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4 unusual facts about Antipodes Islands


Jasus edwardsii

Jasus edwardsii is found around most of the coast of New Zealand, including the three main islands, the Three Kings Islands, the Chatham Islands, the Snares Islands, the Bounty Islands, the Antipodes Islands and the Auckland Islands.

Marinula striata

This species is known to occur under stones at the shore line on a number of New Zealand's islands: Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Campbell Island, and Stewart Island.

Nyctemera annulata

The subspecies N. annulata antipodea is found on New Zealand's Antipodes Islands.

Psychoda acutipennis

Psychoda acutipennis is a species of insect of the order Diptera belonging to the family of Psychodidae found in the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand.


Antipodean Albatross

Diomedea antipodensis breaks into Diomedea referring to Diomedes, whose companions turned to birds, and antipodensis, the Latin form of Antipodes, where they are found.

Poa foliosa

In New Zealand the grass is found on the north-eastern Titi, or Muttonbird, Islands, as well as on the Solander, Snares, Antipodes, Auckland and Campbell Islands.


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