DSC_3795 Freshwater isopod (Notamphisopus dunedinensis) male. Phreatoicids such as this one found in a spring on Otago Peninsula, have only been found in the South Island and Stewart Island in NZ. They are most common in Otago and Southland, and are of considerable antiquity with fossils going back 325 million years *
11005-12301 Common slater, or rough woodlouse (Porcellio scaber) common and widespread in gardens. Introduced. Broad bay, Dunedin *
11005-12906 Freshwater shrimp (Paratya curvirostris) our only freshwater shrimp species. Remarkably in this shrimp, gender is a function of age - all youngsters are male, becoming female as they mature, a cycle known as protandry. Broad Bay, Otago Peninsula *
