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Kōrero: Crabs, crayfish and other crustaceans

Rarangi kaupapa

  1. He korero whakarapopoto

  2. Crustaceans – bugs of the sea

  3. Crabs

  4. Crayfish

  5. Crayfishing

  6. Lobsters, prawns and krill

  7. Barnacles and copepods

  8. Lesser known groups

  9. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Crustaceans – bugs of the sea

Typical crustacean features

Typical crustacean features

Crayfish moulting

Crayfish moulting

Crustacean body shapes

Crustacean body shapes

Classes of New Zealand crustaceans

Classes of New Zealand crustaceans

A native crab

A native crab

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Crabs

Female and male triangle crabs

Female and male triangle crabs

Spider crab

Spider crab

Hermit crab

Hermit crab

King crab

King crab

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Crayfish

Red crayfish

Red crayfish

Packhorse crayfish

Packhorse crayfish

Red crayfish releasing larvae

Red crayfish releasing larvae

Phyllosoma larvae

Phyllosoma larvae

Miniature crayfish

Miniature crayfish

Tagging

Tagging

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Crayfishing

At the crayfish hole

At the crayfish hole

Crayfish caravan, Kaikōura

Crayfish caravan, Kaikōura

Crayfishing at the Chatham Islands

Crayfishing at the Chatham Islands

Live crayfish for export

Live crayfish for export

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Lobsters, prawns and krill

New Zealand scampi

New Zealand scampi

A squat lobster

A squat lobster

Common shrimp

Common shrimp

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Barnacles and copepods

Barnacles

Barnacles (1 o 3)

Goose barnacles

Goose barnacles (2 o 3)

Stalked barnacle

Stalked barnacle (3 o 3)

Whale barnacle

Whale barnacle

Janet Grieve

Janet Grieve

Copepods

Copepods

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Lesser known groups

Marine slater

Marine slater

A sand hopper

A sand hopper

Seed shrimps with eggs

Seed shrimps with eggs

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Niel Bruce and Alison MacDiarmid, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/crabs-crayfish-and-other-crustaceans/media (accessed 2 February 2023)

He kōrero nā Niel Bruce and Alison MacDiarmid, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006

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