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Kōrero: Corals, anemones and jellyfish

Exploring rock pools

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Two children crouched over a rock pool

A good place to find sea anemones is in rock pools like this one at Pukerua Bay, north of Wellington. Anemones favour the shade, and are commonly found anchored under ledges or pressed into crevices.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1996/1254/28a-F

by Ross Giblin

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Dennis Gordon, Corals, anemones and jellyfish – Cnidaria – the nettle animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4723/exploring-rock-pools (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Dennis Gordon, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 26 September 2016.