Southern NZ Sandy and Muddy Shore Guide

Show RESPECT FOR SEASHORE CREATURES Tread carefully. Southern NZ Leave creatures where you found them. Leave attached seaweed in place. Handle creatures with care - close to the ground with wet hands. Sandy & Muddy Carefully put sediment and rocks back to the same location you found them. Limit your collection of empty shells as other creatures may use them as homes. Shore Guide AVOID DISTURBING WILDLIFE Keep your distance from seabirds including penguins. Keep your distance from seals and sea lions. Use the zoom on your camera or binoculars for close viewing. If sea lions approach you - back away slowly. Keep dogs under control. Pick up any rubbish found. BE CAREFUL AND KEEP SAFE 7426S 2/16 Cre8ive Check tide times to avoid being cut off by rising tide. Do not explore the seashore alone. Watch for changing weather. Look out for waves - never turn your back to the ocean. Soft mud can be dangerous. If you start to sink turn back. Check signs for any local hazards. The NZ Marine Studies Centre (Dunedin) provides expert knowledge research opportunities educational programmes and resources for schools about New Zealand’s marine environment. Acknowledgements The Sandy and Muddy Shore Guide, produced by the NZ Marine Studies Centre, Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, is proudly supported and funded by Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited. A handy guide to the common animals and plants living on Photographer D. Pagé. Illustrator Graeme Furness. Additional photos R. Taylor, C. Brett, P. Batson, the sandy and muddy seashores of southern New Zealand. R. Morris, T. Bird and M. Francis. © NZ Marine Studies Centre 2016. All Rights Reserved. ISBN: 978-0-473-27599-0 Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this guide at the time of publication. This guide illustrates only some of the more common seashore animals and plants. Visit our website for a comprehensive list, Māori names and information about their ecology. ANEMONES SEA CUCUMBER BIVALVES Nut Shell Small Dog Cockle Linucula hartvigiana Glycymeris modesta 8 mm 30 mm Cockle / Little-neck Clam Austrovenus stutchburyi Burrowing Anemone Mudflat Anemone Burrowing Sea Cucumber Morning Star Shell 50 mm Edwardsia neozelanica Anthopleura aureoradiata Taeniogyrus dunedinensis Tawera spissa 20 mm 20 mm 50 mm 25 mm Venus Clam Dosinia anus FISH 80 mm Sunset Shell Gari convexa Oblong Venus Clam Banded Stargazer Estuarine Triplefin 60 mm Forsterygion nigripenne Venerupis largillierti Kathetostoma binigrasella 60 mm 450 mm 90 mm Ribbed Venus Clam Leukoma crassicosta 45 mm Triangular Trough Clam Large Trough Clam Sole Crassula aequilatera Spisula discors Surf Clam 90 mm Sand Flounder Peltorhamphus spp. 70 mm 350 mm Spisula murchisoni Rhombosolea plebeia 90 mm 430 mm CRABS Toheroa Pipi Paphies ventricosa Paphies australis Southern Tuatua 110 mm 60 mm Paphies donacina 90 mm Burrow opening Stalk-eyed Mud Crab Macrophthalmus hirtipes 35 mm Paddle Crab Ovalipes catharus 150 mm Feeding mark Tunnelling Mud Crab Burrow opening Bluff Oyster Austrohelice crassa Hairy-handed Crab Estuarine Pillbox Crab Wedge Shell 20 mm Ostrea chilensis Hemigrapsus crenulatus Halicarcinus whitei Macomona liliana 80 mm 40 mm 10 mm 55 mm mm 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 450 460 470 480 490 500 510 520 530 540 550 560 570 SHRIMPS & HOPPERS WORMS Isopod Lugworm Scyphax ornatus Abarenicola affinis Cockle Shell Worm 10 mm 100 mm Boccardia spp. 20 mm Feacal casts Burrows Snapping Shrimp Sandhopper Alpheus richardsoni Bellorchestia quoyana 65 mm Burrowing Amphipod 14 mm Paracorophium excavatum Bamboo Worm 3 mm Family Maldanidae 130 mm Male Burrow opening Spaghetti Worm Burrow entrance and exit Family Terebellidae Female Sand Shrimp 40 mm Philocheras australis Ghost Shrimp Mantis Shrimp 40 mm Feacal casts Biffarius filholi Heterosquilla tricarinata 60 mm 75 mm Cirratulid Worm Family Cirratulidae 100 mm SNAILS & LIMPETs Ragworm Family Nereididae 100 mm Mud Snail Amphibola crenata Topshell 30 mm Cantharidus huttonii Estuarine Limpet 12 mm Horn Snail Notoacmea spp. Zeacumantus subcarinatus 11 mm Ribbon Worm 15 mm Phylum Nemertea 200 mm Oweniid Worm Family Oweniidae Blood Worm 45 mm Family Glyceridae 130 mm Wheel Snail Mudflat Topshell Zethalia zelandica Diloma subrostrata 22 mm 30 mm Necklace Shell Tanea zelandica Catworm 33 mm Family Nephtyidae 100 mm Mudflat Whelk Opheliid Worm Cominella glandiformis Thoracophelia otagoensis 25 mm BARNACLES 35 mm Large Ostrich Foot Struthiolaria papulosa 80 mm Ostrich Foot Pelicaria vermis 40 mm Polychaete Worm Attached to cockles Estuarine Barnacle Family Orbiniidae Turret Shell Austrominius modestus 100 mm Arabic Volute 5 mm Maoricolpus roseus Small Turret Alcithoe arabica 80 mm Stiracolpus symmetricus 100 mm 15 mm SEAWEED & Diatoms Plants Eelgrass Zostera muelleri 300 mm Shore Spurge Euphorbia glauca 500 mm Glasswort Graciliaria Sarcocornia quinqueflora Gracilaria chilensis 150 mm 500 mm Sea Lettuce Filamentous Red Ulva spp. Polysiphonia spp. 300 mm 150 mm Pīkao Ficinia spiralis 900 mm Tree Lupin Lupinus arboreus 1500 mm Spume (Diatom matter) Benthic Diatom (green scum) Marram Grass Ammophila arenaria 1200 mm DRIFT Blue Bottle Jellyfish Physalia physalia 150 mm Barrel Shrimp inside a Salp Phronima sp. Pelagic Barnacles 40 mm Lepas anatifera 40 mm Knobbly Clubrush Ficinia nodosa 1500 mm Jointed Wire Rush Sea Rush Apodasmia similis Kelp Air Bladder Juncus kraussii var. australiensis 1500 mm Macrocystis pyrifera 1200 mm.

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