On 1 July 2025, NIWA merged with GNS Science to become Earth Sciences New Zealand.

Brittlestars

Small brittlestars are often attached and entwined throughout their honeycomb-like structure (left image). On the right, images of specimens caught in the epibenthic sled show brittle stars, cup, and branching stony corals using the dead framework of Farrea similaris as substrate to settle and grow on.