MarineWatch Rocky Reef Snorkel Survey! SPECIES ID SLIDES Fiordland Region Species Identification
The following are species you are likely to sea during the survey: SeaWeed CORALLINE ALGAE Corallina species (Photo © LEFT indigo pacific; RIGHT K. Westerscov) COMMON KELP Ecklonia radiata (Photo © indigo pacific) Invertebrates BLUE MUSSEL Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mytilus edulis) (photo © P. Creswell & E. Warren) TUBE WORM Pomatoceros species (photo © P. Creswell and E. Warren) URCHIN or KINA Evechinus chloroticus
(Photo © indigo pacific) BRITTLE STAR Ophiopsammus maculate
(Photos © Department of Conservation) SEA CUCUMBER Stichopus mollis (photo © Bay of Plenty Polytechnic staff) CUSION STAR Patiriella regularis
(Photo © indigo pacific) ELEVEN ARMED STARFISH (Spiny starfish) Coscinasterias calamaria
(Photos © indigo pacific) CIRCULAR SAW Astraea heliotropium
(Photo © indigo pacific) PAUA Haliotis iris (photo © indigo pacific RED ROCK LOBSTER or KOURA Jasus edwardsii (photos © LEFT: Bay of Plenty Polytechnic; RIGHT: P Ryan) JASON’S NUDIBRANCH Jason mirabilis (photos © LEFT: indigo pacific; RIGHT: W Farelly) GOLDEN ZOOANTHID ANEMONE Parazonthus species (photo © indigo pacific) RED CORAL Errina novaezealandiae (photo © Department of Conservation) BLACK CORAL Anthipathes fiordensis (photo © Department of Conservation) TUBE ANEMONE Cerianthus species (photo © Department of Conservation) WELLINGTON’S NUDIBRANCH Archidoris wellingtonensis (photo © Department of Conservation) Vertebrates SPOTTY OR PĀKIRIKIRI Notolabrus celidotus
(photo © indigo pacific) TARAKIHI Nemadactylus macropterus (photo © Department of Conservation) BANDED WRASSE Tangahangaha Notolabrus fucicola (photo © Wade Doak) TRIPLE FIN Family: Tripterygiidae (photos © indigo pacific) BLUE COD or RAWARU Parapercis colias
(photo © M. P Francis) MARBLE FISH or KEHE Aplodactylus arctidens
(photo © Department of Conservation) SWEEP - HUI Scorpis lineolatus
(photo LEFT © Kim Westerscov, RIGHT © J & T Enderby) BUTTERFLY PERCH - OIA Caesioperca lepidoptera
(photo LEFT © K. Westerscov, RIGHT © indigo pacific) SCARLET WRASSE - PUWAIWHAKARUA Pseudolabrus miles
(photo © P. Cresswell and E. Warren) ID TEST
Identify the following ten species by their Māori or common name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Sea ya!