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Northern NZ Rocky Shore Guide Brown Seaweed Northern NZ Sac Weed Colpomenia sp. 100mm Strap Weed Rocky Dead Man’s Fingers Xiphophora chondrophylla Neptunes Necklace Splachnidium rugosum Dictyota kunthii 500mm Hormosira banksii 200mm 500mm 500mm Zonaria aureomarginata 50mm Shore Carpophyllum plumosum 1m Sargassum Sargassum sinclairii 1m Guide A handy guide to the common animals and plants living on the rocky seashores of northern New Zealand. Bull Kelp Durvillaea antarctica 3-10m Zig-zag Weed Ecklonia Flap Jack / Sea Wrack Ecklonia radiata Cystophora torulosa 1.5m Carpophyllum maschalocarpum 1m 1.5m Green Seaweed Intestine Weed Karengo Ulva intestinalis Pyropia sp. 150mm 300mm Melanthalia abscissa Sea Lettuce 200mm Ulva sp. 300mm Sea Emerald Chaetomorpha coliformis Bryopsis sp. 20mm 80mm Sea Rimu Caulerpa flexilis Encrusting Velvet Weed Branching Velvet Weed 300mm Codium convolutum Codium fragile 200mm 300mm Anemones Barnacles Plicate Barnacle Red Beadlet Anemone Olive Anemone White Striped Anemone Epopella plicata Actinia tenebrosa Isactinia olivacea Giant Shore Anemone 25mm Anthothoe albocincta Oulactis magna 40mm 25mm 20mm Brown Barnacle 100mm Beaked Barnacle Columnar Barnacle Chamaesipho brunnea Austrominius modestus Chamaesipho columna 24mm Sponges Shrimps & HOPPERS 5mm 9mm Worms Sandhopper Sea Slater Golf Ball Sponge Amphipod Isopod Sea Centipede / Isopod Painted Shrimp Encrusting Sponge Tethya burtoni 5-10mm Alope spinifrons Halichondria sp. 10mm Batedotea elongata 40mm 25mm 65mm Blue Tube Worm Spirobranchus cariniferus Rag Worm Flat Worm 40mm Spiral Tube Worms Family: Nereididae Anonymus kaikourensis Crabs Family: Serpulidae 150mm 50mm 3mm Hermit Crab Pagurus sp. 10mm URCHIN / SEA STARS Half Crab Petrolisthes elongatus 10mm Black Fingered Crab Big Handed Crab Ozius truncatus Heterozius rotundifrons Spiny Sea Star 70mm 23mm Coscinasterias muricata Sea Urchin / Kina 250mm Cushion Star Evechinus chloroticus Patiriella sp. 150mm 70mm Hairy Crab Pilumnus lumpinus 23mm Camouflage Crab Notomithrax sp. 42mm Mottled Brittle Star Ophionereis fasciata 120mm Red Rock Crab Guinusia chabrus Seven-armed Sea Star Reef Star 75mm Oar Brittle Star Large Shore Crab Astrostole scabra Stichaster australis 360mm 300mm Ophiopteris antipodum Leptograpsus variegatus 120mm 78mm 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 Bivalves Little Black Mussels Green-lipped Mussel Xenostrobus neozelanicus Perna canaliculus Blue Mussel 30mm 150mm Mytilus galloprovincialis 100mm Brachiopod Girdle Chiton Green Chiton Etched Chiton Notoplax violacea Brown Chiton Snakeskin Chiton Noble Chiton Chiton glaucus Ischnochiton maorianus Sypharochiton pelliserpentis Onithochiton neglectus 45mm 35mm 40mm Eudoxochiton nobilis 40mm 50mm 110mm Lampshells Rock Oyster Calloria inconspicua Pacific Oyster 20mm Limpets Saccostrea glomerata Crassostrea gigas 100mm 150mm Snails shell interior Common Pulmonate Limpet Blue-banded Periwinkle Ornate Limpet Fragile Limpet Austrolittorina antipodum Radiate Limpets Atalacmea fragilis Siphonaria australis Cellana ornata 20mm Brown Periwinkle 8mm 40mm Cellana radians 15mm 40mm Austrolittorina cincta Horn Snail Small Top Snail 15mm Zeacumantus lutulentus Cantharidus tesselatus Cook’s Turban Snail 25mm 8mm Cookia sulcata Paua / Sea Slugs 40mm Duck’s Bill Limpet Scutus breviculus 150mm Red-mouthed Whelk Cominella virgata Oyster Borer 42mm Dark Rock Whelk Haustrum scobina Leathery Slug Haustrum haustorium 35mm Yellow Foot / Silver Paua 55mm Lined Whelk Onchidella nigricans Buccinulum linea Haliotis australis 30mm 85mm 40mm Black Foot Paua White Whelk Haliotis iris Dicathais orbita 110mm 70mm Warty Nudibranch Doris wellingtonensis Mottled Brittle Star 100mm Ophionereis fasciata 120mm Black Nerita Nerita melanotragus Lemon Nudibranch Cat’s Eye Snails Spotted Top Snails 25mm Oar Brittle Star Sea Hare Dendrodoris citrina Clown Nudibranch Lunella smaragdus Knobbed Top Snail Ceratosoma amoenum Diloma aethiops Ophiopteris antipodum Aplysia argus 75mm 70mm 28mm Diloma bicanaliculata 120mm 300mm 60mm 20mm 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 Show Respect for Seashore Creatures Bryozoans Tread carefully. Leave creatures where you found them. Leave attached seaweed in place. Seaweed Encrusting Bryozoan Handle creatures with care - close to the Membranipora membranacea Rock Encrusting Bryozoans ground with wet hands. Carefully put rocks back to the same position you found them. Sea Squirts Limit your collection of empty shells as other creatures use them as homes. Avoid Disturbing Wildlife Keep your distance from seabirds including penguins. Orange Ascidian Cnemidocarpa bicornuta Keep your distance from seals and sea lions. Solitary Ascidian 80mm Asterocarpa coerulea Use the zoom on your camera or binoculars Colonial Ascidians Colonial Ascidians 50mm Colonial Ascidians Distaplia sp. for close viewing. Didemnum sp. Aplidium sp. If sea lions approach you - back away slowly. Keep dogs under control. Fish Be Careful and Keep Safe Clingfish Gastroscyphus hectoris Check tide times to avoid being cut off by rising tide. 90mm Olive Rock Fish Common Triplefin Do not explore the seashore alone. Acanthoclinus fuscus Forsterygion sp. Watch for changing weather. 300mm 50-110mm 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 Red Seaweed dispose of it appropriately. Cre8ive 7083N/15 V3 WEB 7083N/15 Cre8ive The NZ Marine Studies Centre (Portobello, Dunedin) Vidalia colensoi provides expert knowledge, research opportunities, 300mm Karengo educational programmes and resources for schools Encrusting Coralline Algae Pyropia sp. about New Zealand’s marine environment. 300mm Acknowledgements Apophlaea sinclairii The Rocky Shore Guide, produced by the NZ Marine Studies 80mm Centre, Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, is Erect Coralline Algae Melanthalia abscissa Corallina officinalis 200mm proudly supported and funded by Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited. 40mm Photographer Tomas Bird. Illustrator Graeme Furness. Additional photos R. Taylor, D. Pagé, K. Giles, C. Hepburn, W. Nelson. © NZ Marine Studies Centre 2015. All Rights Reserved. ISBN: 978-0-473-23137-8 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. Filamentous Red Carrageenan Weed Polysiphonia sp. Agar Weed Pterocladiella capillacea Gigartina clavifera 120mm 100mm Pterocladia lucida sp. www.marine.ac.nz 200mm 500mm.
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