The Crustacean Society

#crustacea #marineresearch

🦞 TCS Fellowship in Graduate Studies

Up to six US$1,000 fellowships support graduate research on crustacean biology.

📅 Deadline: 31 March 2026
🔗 www.thecrustaceansociety.org/scholarship....

📷 NOAA (CC)

Brasilana spelaea, an ovigerous adult female.

#NewSpecies!
New isopod from #brazil just came in:

Brasilana spelaea

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03B587F8-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #BrasilanaSpelaea

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #arthropods #crustacea #isopods

❗️🦞 TCS Early-Career / Post-PhD Travel Awards are open!

The Crustacean Society offers up to US$2,000 for early-career PhDs. Deadline 15 March 2026. www.thecrustaceansociety.org/scholarship....

📷 Hans Hillewaert (CC)
#crustacean

Habitus of Gammarus kyungsooki, female, paratype.

#NewSpecies!
New #amphipod from #southkorea just surfaced:

Gammarus kyungsooki

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/488611C6-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#BiodiversityDataJournal #GammarusKyungsooki

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #arthropods #crustaceae #amphipoda

Athelges pileus, holotype female. Habitus, ventral view.

#NewSpecies!
New #isopod from #japan just came in:

Athelges pileus

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/9663C94B-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #AthelgesPileus

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #arthropods #crustacea #parasite

❗️New Articles in JBC Available 🦞 New research in the Journal of Crustacean Biology (Vol. 46, Issue 1) covers crustacean ecology, functional morphology, paleobiology & more. Read more: academic.oup.com/jcb/issue/46/1

📷 Brandon Antonio Segura Torres & Priscilla Vieto Bonilla (CC)

❗️New Articles in JBC Available 🦞 New research in the Journal of Crustacean Biology (Vol. 46, Issue 1) covers crustacean ecology, functional morphology, paleobiology & more. Read more: academic.oup.com/jcb/issue/46/1

📷 Brandon Antonio Segura Torres & Priscilla Vieto Bonilla (CC)

Flyer with details on the workshop and pictures of two cumaceans. It says: DESCRIPTION: Join us to learn about the fascinating peracarids known as comma shrimp! This workshop will introduce cumacean collecting and identification with a mix of field trips and lab work, working with a combination of live specimens and preserved specimens. Outcomes for trainees include training in morphology and taxonomy of Cumacea, and training in collection, sorting, preservation, and photography of specimens. The course is suitable for advanced undergraduate to graduate students, post-docs or professionals who are interested in learning about and working with cumaceans. DATES: August 3-7, 2026 LOCATION: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County REGISTRATION: No course fee, lodging and food covered. Accepted students will need to cover their own travel. INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Sarah Gerken, Dr. Kevin Kocot, Dr. Les Watling APPLICATION: Please e-mail your CV, 1 letter of recommendation, and a 1 page statement explaining your background and reasons for taking the course to peracaridabackbone@gmail.com by March 15, 2026 For more information, see www.peracarida.org

ICYMI: The next Confusing Crustaceans taxonomy workshop is Aug 3–7, 2026 at NHMLA!

Focus: Cumacea (comma shrimp) ID + preservation of peracarids for morphology & genomics. No course fee; lodging & food covered (travel not included).

Apply by March 15:
www.peracarida.org/workshops/20...

📣 Final Abstract Deadline Extended – The Crustacean Society Mid-Year Meeting 2026! 🦐

Present at TCS 2026 (1–4 June, Stellenbosch, South Africa). Submit your abstract by 27 Feb 2026. Full details here: tcs2026.com 🦀

#crustacean

❗️TCS Student Travel Awards are open 🌍
We award up to US$500 to support students presenting at TCS meetings. Applicants must be enrolled students and TCS members.

📅 Deadline: 15 March
Find out more and apply: www.thecrustaceansociety.org/scholarship....

📸 Hans Hillewaert (CC)
#crustacea

🦀 Researchers have confirmed the identity of the rare karst crab 𝘚𝘵𝘺𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘪, resolving a century-old confusion regarding its physical traits and its true home in the limestone caves of Sarawak, Malaysia.

See the full study: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1268.179174

Habitus of Edotia dotiae in dorsal view.

#NewSpecies
New aquatic isopod from #argentina just came in:

Edotia dotiae

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/502D9753-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #EdotiaDotiae

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #arthropods #crustacea #isopods

A rare freshwater crab - 𝘈𝘦𝘨𝘭𝘢 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢 - has been rediscovered in several rivers near Hualqi, Chile.🦀

This study provides the first biological data on these unique creatures.

Read more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1268.167269

❗️New JCB Publications Available 🦞
The latest issue of the Journal of Crustacean Biology (Volume 46, Issue 1, 2026) is now available here:
academic.oup.com/jcb/issue/46/1

📷 Chan T. Y. & Lin C. W. (CC)
#crustacea #marineresearch

📣 Abstract deadline extended for the TCS Mid-Year Meeting 2026!

Submit your abstract by 20 Feb 2026. Registration is still open.
📍 1–4 June 2026 | STIAS, South Africa
👉 tcs2026.com

We can’t wait to see you there! 🦀

🦐 Confusing Crustaceans III: Cumacea Workshop 🦐

Aug 3–7, 2026 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles. Hands-on field and lab training in collecting and identifying cumaceans. Apply by March 15 2026:
www.peracarida.org/workshops/20...

#crustacea

Look at this semiterrestrial #freshwater #crab! 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪 is a newly described species from Tapah Hills in Peninsular Malaysia. See what makes it different from 𝘎. 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘦 and 𝘎. 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘢: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#newspecies #biodiversity

❗️ Abstract submission reminder – TCS 2026 🔔
The deadline to submit abstracts for the The Crustacean Society mid-year meeting (TCS 2026) is fast approaching and closes on 09 February.🇿🇦🦐

👉 Full details and abstract submission can be found here:
tcs2026.com

#crustacea

Salmoneus karenae, non-ovigerous holotype, lateral.

#NewSpecies!
New shrimp from the #atlantic off #texas #usa just swam in:

Salmoneus karenae

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/6C1D8788-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #SalmoneusKarenae

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #crustacea #shrimps

Montinumen cryptovium, color in life.

#NewSpecies!
New crab from #china just pinched us:

Montinumen cryptovium

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/2B53D526-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #MontinumenCryptovium

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #arthropods #crustacea #crab #freshwater #caves

📢 Scholarship & Grant Opportunities! 🦐
The Crustacean Society is offering fellowships & travel grants for graduate students and early-career researchers in crustacean biology.

📅 Deadline: 31 March
🔗 www.thecrustaceansociety.org/scholarship....

📷 Michael Marmach (CC)
#crustaceans

Description of a new copepod species, from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in the Onnuri Vent Field on the Central Indian Ridge: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#taxonomy #newspecies #copepod

A new amphipod species is described from Japan. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#fauna #newspecies #taxonomy

Paracanthonotozomella steffi, male, holotype, shortly after sampling.

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #newzealand just surfaced:

Paracanthonotozomella steffi

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/8622DE56-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #ParacanthonotozomellaSteffi

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #conservation #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

Geosesarma wongi, holotype male. Colour in life.

#NewSpecies!
New semiterrestrial crab from #malaysia just pinched us:

Geosesarma wongi

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/91E6CB1F-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#Zookeys #GeosesarmaWongi

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #crustacea #crab

🦀 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Summer Internships 🌊

Paid 2026 SERC #internships are now open, offering #research opportunities for students. Join the virtual info session on Jan 22, 5:30pm ET. Apply by Feb 15.
🔗 serc.si.edu/internships

📸 MarekMís (CC)

🦀New studies available in the latest JCB issue!
The latest issue of the Journal of Crustacean Biology (Volume 45, Issue 4, 2025) has been updated with new research articles! Read the full articles here:
academic.oup.com/jcb/issue/45/4

Corbari L. (CC)
#crustacea

Trapezionida aminidivi, holotype male, dorsal view.

#NewSpecies!
New deep-sea squat lobster from #arabian #sea just pinched us:

Trapezionida aminidivi

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/038087C6-...
Publication: doi.org/10.1080/0022...
#JournalOfNaturalHistory #TrapezionidaAminidivi

#FAIRdata
#biodiversity #nature #conservation #lobster #deepsea

Samadinia quindecimspina, male, habitus in dorsal view, colouration in life.

#NewSpecies!
New crab from the #marianaridge just pinched us:

Samadinia quindecimspina

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/E55E156E-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #SamadiniaQuindecimspina

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #animals #crustacea #crab #deepsea