Bay of Plenty

Still Life: Beneath the Waves of Yaqara Bay
Pictured here are just some of the thousands of specimens collected from Yaqara Bay by the YBBIP team in 2005. Clockwise from top left: The stunning, coral-associated shrimp Coralliocaris graminea (photo: A. Anker); the brilliantly-coloured sea star Linkia multifora (photo: S. Dunbar); the hermit crab Calcinus pulcher (photo: S. Dunbar); a polychaete worm of the genus Eunice (photo: L. Harris); a microscopic baby gastropod (photo: L. Harris); the soft sea hare Aplysia (photo: S. Dunbar).
 

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