Insert An Invert Challenge

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1	#InsertAnInvert2024 is a challenge that runs throughout 2024, where I invite you to celebrate a different invertebrate species each week through art. The species list is just a suggestion to get you started, feel free to follow the species we picked for you or find your own. For more info, go to:
2	insertaninvert2024.carrd.co
3	Expert of the Month	Month	Monthly Themes	Weekly Sub-themes	Explanation	Example species (feel free to find others you prefer)			Notes, if any
4	Expert of the Month	Month	Monthly Themes	Weekly Sub-themes	Explanation	Common name	Scientific name	Higher classification	Notes, if any

5	Derek Hennen	January	Bugs Among Us	At home	Our homes are an ecosystem, just like the outside world. Many animals thrive under hard shelters that we build.	Firebrat	Thermobia domestica	Zygentoma
6	He specializes in myriapods (millipede, centipede etc). For the non-pedes on this list, ask Franz instead.		People's living spaces contain more animals than most people expect. The structures we build and the plants we care for act as habitats for many species to flourish.			Booklouse	Liposcelis bostrychophila	Psocoptera
7						Japanese house centipede	Thereuonema tuberculata	Scutigeromorpha
8				Under rocks	Rocks provide damp, shaded spots that many terrestrial animals like to hide under.	Clown isopod	Armadillidium klugii	Isopoda
9						Stone centipede	Lithobius forficatus	Lithobiomorpha
10						Western fire centipede	Scolopocryptops gracilis	Scolopendromorpha
11				In leaf litter	Dead plant material is a trove of nutrients where decomposers and their predators live.	Garden symphylan	Scutigerella immaculatus	Symphyla
12						Pill millipede	Glomeris marginata	Glomerida
13						Armored harvester	Erebomaster acanthinus	Opiliones
14				Around logs	Rotting logs provide nutrients for small plants and animals. Mosses that grow on them trap moisture to keep animals hydrated.	Pauropod	Trachypauropus britannicus	Pauropoda
15						Moss millipede	Psammodesmus bryophorus	Polydesmida
16						Soil centipede	Strigamia bothriopus	Geophilomorpha
17	Jillian Suh-Kurovski	February	Relationships	Courtship	Arachnids are known to perform courtship dances or bring gifts to potential mates.	Peacock spider	Maratus volans	Araneae	Dances to potential mates
18	Angela Chuang		Contrary to their reputation, arachnids and their relatives, collectively called chelicerates, have very complex life cycles that involve mating dances, parental care, and nest-building to protect their family members.			Hooded tickspider	Ricinoides	Ricinulei	Reference: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230082780_Sperm_transfer_and_mating_in_Ricinoides_hanseni_Ricinulei_Arachnida
19	Both arachnologists. Angela focuses on spiders, Jillian leans toward scicomm and popular media.					Bark scorpion	Centruroides margaritatus	Scorpiones	Vibrates subtrate during mating
20				Eggs	While many invertebrates just spawn and bail, arachnid parents often carry their eggs around until they hatch.	Sea spiders	Pycnogonum stearnsi	Pycnogonida	Carries eggs around		Acari egg guarding https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eea.13013
21						Pseudoscorpion	Chelifer cancroides	Pseudoscorpiones	Carries eggs in brood pouch under the body
22						Whip spider	Ariamnes colubrinus	Araneae	Wraps eggs in a sac
23				Babies	Child care isn't very common among invertebrates, but some species are well-known for giving their babies a piggyback ride or even milk.	Vinegaroon	Mastigoproctus giganteus	Uropygi	Piggyback
24						Whip spider	Phrynus whitei	Amblypygi	Piggyback
25						Ant mimic spider	Toxeus magnus	Araneae	Produces milk to feed the babies
26				Housing	Some species create structures to protect their eggs or babies.	Mud-nest harvester	Quindina limbata	Opiliones	Creates mud nest https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347219300466
27						Nursery web spider	Pisaura mirabilis	Araneae	Creates web specifically for nursing
28						-	Anelosimus eximius	Araneae	Share brood care in a huge communal web
29	Katie Collins	March	Shells	Infauna	Infauna are animals that live inside sediment as burrowers, borers, and buriers.	Heart cockle	Cardium costatum	Cardiida	Info: https://bsky.app/profile/spissatella.bsky.social/post/3kn2maujypl2e
30	They're a curator of non-cephalopod molluscs, mostly fossils.		Seashells usually refer to the hard case that protect the soft bodies of molluscs like snails or clams. Other rarely heard animals like lampshells (brachiopods) also produce shells that resemble that of clams.			Tusk shell	Antalis vulgaris	Scaphopoda
31						Fly-specked moon snail	Naticarius stercusmuscarum	Littorinimorpha
32				Epifauna	Epifauna are animals that live on top of sediment by cementing or attaching their shells onto rock using filaments.	Witches toenails	Notosaria nigricans	Brachiopoda	Info: https://bsky.app/profile/spissatella.bsky.social/post/3knibylgh662f
33						Pen shell	Atrina rigida	Pteriida
34						Fat horsemussel	Modiolus capax	Mytilida
35				Crawler	Many shelled animals can move freely by dragging themselves across various surfaces.	Lined chiton	Tonicella lineata	Polyplacophora
36						Blue-rayed limpet	Patella pellucida	Patellogastropoda
37						-	Opisthostoma	Caenogastropoda
38				Swimmer	Some shelled animals can swim by flapping their shells or other soft winglike body parts.	Fragile file shell	Limaria fragilis	Limida
39						-	Diacria trispinosa	Pteropoda
40						Asian moon scallop	Amusium pleuronectes	Pectinida
41	Rachel Hale	April	Wormification	Long, limbless	"Worm" refers to most members of Annelida, Platyhelminthes, and Nematoda, but also used for other long, limbless creatures.	Acorn worm	Saccoglossus bromophenolosus	Hemichordata		Wildcard: Arachnocampa glowworm
42	She's a seafloor ecologist and worm advocate, especially bristle worms.		Worm is a catch-all word that people use to call long-limbless animals. However, many different groups of animals evolved worminess. There are worm worms, but also crustacean worms and even clam worms.			Six-lined ribbon worm	Tubulanus sexlineatus	Nemertea
43						Shipworm	Teredo navalis	Myida
44				Long, not limbless	Some worms move around with dozens of "legs", while others wave tentacly "arms" around to catch food.	Giant tube worm	Riftia pachyptila	Sabellida		https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&taxon_id=882771
45						-	Phyllodoce maculata	Phyllodocida
46						Gossamer worm	Tomopteris helgolandica	Phyllodocida
47				Not long, limbless	Some species of worms have evolved stubby bodies that are shorter than their Wikipedia page.	Fuchsia flatworm	Pseudoceros ferrugineus	Platyhelminthes
48						Green spoonworm	Bonellia viridis	Echiuroidea
49						Cactus worm	Priapulus caudatus	Priapulida
50				Not long, not limbless	Many worms are short and ornate. Some simply appear short because their bodies are hidden in their burrows.	Elvis worm	Peinaleopolynoe elvisi	Phyllodocida
51						Horseshoe worm	Phoronis australis	Phoronida
52						Mud owl	Sternaspis scutata	Terebellida
53	Jo Wolfe	May	Carcinization	True crab	"True crabs" refers to the group brachyura, mostly identifiable by 4 pairs of walking legs. It contains most familiar and commercially important crabs.	Lollipop crab	Ixa cylindrus	Leucosiidae
54	She's largely responsible for the science behind carcinization memes.		Despite the memes, not all crustaceans are crabs. The majority of crustaceans are shrimp-like, while a few obscure lineages completely ditched the crab plan and went for worms instead.			Arrow crab	Stenorhynchus seticornis	Inachidae
55						Frog crab	Ranina ranina	Raninidae
56				False crab	"False crabs" refers to the group anomura. Some species look halfway between shrimp and crab, others are very crab-like with only 3 visible pairs of legs.	Hairy stone crab	Lomis hirta	Lomisidae
57						Symmetrical hermit crab	Pylocheles mortensenii	Pylochelidae
58						Squat lobster	Lauriea siagiani	Galatheidae
59				Not crab	While crabs have their tail tucked under their shell, most familiar crustaceans are shaped like and often called shrimp in various languages.	Lake Baikal amphipod	Acanthogammarus victorii	Amphipoda
60						-	Gnathophausia zoea	Lophogastrida
61						Brine shrimp	Artemia monica	Anostraca
62				Absolutely not crab	Some outlier species have lost their crustacean features and are shaped like absolute abominations.	-	Dendrogaster antarctica	Dendrogastrida	Star-shaped
63						Tongue worm	Armillifer armillatus	Porocephalida	Literally worm
64						-	Lernanthropus chrysophrys	Copepoda	???
65	Tommy Leung	June	Parasites	Ectoparasite	The most visible parasites are the ones that live on the surface of the host's body.	Fish lice	Argulus foliaceus	Ichthyostraca
66	They're a parasitologist primarily working with helminths (flatworms) but knowledgeable about parasites in general.		Parasites live within or outside their host body, causing harm for their own benefits. Due to the extremely specific living conditions, parasites come in extraordinarily diverse body shapes and life cycles that seem to make no sense.			Tongue biter	Cymothoa exigua	Isopoda
67						Pocketbook mussel	Lampsilis ovata	Unionida
68				Endoparasite	Many parasites live within the host's body. Some remain invisible from the outside, while others deform the host's appearance.	Green-banded broodsac	Leucochloridium paradoxum	Trematoda
69						-	Polypodium hydriforme	Polypodiozoa	Reference: https://dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2010/04/april-1-polypodium-hydriforme.html
70						-	Grillotia erinaceus	Cestoda
71				Mesoparasite	Some species live partially embedded into the host's body while leaving parts of their own body exposed.	Shark sucker barnacle	Anelasma squalicola	Cirripedia
72						-	Lernaeolophus sultanus	Copepoda
73						-	Rhizolepas	Cirripedia
74				Parasitoid	Parasitoid species can be seen as semi-predatory. They hatch on, in, or near another organism, eventually consuming the host as they grow up.	Long-tailed giant ichneumonid	Megarhyssa macrurus	Ichneumonidae
75						Ladybird fly	Gymnosoma rotundatum	Tachinidae
76						Bombardier beetle	Brachinus crepitans	Carabidae
77	Kym Abrams	July	Subterranean	Surface	These are the surface relatives of the subterranean animals in the other subthemes, lacking the adaptations/features of underground species.	Ground beetle	Sinotrechiama yunnanus	Coleoptera
78	She's a taxonomist specializing in underground invertebrates, especially schizomids and syncarids.		Many species move underground when the surface becomes unsuitable (too hot/dry/cold, etc.). To adapt to this new ecosystem, they evolve physical traits rarely found above the ground.			Velvet worm	Peripatopsis capensis	Onychophora
79						Diving beetle	Nirripirti macrosturtensis	Coleoptera
80				Underground	Animals that live underground often lose features like vision and body color, but also gain other traits like long sensory hairs.	Cave beetle	Giraffaphaenops clarkei	Coleoptera
81						Velvet worm	Peripatopsis alba	Onychophora
82						Diving beetle	Paroster couragei	Coleoptera
83				Troglofauna	Troglofauna live in caves and small spaces underground. They tend to crawl instead of fly because they have no eyes or wings, and have longer bodies.	Spricket	Draculoides	Schizomida
84						Cave pseudoscorpion	Titanobochica magna	Pseudoscorpiones
85						Cave cricket	Ceuthophilus	Orthoptera
86				Stygofauna	Stygofauna live in watery ecosystems underground. Their environment is low in nutrients and oxygen, making them live slower, longer lives.	Parabathynellid	Brevisomabathynella	Syncarida
87						Cave isopod	Troglarmadillo	Isopoda
88						Thermosbaenacean	Halosbaena tulki	Thermosbaenacea
89	Niki Hubbard	August	Coastal	Tropical reef	The tropics hold the highest diversity of reef organisms, as they're entirely made of animals growing on top of each other.	Bubble-tip anemone	Entacmaea quadricolor	Actiniaria
90	Rosie Steinberg					Lace coral	Pocillopora damicornis	Scleractinia
91	Both marine ecologists. Niki is primarily into cephalopods, slugs, and crabs, Rosie is into corals and anemones.					Blue bell sea squirt	Perophora namei	Ascidiacea
92				Temperate reef	In colder regions, reefs still act as a melding pot of species as they do in the tropics, albeit with different fauna.	Bennett's hypselodoris	Hypselodoris bennetti	Nudibranchia
93						Brown-lined paperbubble	Hydatina physis	Acteonoidea
94						Giant cuttlefish	Ascarosepion apama	Cephalopoda
95				Intertidal	The intertidal zone is above water during low tide and underwater during high tide. Animals that live here have adapted to the tides and sun exposure.	Carpet sea star	Meridiastra calcar	Asteroidea
96						Sap-sucking slug	Elysia viridis	Plakobranchidae
97						Diadema urchin	Echinothrix diadema	Echinoidea
98				Sand	Though marine animals often prefer to anchor themselves on rock, various species also do well on soft substrate like sand.	Cauliflower coral	Dendronephthya australis	Alcyonacea
99						Wandering anemone	Phlyctenactis tuberculosa	Actiniaria
100						Magnum sea cucumber	Neothyonidium magnum	Holothuria