worms 🧪 lifewatch.be/en/worms-top...

Happy Taxonomist Appreciation Day! How cool is it that our tiny little sea daisy made it into the top 10! 🌟🤗

Frontiers | Postembryonic development and male paedomorphosis in Osedax (Siboglinidae, Annelida) Most species of the bone-devouring marine annelid, Osedax, display distinct sexual dimorphism with macroscopic sedentary females rooted in bones and free-liv...

Ever wondered what the babies of bone-devouring zombie worms look like? 🧐 Your curiosity ends here! Our paper on the postembryonic development of #Osedax is published today. 📖🔬 www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...

Thank you 🙏🏻☺️ all worms are quality worms 🪱✨😜

A remarkable new deep-sea nereidid (Annelida: Nereididae) with gills Nereidid polychaetes are well known from shallow marine habitats, but their diversity in the deep sea is poorly known. Here we describe an unusual new nereidid species found at methane seeps off the P...

Introducing 𝘗𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪 gen. nov. sp. nov.! 🌊🐍🪱 A truly remarkable new species AND genus of deep-sea nereidid worm. The hunt for them is still my highlight from our #CostaRica cruise in 2018. 🛳🔍 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...