Marine invertebrates

A team of scientists spent 21 days investigating the unexplored Bounty Trough

The NIWA Invertebrate Collection (NIC) holds specimens from almost all invertebrate phyla. This is a result of about half a century of marine taxonomic and biodiversity research in the New Zealand region, the South West Pacific and the Ross Sea, Antarctica.

The NIWA research ship Tangaroa was chartered by the Ministry of Primary Industries to survey the hoki fishery on the Chatham Rise during January 2022.

A world-first study of marine life, including sea creatures found in New Zealand's dark, cold, pressurised ocean depths, has revealed that deep-sea life is surprisingly more connected than previously thought.

A new species has been named after favourite Wellington brewpub Fork and Brewer

A mystery specimen has been identified as a species never documented in New Zealand waters.

Scientists on an expedition to the underexplored Bounty Trough off New Zealand have discovered around 100 new and potentially new ocean species.

The third and final update from Voyage leader, Sadie Mills on the 21-day Ocean Census – Bounty Trough research voyage.

An expedition to discover new species in one of the most remote parts of the deep ocean is departing from Wellington today. 

Long hot days, sand between your toes, and jellyfish – all part of the New Zealand beach summer.

New Zealand’s marine biodiversity checklist has been updated, representing an increase of 3,630 known living species since the turn of the century.

A new database describing marine species has been released to assist conservation.