The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Division of Invertebrate Zoology will incorporate new collections with the help of a National Science Foundation grant.
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Unionidae is a family of freshwater mussels with a global range. There are about 300 recognized species in North America alone. They’re also called river mussel...
A remarkably well-preserved blanket octopus washed ashore in Wilbur-by-the Sea Wednesday morning, offering “a rare glimpse of an animal that can’t easily be observed or collected,” said John Slapcinsky, invertebrate zoology collections manager at the...
University of Florida researchers have found rat lungworm, a parasitic nematode that can cause meningitis in humans and animals, in five Florida counties.
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Barnacles!
Scientific name: Cirripedia (Infraorder)
These barnacles are attached to the ventral pleats of a humpback whale calf. Photo...
Explore Research at the University of Florida: Gustav Paulay, curator of marine malacology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, explains sea cucumbers and ...
The Florida Museum of Natural History recently surpassed half a million cataloged mollusk specimen records in its online database, making it the world’s largest...
Figure 1: Whole individual from Moorea (Pacific Ocean) showing expanded tentacles and pseudotentacles.
Triactis producta is the only species in the sea anemone (Actiniaria) genus Triactis (family Aliciidae). This species is found in shallow reefs...
These modern isopod-infested decapods from the Philippines show prominent swellings caused by parasites on the right side. Photo courtesy of Klompmaker et al. ...
