NIWA Invertebrate Collection
The NIWA Invertebrate Collection is the largest repository of marine invertebrate (animals without a backbone) specimens from the New Zealand region, southwestern Pacific, and the Ross Sea (Antarctica). It holds representatives of almost all phyla in the New Zealand region. Collected over the last 50 years and still growing, the collection holds several million specimens, ranging from single-celled organisms to giant corals. As of June 2009, it included 993 type specimens of species new to science. The collection is used by scientists, teachers, and journalists throughout New Zealand and the world.
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