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Sargassum sinclairiiObserver
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Quite cryptic in low intertidal pools. Small plants hidden among the Carpophyllum maschalocarpum.
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Observer
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In permanently damp site beneath a large boulder in the low intertidal.
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Kina (Evechinus chloroticus)Observer
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Large individuals common in low intertidal pools.
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Black Nerite (Nerita melanotragus)Observer
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Common on the upper shore.
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Mallada basalisObserver
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Landed on my desk and began cleaning its antennae.
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Broadnose Sevengill Shark (Notorynchus cepedianus)Observer
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c. 2 m TL, hooked in c. 10 m depth; broke off at the boat
Images and observation courtesy of Noel Baigent. Copyright Noel Baigent.
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Ornate Sap-sucking Slug (Elysia ornata)Observer
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Low intertidal pool, crawling over Cladophora sp. covered in thick film of Ostreopsis sp.
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Purple-striped Jellies (Genus Pelagia)Observer
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Large numbers of these jellyfish in the creek and stranded on the tidal flats.
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Australian Winged Wētā (Genus Pterapotrechus)Observer
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Found drowned in the cat's water bowl.
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Bronze Whaler (Carcharhinus brachyurus)Observer
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Largest of five bronze whalers estimated to be between 1.5-2.5 m TL filmed from the back of the Orokawa in failing light. The female in these images was the largest of the five and has a hook in the left corner of her jaw and hook damage to the right corner of her jaw. I initially thought the pale marks on her pectoral fins were mating scars, however after reviewing the video they, the abrasions on other parts of her body and fins, and the bent pelvic fin are more consistent with being caught and released.
She was the only one showing marks like these.
Water depth was 7m. These sharks showed up very shortly after we started stray lining for snapper (no berley).
The people swimming off the launch beside us the next morning either weren't bothered by them or didn't know they were there.
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Common Remora (Remora remora)Observer
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Observation and images courtesy of Rebecca Connor.
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New Zealand Eagle Ray (Myliobatis tenuicaudatus)Observer
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Photographed from the Queen Charlotte Track, about 2 km from Anakiwa.
Observation and image courtesy of Chloe Nimes.
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Purpletop (Verbena bonariensis)Observer
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numerous plants growing along the side of the Whitecliffs walkway
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Bluebottle (Physalia physalis)Observer
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Numerous very small bluebottles cast ashore following a big west-sw blow.
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Rig (Mustelus lenticulatus)Observer
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Caught and released by a drone fisher. Gear set 400-500 m offshore.
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Redbait (Emmelichthys nitidus)Observer
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Specimens collected from a mass mortality event by Richard Kinsey, Department of Conservation.
Images courtesy of Richard Kinsey.
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Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps)Observer
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Observation and images courtesy of Harriet McKelvie.
The size of the bites and tooth punctures (just visible on the abdomen) suggest it may have been predated or scavenged by a white shark.
