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Intertidal Zone - Rockpool Life NZ

This guide contains what is often found in the rockpools and crevices exposed after the high tide including crabs, shellfish, starfish, fish, seaweeds, chitons, limpets and other creatures.

New Zealand Hermit Crab 1
Pagurus novizealandiae
Red Rock Crab 1
Plagusia chabrus
Paddle Crab 2
Ovalipes catharus
Purple Rock Crab 3
Leptograpsus variegatus
Dendrodoris nigra 1
Ragged Seahare 1
Bursatella leachii
Neptune's Necklace 1
Hormosira banksii
Common flapjack 1
Carpophyllum maschalocarpum
Ecklonia radiata 1
Caulerpa flexilis 1
Sea Lettuces 4
Ulva
Cook's Turban 1
Cookia sulcata
Diloma coracina 5
Cat's Eye Snail 1
Lunella smaragdus
Nerita melanotragus 1
Spotted Top Snail 6
Diloma aethiops
Bluish Top Shell 7
Diloma nigerrima
Blue-banded Periwinkle 1
Austrolittorina antipodum
Southern Creeper 1
Zeacumantus subcarinatus
Large Horn Shell 1
Zeacumantus lutulentus
Mud Whelk 7
Cominella glandiformis
Tortoiseshell Limpet 6
Cellana radians
Ornate Limpet 8
Cellana ornata
Snakeskin Chiton 8
Sypharochiton pelliserpentis
Blue Green Chiton 9
Chiton glaucus
Onithochiton neglectus 10
Butterfly Chiton 11
Cryptoconchus porosus
New Zealand Common Cushion Star 1
Patiriella regularis
Seven-armed star 12
Astrostole scabra
Siphonaria australis 5
Eleven-armed Seastar 8
Coscinasterias muricata
Reef Starfish 11
Stichaster australis
Fellaster zelandiae 2
Glass Shrimp 1
Palaemon affinis
Common triplefin 1
Forsterygion lapillum

Edited by tangatawhenua, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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