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June 20, 2020

Cute Face Among Coastal Kelp

Kelpfish Chironemus marmoratus (hiwihiwi) cannot float so it glides short distances among kelp.

June 20, 2020

Tiny Mouth And Leather Skin

Triggerfish (leatherjacket) Parika scaber

June 19, 2020

Spines Not So Sharp

The most common sea urchin around the coast of New Zealand is Evechinus chloroticus, also called kina.

June 19, 2020

Mixed Coastal Kelp Forest

There is that zone where the intertidal and and deeper water weeds mix.

June 19, 2020

Carpophyllum Rules Exposed Shores

Sometimes they form coastal areas that look like miniature replicas of giant Macrocystis kelp forests.

June 18, 2020

White Clown With Orange Dots

I am not sure if this sea slug, clown nudibranch Ceratosoma amoenum, is common. Last summer we saw many of them on the rocks in very shallow water, perhaps less than one meter deep, in Maitai Bay in Northland. However, I don’t remember seeing them there in previous years. I used to see them regularly […]

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