Assistant professor @uconneeb working on parasitic copepods & crustacean evolution | Previously postdoc at @NMNH, @NHM_London & @Senckenberg he/him | views=mine
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Hi I'm Jimmy ๐
I study parasites & crustaceans @NMNH and love talking about science! I specialize in little-known animals called copepods, which are the most abundant animals in the ocean! I try to figure out how theyโve evolved and I describe new species. Ask me anything
Jimmy Bernot, PhD ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐งฌ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
We printed a 3D model of a caligid copepod (Caligus curtus) based on microCT data. We scaled this thing to make a massive version for outreach and education.
Getting ready for the start of Big Bird Day at UConn with the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History!
Open to everyone of all ages today only 1-5pm. Quizzes, scavenger hunts, prizes and more
Jimmy Bernot, PhD ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐งฌ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
Despite being just one cell, Lacrymaria olor is a formidable predator that hunts and consumes other microorganisms.
๐ฝ: James Weiss
Jimmy Bernot, PhD ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐งฌ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
(7/10) The Nodule Crown Coral is the first and only known stony coral that lives attached to polymetallic nodules.
marinespecies.org/worms-top-โฆ
@nsantodomingo @LupitaBribiesc1 @NHM_London @NOCsouthampton @NOCnews @bokamero @bethfmfleming @adrg1
#toptenmarinespecies
Jimmy Bernot, PhD ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐งฌ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
(6/10) Does this stern looking creature remind you of someone? Meet the Darth Vader Supergiant Isopod.
marinespecies.org/worms-top-โฆ
@brin_indonesia
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean
Jimmy Bernot, PhD ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐งฌ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
(5/10) The Good Luck Flatworm only lives on the critically endangered guitarfish.
marinespecies.org/worms-top-โฆ
@Conicetmdp
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean
Jimmy Bernot, PhD ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐งฌ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
(4/10) Far below the Pacific Ocean, in a world without sunlight, something glitters: Iskraโs Glitter Worm.
marinespecies.org/worms-top-โฆ
@Scripps_Ocean
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #deepsea
Jimmy Bernot, PhD ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐งฌ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
(3/10) The Golden Glow Zoantharian is the first documented deep-sea cave species to bioluminesce.
marinespecies.org/worms-top-โฆ
@HirokiKISE @kenta0816kondo @Parapriacanthus
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean
Jimmy Bernot, PhD ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐งฌ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
(2/10) The Sponge Ambusher Worm sets its trap in a glass sponge.
marinespecies.org/worms-top-โฆ
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #deepsea
Jimmy Bernot, PhD ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐งฌ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
(1/10) The Dragon Nematode is the first of its kind to be described from chemosynthetic environments.
marinespecies.org/worms-top-โฆ
@Ifremer_fr
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #deepsea
Jimmy Bernot, PhD ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐งฌ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
(2/2) Today @WRMarineSpecies thanks all editors for this important task.
And we celebrate the work of taxonomists with the WoRMS list of the top-ten marine species described in 2025!
marinespecies.org/worms-top-โฆ
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean
Jimmy Bernot, PhD ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐งฌ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
New paper out by 3 of our Decapoda editors, using the data in #DecaNet
Benchmarking the global biodiversity of decapod crustaceans in the fossil record academic.oup.com/jcb/articleโฆ
Jimmy Bernot, PhD ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐งฌ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
See ad for PhD student position in parasite and plankton behavioural biology and ecology at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway
jobbnorge.no/en/available-joโฆ
Jimmy Bernot, PhD ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐งฌ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
We are calling for your nominations for the @WRMarineSpecies Top Ten Marine Species of 2025!
More information: marinespecies.org/news.php?pโฆ
Nomination form: form.vliz.be/en/form/worms-tโฆ
Deadline: Sunday January 25th 2026
@oceancensus @UNOceanDecade @VLIZnews @LifeWatchERIC
Meanwhile, in the art world, this Lalanne hippo bar stand just sold for $26 million
Jimmy Bernot, PhD ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐งฌ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
The Copepodologist's Cabinet book series by David Damkaer is now available in digital copy for sale at:
copepodcabinet.com/
There are a few limited hardcopies. If interested, act now before they sell out by using the โAsk a Questionโ button on the bottom of the website
Jimmy Bernot, PhD ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐งฌ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
Submissions for the WAC Student Grant program are open now until Dec 1. We anticipate making up to three $1,000 awards to support student (graduate or undergraduate) research on copepods. See details๐
monoculus.org/student-grantsโฆ
Beautiful photos and adventurous stories about UConn research collections
today.uconn.edu/2025/10/taleโฆ
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