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Story: Marine animals without backbones

All images and media

From page 1 - Sponges and jellies

Marine animals of New Zealand

Marine animals of New Zealand

Bath sponges

Sponges

Sponges (1st of 3)

Yellow finger sponge

Yellow finger sponge (2nd of 3)

Vase sponge

Vase sponge (3rd of 3)

Stalk of a glass sponge

Stalk of a glass sponge (1st of 2)

Rock sponge

Rock sponge (2nd of 2)

Comb jelly

From page 2 - Simple worms

Worms in New Zealand seas

Worms in New Zealand seas

Multivirile flatworm

Multivirile flatworm

Flatworm life cycle

Flatworm life cycle

Ribbon worms

Marine roundworm

Marine roundworm

From page 3 - Advanced worms

Bristle-worm

Tube worm

Peanut worm on a golf-ball sponge

Peanut worm on a golf-ball sponge

Spoon worm

From page 4 - Lace corals and lamp shells

Bryozoan limestone

Bryozoan limestone (1st of 2)

Forrester Gallery, Ōamaru

Forrester Gallery, Ōamaru (2nd of 2)

Lace coral

Lamp shell interior

Lamp shell interior

White lamp shells

White lamp shells

From page 5 - Tiny sea animals

Tardigrade

Mud dragon

From page 6 - Tunicates: sea squirts, salps and appendicularians

Sea squirts

Sea squirts (1st of 3)

Bluebell sea squirts

Bluebell sea squirts (2nd of 3)

Sea tulips

Sea tulips (3rd of 3)

Researching sea squirts

Researching sea squirts

Salp chain

From page 7 - Lancelets, lampreys and hagfish

Lamprey

Lamprey (1st of 2)

Swimming lamprey

Swimming lamprey (2nd of 2)

Hagfish

How to cite this page:

Dennis Gordon and Maggy Wassilieff, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/marine-animals-without-backbones/media (accessed 29 November 2023)

Story by Dennis Gordon and Maggy Wassilieff, published 12 Jun 2006