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Name/Title

Flipper, Blue Whale

A collection of 24 bones from the flipper of a blue whale ( Balaenoptera musculus ).Some of these bones have been partly reconstructed with plaster and painted.

Accession No

A70.606

Name/Title

Scapula, Dolphin

A water eroded scapula from an unidentified species of dolphin.

Accession No

A78.573

Name/Title

Skeleton, Fur Seal

A skeleton of a juvenile New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri).

Accession No

A78.577

Name/Title

Skull, Leopard Seal

A skull and mandible of a Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx). The skull has been broken into several pieces before being glued back together and the mandible appears to have been broken in half. Three top teeth are missing and some small chips of bone are also missing from various places. There are a number of pencil marks on the bone which it appears were used to help glue the skull together.

Accession No

A78.578

Name/Title

Shells

Three unmodified mottled cowrie shells.

Accession No

A86.987

Name/Title

Starfish, (Stichaster australis)

Salmon pink Stichaster australis starfish. The starfish has a tough leathery skin with numerous rounded granules embedded in it. The starfish has eleven arms and some of the arms are shorter than others. The shortest is only 5.5cm long and the longest is 9cm.

Accession No

A96.335

Name/Title

Jaw, Shark (Isistius brasiliensis)

A dried jaw from a cookie cutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis).

Accession No

A96.988

Name/Title

Vertebrae, Whale

A vertebrae from an unidentified species of whale. The vertebrae is slightly encrusted with soil and the tips of the bone are battered and numerous pieces of bone are missing.

Accession No

A97.713

Name/Title

Spiny pipefish (Solegnathus spinosissimus)

A dried and faded Spiny pipefish (Solegnathus spinosissimus) specimen. Light brown in colour with the odd spot of darker colouring. It has a long snout. The tail curls at the end.

Accession No

A98.746

Name/Title

Spiny pipefish (Solegnathus spinosissimus)

A dried and faded spiny pipefish (Solegnathus spinosissimus) specimen. It is a grey colour with black specks. The specks are sand adhered to the surface. There is a slight curl at the end of the tail.

Accession No

A98.747

Name/Title

Large-bellied seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)

A small dried and faded large-bellied seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis) specimen. The tail folds back under the body of the seahorse. It is a light brown colour.

Accession No

A98.748

Name/Title

Seahorse

A small dried and faded large-bellied seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis) specimen. It is a grey-brown colour. The tail curls at the ends.

Accession No

A98.749

Name/Title

Crab

A small female paua sea spider (Elamena producta).

Accession No

PA2007.249

Name/Title

Nautilus, Paper

A thin calcareous false shell of the paper nautilus (Argonauta nodosa) . The shell is an opaque white colour with parts stained dark brown, The whole shell is covered with radiating rows of low tubercles.

Accession No

TM.1997.318