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Kōrero: Life in fresh water

Amphipods

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Amphipods

Amphipods are small crustaceans, and are not well particularly well known in New Zealand’s fresh water. There are 19 described, endemic species, representing nine genera in eight families. Many New Zealand freshwater amphipods live underground in river gravels or springs.

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by Stephen Moore

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Roger Young, Life in fresh water – Invertebrates, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11635/amphipods (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Roger Young, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.