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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.

Dendrodoris nigra 1
Ragged Seahare 1
Bursatella leachii
Cook's Turban 1
Cookia sulcata
Diloma coracina 2
Cat's Eye Snail 1
Lunella smaragdus
Nerita melanotragus 1
Spotted Top Snail 3
Diloma aethiops
Bluish Top Shell 4
Diloma nigerrima
Blue-banded Periwinkle 1
Austrolittorina antipodum
Southern Creeper 1
Zeacumantus subcarinatus
Large Horn Shell 1
Zeacumantus lutulentus
Mud Whelk 4
Cominella glandiformis
Tortoiseshell Limpet 3
Cellana radians
Ornate Limpet 5
Cellana ornata
Snakeskin Chiton 5
Sypharochiton pelliserpentis
Blue Green Chiton 6
Chiton glaucus
Onithochiton neglectus 7
Butterfly Chiton 8
Cryptoconchus porosus
Siphonaria australis 2

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

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  • 1. (c) tangatawhenua, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tangatawhenua
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  • 4. (c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Lisa Bennett
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