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Story: Crabs, rock lobsters and other crustaceans

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Tagging

To monitor the movements of crayfish, scientists attach a plastic or wire tag to muscle between the animal’s back and tail segments. When the animals are recaptured, some are found to have walked hundreds of kilometres along the sea floor.

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Niel Bruce and Alison MacDiarmid, Crabs, rock lobsters and other crustaceans – Rock lobsters, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8238/tagging (accessed 12 June 2026).

Story by Niel Bruce and Alison MacDiarmid, published 2 March 2009.