Dichotomia cannoides formed dense blooms in Nov-Dec 2025 at the Gulf of Aqaba, Eilat. Photos: Gil Koplovitz.
🪼🎅🎄 Jingle (jelly) bells!
First record of the tiny leptomedusa Dichotomia cannoides in the Red Sea, discovered by in-situ photography 📸🤿 and confirmed by integrative taxonomy🧬🔬
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S002...
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#Jellyfish #Hydrozoa #RedSea #Plankton
@zoopel.bsky.social just presented our MODAS concept at the #GuardIAS Conference: a database flag for alien species detected solely through molecular tools. By integrating these “invisible invaders” into IAS systems, we can prioritise validation, boost early warning, and modernise biosecurity.
#eDNA
Ximena Dubinsky, Zoya Harbuzova, Ohad Zohar, IOLR Zevet Yam
2/2 Today, we went out on a small boat to check whether the shark might have followed a plankton patch although this is not a productive season. The codend was full of chaetognaths and blue pontellid copepods ⛵🏹🪱🦐💙
Some more to come after the analysis 🔬🧬
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🦈🐳🌊 A giant visitor in Haifa! 1/2
For the second time in two weeks, a whale shark was spotted along the southeastern Mediterranean — a rare and exciting event! Whale sharks feed on zooplankton, especially sergestid shrimps, chaetognaths (arrow worms), and calanoid copepods 🦐🏹🪱 @iolr-il.bsky.social
🌊 Call for Abstracts! Join our ASLO–SIL 2026 session SS075: Aquatic Pollution in an Era of Climate Change & Anthropogenic Stress 🌍🏭🥵.
Join us in bridging marine, freshwater, and estuarine research to better understand pollution–climate interactions. Submit 👉 www.aslo.org/aslo-sil-202...
