The ocean runs on size
McClain officially launched MOBS as a passion project while on sabbatical in 2022 but he had been informally collecting data on body size for various marine groups for several years before that. So he had a small set of data already to kick off the project, incorporating it all into a single large database with a consistent set format and style.
Craig McClain holding a giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus), one of the deep sea’s most iconic crustaceans Credit: Craig McClain
“One of the things that had prevented me from doing this before
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