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Kōrero: Crabs, rock lobsters and other crustaceans

Marine slater

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Marine slater

Few New Zealanders know anything about the dozens of different species of slaters around their coasts. This grey slater (Cirolana kokoru) is quite common under rocks at Island Bay, Wellington, but it was only discovered in the early 2000s, and named in 2004.

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NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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Niel Bruce rāua ko Alison MacDiarmid, Crabs, rock lobsters and other crustaceans – Lesser known groups, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8252/marine-slater (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Niel Bruce rāua ko Alison MacDiarmid, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.