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. Carefully put rocks back to the same position Rocky you found them. Limit your collection of empty shells as other creatures use them as homes. Shore 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 Guide for close viewing. If sea lions approach you - back away slowly. A handy guide to the common animals and plants living Keep dogs under control. on the rocky seashores of southern New Zealand. Be Careful and Keep Safe

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. Beware of slippery and uneven rock surfaces. Pick up any rubbish found on the shore and dispose of it appropriately. Cre8ive 7143/15 V4 Cre8ive The NZ Marine Studies Centre (Portobello, Dunedin) provides expert knowledge, research opportunities, educational programmes and resources for schools about New Zealand’s marine environment. Acknowledgements The Rocky 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. Photographer Tomas Bird. Illustrator Graeme Furness. Additional photos D. Pagé, R. Morris, C. Hepburn, P. Crick. © NZ Marine Studies Centre 2015. All Rights Reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-473-23140-8 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. www.marine.ac.nz Bryozoans Bivalves

Flexible Bryozoans Seaweed Encrusting Bryozoan Rock Encrusting Bryozoan Membranipora membranacea Elzerina binderi 20mm

Green-lipped Mussel Ribbed Mussel Blue Mussel Sea Squirts Perna canaliculus Aulacomya maoriana Mytilus galloprovincialis 150mm 80mm 100mm Brachiopod

Solitary Ascidians Sea Tulip Colonial Ascidians Colonial Ascidians Colonial Ascidians Botrylloides spp. Asterocarpa spp. Pyura pachydermatina Didemnum spp. Distaplia spp. 40mm 400mm Little Black Mussels Rock Oysters Xenostrobus neozelanicus Ostrea chilensis Lampshells 30mm 100mm Calloria inconspicua Fish 20mm Snails Clingfish Gastroscyphus hectoris 90mm Olive Rock Fish Common Triplefin Acanthoclinus fuscus Forsterygion spp. 300mm 50-110mm Green Seaweeds

Blue-banded Periwinkles Brown Periwinkles Austrolittorina cincta Oyster Borer Austrolittorina antipodum White Whelk 8mm 16mm Horn Snail Haustrum scobina Zeacumantus subcarinatus Haustrum lacunosum 35mm 16mm 35mm

Sea Lettuce Ulva spp. 300mm Bryopsis spp. Intestine Weed 80mm Ulva intestinalis 150mm Sea Emerald Chaetomorpha coliformis 20mm

Cat’s Eye Snail Lunella smaragda Spotted Top-shell Black Top-shell 70mm Diloma aethiops Diloma spp. 28mm 26mm Lined Whelk Buccinulum linea 25mm Encrusting Velvet Weed Branching Velvet Weed Codium convolutum Sea Rimu 200mm Codium fragile 300mm Caulerpa brownii 300mm Anemones Barnacles

Beaked Barnacle Austrominius modestus 5mm

Olive Anemone Isactinia olivacea Tide Pool Anemone Red Beadlet Anemone Jewel Anemone Actinia tenebrosa White Striped Anemone 25mm Anthopleura aureoradiata Corynactis australis Anthothoe albocincta 30mm 40mm 10mm Plicate Barnacle Columnar Barnacle 20mm Gooseneck Barnacle Epopella plicata Chamaesipho columna Calantica spinosa 25mm 9mm 40mm Sponges Shrimps & HOPPERS Worms

Red Tube Worm Galeolaria hystrix Sandhopper Sea Slater Glass Shrimp 50mm Golf Ball Sponge Amphipods Sea Centipede Palaemon affinis Encrusting Sponge Isopods Tethya bergquistae 5-10mm 10mm Isopods 65mm Halichondria spp. 40mm 20-30mm

Rag Worm Flat Worm Blue Tube Worm Spiral Tube Worms Family: Nereididae Anonymus kaikourensis Crabs Spirobranchus cariniferus Family: Serpulidae 150mm 50mm 50mm 3mm

Smooth Shore Crab Half Crab Cyclograpsus lavauxi Petrolisthes elongatus 28mm 10mm SEA STARS

Three and Three Star Spiny Sea Star Allostichaster insignis Coscinasterias muricata Cushion Star 150mm 150mm Patiriella spp. 70mm Pill Box Crab Halicarcinus innominatus 19mm Common Shore Crab Hemigrapsus sexdentatus 57mm

Camouflage Crab Notomithrax spp. Hermit Crab Brittle Star Pagurus spp. Seven Armed Sea Star Reef Star 42mm Hairy Handed Crab Ophiomyxa brevirima 10mm Astrostole scabra Stichaster australis 50mm Hemigrapsus crenulatus 360mm 300mm 40mm

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 Chitons Brown Seaweeds

Zig-zag Weed Flap Jack or Sea Wrack Neptunes Necklace Cystophora scalaris Strap Weed Carpophyllum flexuosum Scytosiphon lomentaria 1.5m Xiphophora gladiata 2m 300mm Hormosira banksii 500mm 500mm Hairy Chiton Green Chiton Brown Chiton Snakeskin Chiton Butterfly Chiton Acanthochitona zelandica Chiton glaucus Ischnochiton maorianus Sypharochiton pelliserpentis Cryptoconchus porosus 25mm 35mm 40mm 50mm 70mm Sea Sack Adenocystis utricularis 90mm

Limpets Filamentous Brown Weed Ectocarpus spp. 100mm Sac Weed Small Limpet Radiate Limpet Colpomenia spp. Notoacmea elongata Ornate Limpet Cellana radians 100mm 8mm Cellana ornata 40mm 40mm Striated Limpet Cellana strigilis 80mm

shell interior Common Pulmonate Limpet Fragile Limpet Siphonaria australis Atalacmea fragilis 20mm 15mm Bull Kelp Durvillaea poha Wakame Bladder Kelp Gummy Weed 3-10m Undaria pinnatifida Macrocystis pyrifera Splachnidium rugosum Paua / Sea Slugs 1m 30m 200mm Red Seaweeds

Duck’s Bill Limpet Scutus breviculus 150mm

Warty Nudibranch Doris wellingtonensis 100mm Lemon Nudibranch Karengo Dendrodoris citrina Encrusting Coralline Algae Erect Coralline Algae Pyropia spp. 75mm Arthrocardia corymbosa 300mm 120mm

Black Foot Paua Virgin Paua Haliotis iris Haliotis virginea Yellow Foot / Silver Paua 250mm 50mm Haliotis australis 85mm Filamentous Red Carrageenan Weed Polysiphonia spp. Moss Weed Pachymenia dictotoma Sarcothalia livida 500mm 150mm Bostrychia arbuscula 200mm 50mm