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Our Places Award Runner Up: Jellyfish. Credit: Paul Champion.

Our Places Award Runner Up: Jellyfish. Credit: Paul Champion.<br>Worldwide, there are only about 250 species of jellyfish, and we know of at least seven in New Zealand. See our <a href="http://www.niwa.co.nz/node/102545/">Summer Series article on common jellyfish in New Zealand</a>, as well as some footage we captured of the jellyfish species <a href="http://www.niwa.co.nz/node/103366/">Desmonema gaudichaudi</a>.