Marine animal forests rich in sea life have been found in the shallow waters around Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. "Marine animal forests are habitats formed by big groups of invertebrates ...

Fire corals belong to the hydrozoan group, meaning they are actually more closely related to jellyfish and other stinging cnidarians. They may look harmless, but can cause seriously painful skin ...

"These beds were home to a range of species, including molluscs, cnidarians, and red algae, as well as other sponges and fish," Strano said. Strano said they also discovered "what we think is a ...

As a species, jellyfish are Cnidarians, which are aquatic invertebrates that have stinging cells, she said. The creatures use drifting as their main way of moving, Keller said. "While they can pulsate ...

"These beds were home to a range of species, including molluscs, cnidarians, and red algae, as well as other sponges and fish," Strano said. Strano said they also discovered "what we think is a ...

She and her team study life-history strategies and species interactions at various scales in a broad variety of taxa (echinoderms, molluscs, cnidarians) from coastal, polar and deep-sea environments.

Marine biology is the study of life in the oceans and brackish waters, which ranges from archaea and bacteria to marine mammals, and includes organisms such as corals that affect the shape of the ...

“Large jellyfish have been washing ashore, causing a lot of people to ask why,” the Seaside Aquarium posted on their Facebook page Sept. 24. “ ... The simple answer is that this happens every year in ...