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Dense aggregation of brittlestars on rock with arms feeding in water current. Also soft corals, sponge and worms.
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Brittlestar City. Densely packed brown-black brittlestar species, likely Ophiacantha otagoensis or Ophiacantha fidelis, found living arm tip to arm tip on the sand and cobble substrate of the peak.
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Seastar on rock with raised arms feeding in water current. Also corals and other invertebrate fauna
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Retrieving the epibenthic sled
Credit: Museum of Victoria ©2008.
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Sorting benthic samples aboard the RV Tangaroa
Credit: CSIRO ©2008.
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Sorting samples aboard the RV Tangaroa
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Dense aggregation of brittlestars on rocky seabed. Also soft corals, sponges, anemones and worms.
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Brittlestars on coral stem
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Brittlestars on rock with raised arms feeding in water current. Anemone also visible.
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Close up of invertebrate assemblage on seabed. Includes seastar, brittlestar species, brachipods, hydrocorals, corals and sponges.
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Close up of diverse assemblage of invertebrates on rocky substrate on shallow top of seamount. Includes brittlestars, anemones, sponges, soft corals, worms.
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Close up of corals and sponges on seabed
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Close up of invertebrates on seabed. Includes corals, seastar and sponges.
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Bubblegum coral on coral rubble substrate.
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Eel-like fish above seabed.
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Fish on sand and rock seabed.
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Brittle stars, hydrocoral and fish on rock cobble seabed.
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Dense aggregation of brittlestars on sand and rock seabed. Also sponges, brachipods, anemones and calcerous algae.
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Invertebrates and fish on sand and rock seabed. Includes brittlestars, sponge, anemones and sea snail shells occupied by hermit crabs.
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Researcher Peter Hill aboard the RV Tangaroa.
Credit: Jennifer Morrison ©2008.
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Diverse assemblage of invertebrates on rocky substrate on shallow top of seamount. Includes brittlestars, anemones, sponges, corals. Calcarerous algae also visible.
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Map showing the location of Macquarie Ridge
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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Location map of the Macquarie Ridge souht of New Zealand. Dots along the ridge indicate seamounts.
Credit: NIWA ©2008.
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