Even more varied and underappreciated than the salamander is the freshwatermussel.
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Kaeo gets its name from a kind of freshwatermussel unique to nearby Whangaroa Harbour.
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The Kakahi is New Zealand's freshwatermussel.
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A Continental fish which lays its eggs by means of a long ovipositor inside the freshwatermussel.
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Photo: Owen Calder Amber says there are three species of freshwatermussel in New Zealand, and the translocation involves two of these.
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Zealandia has just welcomed its latest arrivals -200 kākahi or freshwatermussels.
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You had here eaten freshwatermussels: at this river we sleep.
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The lakes are ecologically important for their landlocked populations of banded kokopu and their unusually large freshwatermussels.
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Other exposed organisms, like crabs, crayfish and other freshwatermussels, were less affected, and fish were unharmed, Ryan said.
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Smaller, paler freshwatermussels can be aged by counting the dark rings, one ring shows one year of growth.
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Kākahi or freshwatermussels are being moved to Zealandia sanctuary in Wellington as part of an ambitious restoration project.
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She explained that unlike marine mussels, which attach themselves to rocks, freshwatermussels live partly submerged in soft mud.
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Ayla also discovered freshwatermussels, similar to the ones that were in the sea near the cave of Brun's clan.
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Freshwatermussels belonging to the genus Nodularia (Family Unionidae) are known to be widely distributed in East Asia.
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She pushed her toes into the muck, feeling freshwatermussels beneath her feet, and swam upward, bursting from the surface.
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In aquatic environments, organisms such as freshwatermussels are likely exposed to complex contaminant mixtures related to industrial, agricultural, and urban activities.