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Honeycomb Hill Cave
Honeycomb Hill Cave is located in the Oparara Basin, on the northwestern edge of the South Island of New Zealand. The Oparara River flows through a section of the cave. The cave was discovered in 1976 by the Buller Caving Group. Since then, 14 km of passages have been mapped, and several important deposits of moa bones have been discovered in the caves. In 2008 an extra 38 hectares of Kahurangi National Park was included in the Honeycomb Hill Caves Specially Protected Area to protect the cave system. See also *Caving in New Zealand References External linksWelcome New Zealand Speleological Society (NZSS) (umbrella organisation of the New Zealand caving clubs) Caves of New Zealand Landforms of the West Coast, New Zealand Paleontological sites of New Zealand Kahurangi National Park Buller District {{Oceania-archaeology-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gradungula Crawl A
''Gradungula'' is a monotypic taxon, monotypic genus of Oceania, South Pacific Gradungulidae, large-clawed spiders containing the single species, ''Gradungula sorenseni''. It is only found in New Zealand. __TOC__ Etymology The genus name is derived from Latin ' "step" and ' "claw", referring to the enlarged front leg claws of this species. These claws also occur in other species of the family Gradungulidae. The species name "''sorenseni''" is named after Jack Sorensen, the discoverer of the species. Taxonomy ''Gradungula sorenseni'' was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1955. Distribution ''Gradungula sorenseni'' is distributed in forests throughout the western South Island and throughout Stewart Island. Forster, R. R., Platnick, N. I. & Gray, M. R. (1987). A review of the spider superfamilies Hypochiloidea and Austrochiloidea (Araneae, Araneomorphae). ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' 185: 1-116. References Gradungulidae Monotypic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |