Coasts

This stunning creature is a solitary stony cup coral species, Stephanocyathus spiniger (Marenzeller, 1888).

Another colossal squid is under examination in Wellington, but this one could fit in the palm of your hand.

This week we introduce to you the deepest parasite ever recorded, a nematode of the genus Trophomera Rubtzov & Platonova 1974.

This week we look at Telopathes (black corals).

A team of marine geoscientists from New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research begins mapping the submarine landscape of Kapiti Island and Coast on Friday, 5 June.

This week’s Critters include a large branching hydroid, to which is attached two curious, and little-known, invertebrates.

The toxic grey side-gilled seaslug.

This week we look at Calliactis polypus anemone. Calliactis are commonly a symbiont living on the shells of hermit crabs, but it is known to attach to other objects, such as pumice.

Exploring the frontier of New Zealand oceanographic research is the launch mission for Manaia, NIWA’s newly named underwater glider.

Every animal on Earth belongs to one of about 35 groups called phyla. In biology, a phylum (plural: phyla) is a taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class

A team of scientists aboard NIWA’s deepwater research vessel Tangaroa returned to Wellington with new knowledge about methane ‘leaking’ into the atmosphere.