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Kōrero: Marine animals without backbones

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Sponges and jellies

Marine animals of New Zealand

Marine animals of New Zealand

Bath sponges

Sponges

Sponges (1 o 3)

Yellow finger sponge

Yellow finger sponge (2 o 3)

Vase sponge

Vase sponge (3 o 3)

Stalk of a glass sponge

Stalk of a glass sponge (1 o 2)

Rock sponge

Rock sponge (2 o 2)

Comb jelly

Mai i te whārangi 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

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Advanced worms

Bristle-worm

Tube worm

Peanut worm on a golf-ball sponge

Peanut worm on a golf-ball sponge

Spoon worm

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Lace corals and lamp shells

Bryozoan limestone

Bryozoan limestone (1 o 2)

Forrester Gallery, Ōamaru

Forrester Gallery, Ōamaru (2 o 2)

Lace coral

Lamp shell interior

Lamp shell interior

White lamp shells

White lamp shells

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Tiny sea animals

Tardigrade

Mud dragon

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Tunicates: sea squirts, salps and appendicularians

Sea squirts

Sea squirts (1 o 3)

Bluebell sea squirts

Bluebell sea squirts (2 o 3)

Sea tulips

Sea tulips (3 o 3)

Researching sea squirts

Researching sea squirts

Salp chain

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Lancelets, lampreys and hagfish

Lamprey

Lamprey (1 o 2)

Swimming lamprey

Swimming lamprey (2 o 2)

Hagfish

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Dennis Gordon and Maggy Wassilieff, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/marine-animals-without-backbones/media (accessed 4 October 2023)

He kōrero nā Dennis Gordon and Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006