Southern NZ ROCKY SHORE...Southern NZ This guide illustrates only some of the more common seashore...
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Southern NZ This guide illustrates only some of the more common seashore animals and plants. Visit our website for a comprehensive list, Māori names and information about their ecology. The NZ Marine Studies Centre (Portobello, Dunedin) provides expert knowledge, research opportunities, educational programmes and resources for schools about New Zealand’s marine environment. Acknowledgements The Rocky Shore Guide, produced by the NZ Marine Studies Centre, Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, is proudly supported and funded by Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited. Photographer Tomas Bird. Illustrator Graeme Furness. Additional photos D. Pagé, R. Morris, C. Hepburn, P. Crick. © NZ Marine Studies Centre 2017. All Rights Reserved. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this guide at the time of publication. ROCKY SHORE GUIDE A handy guide to the common animals and plants living on the rocky seashores of southern New Zealand. Fish Olive Rock Fish Acanthoclinus fuscus 300mm Clingfish Gastroscyphus hectoris 90mm Common Triplefin Forsterygion spp. 50-110mm Solitary Ascidians Asterocarpa spp. 40mm Sea Squirts Colonial Ascidians Distaplia spp. Sea Tulip Pyura pachydermatina 400mm Green Seaweeds Branching Velvet Weed Codium fragile 300mm Sea Lettuce Ulva spp. 300mm Intestine Weed Ulva intestinalis 150mm Encrusting Velvet Weed Codium convolutum 200mm Sea Rimu Caulerpa brownii 300mm Bryozoans Bryopsis spp. 80mm Colonial Ascidians Didemnum spp. Colonial Ascidians Botrylloides spp. Seaweed Encrusting Bryozoan Membranipora membranacea Rock Encrusting Bryozoan Brown Seaweeds Flap Jack or Sea Wrack Carpophyllum flexuosum 2m Zig-zag Weed Cystophora scalaris 1.5m Neptune’s Necklace Hormosira banksii 500mm Strap Weed Xiphophora gladiata 500mm Bladder Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera 30m Wakame Undaria pinnatifida 1m Gummy Weed Splachnidium rugosum 200mm Red Seaweeds Erect Coralline Algae Arthrocardia corymbosa 120mm Encrusting Coralline Algae Moss Weed Bostrychia arbuscula 50mm Pachymenia dictotoma 500mm Karengo Pyropia spp. 300mm Scytosiphon lomentaria 300mm Sac Weed Colpomenia spp. 100mm Sea Sack Adenocystis utricularis 90mm Filamentous Brown Weed Ectocarpus spp. 100mm Bull Kelp Durvillaea poha 3-10m Carrageenan Weed Sarcothalia livida 200mm Filamentous Red Polysiphonia spp. 150mm Camouflage Crab Notomithrax spp. 42mm Crabs Smooth Shore Crab Cyclograpsus lavauxi 28mm Pill Box Crab Halicarcinus innominatus 19mm Common Shore Crab Hemigrapsus sexdentatus Hermit Crab Pagurus spp. 10mm Half Crab Petrolisthes elongatus 10mm Hairy Handed Crab Hemigrapsus crenulatus 40mm Sponges Encrusting Sponge Halichondria spp. Golf Ball Sponge Tethya bergquistae 40mm Sandhopper Amphipod 5-10mm Sea Slater Isopod 10mm Glass Shrimp Palaemon affinis 65mm Anemones Red Beadlet Anemone Actinia tenebrosa 40mm White Striped Anemone Anthothoe albocincta 20mm Tide Pool Anemone Anthopleura aureoradiata 30mm Jewel Anemone Corynactis australis 10mm Olive Anemone Isactinia olivacea 25mm Sea Centipede Isopod 20-30mm Worms Blue Tube Worm Spirobranchus cariniferus 50mm Rag Worm Family: Nereididae 150mm Barnacles Columnar Barnacle Chamaesipho columna 9mm Spiral Tube Worms Family: Serpulidae 3mm SEA STARS Three and Three Star Allostichaster insignis 150mm Seven Armed Sea Star Astrostole scabra 360mm Cushion Star Patiriella spp. 70mm Spiny Sea Star Coscinasterias muricata 150mm Reef Star Stichaster australis 300mm Brittle Star Ophiomyxa brevirima 50mm Gooseneck Barnacle Calantica spinosa 40mm Plicate Barnacle Epopella plicata 25mm Beaked Barnacle Austrominius modestus 5mm Flat Worm Anonymus kaikourensis 50mm Chitons Hairy Chiton Acanthochitona zelandica 25mm Green Chiton Chiton glaucus 35mm Snakeskin Chiton Sypharochiton pelliserpentis 50mm Limpets Brown Chiton Ischnochiton maorianus 40mm Yellow Foot / Silver Paua Haliotis australis 85mm Ornate Limpet Cellana ornata 40mm Black Foot Paua Haliotis iris 250mm Virgin Paua Haliotis virginea 50mm Duck’s Bill Limpet Scutus breviculus 150mm Lemon Nudibranch Dendrodoris citrina 75mm Warty Nudibranch Doris wellingtonensis 100mm Butterfly Chiton Cryptoconchus porosus 70mm Paua / Sea Slugs Radiate Limpet Cellana radians 40mm Striated Limpet Cellana strigilis 80mm Fragile Limpet Atalacmea fragilis 15mm Small Limpet Notoacmea elongata 8mm Common Pulmonate Limpet Siphonaria australis 20mm shell interior Bivalves Ribbed Mussel Aulacomya maoriana 80mm Blue Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis 100mm Rock Oysters Ostrea chilensis 100mm Snails Blue-banded Periwinkles Austrolittorina antipodum 8mm Brown Periwinkles Austrolittorina cincta 16mm Spotted Top-shell Diloma aethiops 28mm Cat’s Eye Snail Lunella smaragda 70mm White Whelk Haustrum lacunosum 35mm Horn Snail Zeacumantus subcarinatus 16mm Brachiopod Lampshells Calloria inconspicua 20mm Little Black Mussels Xenostrobus neozelanicus 30mm Lined Whelk Buccinulum linea 25mm Black Top-shell Diloma spp. 26mm Oyster Borer Haustrum scobina 35mm Green-lipped Mussel Perna canaliculus 150mm Show Respect for Seashore Creatures Check tide times to avoid being cut off by rising tide. Do not explore the seashore alone. Watch for changing weather. Look out for waves - never turn your back to the ocean. Beware of slippery and uneven rock surfaces. Pick up any rubbish found on the shore and dispose of it appropriately. BE CAREFUL AND KEEP SAFE Tread carefully. Leave creatures where you found them. Leave attached seaweed in place. Handle creatures with care - close to the ground with wet hands. Carefully put rocks back to the same position you found them. Limit your collection of empty shells as other creatures use them as homes. Keep your distance from seabirds including penguins. Keep your distance from seals and sea lions. Use the zoom on your camera or binoculars for close viewing. If sea lions approach you - back away slowly. Keep dogs under control. AVOID DISTURBING WILDLIFE Red Tube Worm Galeolaria hystrix 50mm Flexible Bryozoans Elzerina binderi 20mm Sea Emerald Chaetomorpha coliformis 20mm Shrimps & HOPPERS creative 7993 6/17 www.marine.ac.nz
Transcript of Southern NZ ROCKY SHORE...Southern NZ This guide illustrates only some of the more common seashore...
Southern NZ
This guide illustrates only some of the more common seashore animals
and plants. Visit our website for a comprehensive list, Māori names and
information about their ecology.
The NZ Marine Studies Centre (Portobello, Dunedin) provides expert knowledge, research opportunities, educational programmes and resources for schools about New Zealand’s marine environment.
AcknowledgementsThe Rocky Shore Guide, produced by the NZ Marine Studies Centre, Department of Marine Science, University of Otago,
is proudly supported and funded by Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited. Photographer Tomas Bird. Illustrator Graeme Furness.
Additional photos D. Pagé, R. Morris, C. Hepburn, P. Crick.© NZ Marine Studies Centre 2017. All Rights Reserved.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this guide at the time of publication.
ROCKY SHORE GUIDE
A handy guide to the common animals and plants living on the rocky seashores of
southern New Zealand.
Fish
Olive Rock FishAcanthoclinus fuscus
300mm
ClingfishGastroscyphus hectoris
90mmCommon TriplefinForsterygion spp.
50-110mm
Solitary AscidiansAsterocarpa spp.
40mm
Sea Squirts
Colonial AscidiansDistaplia spp.
Sea TulipPyura pachydermatina
400mm
Green Seaweeds
Branching Velvet WeedCodium fragile
300mm
Sea LettuceUlva spp.300mmIntestine Weed
Ulva intestinalis150mm
Encrusting Velvet WeedCodium convolutum
200mm Sea RimuCaulerpa brownii
300mm
Bryozoans
Bryopsis spp.80mm
Colonial AscidiansDidemnum spp.
Colonial Ascidians Botrylloides spp.
Seaweed Encrusting BryozoanMembranipora membranacea
Rock Encrusting Bryozoan
Brown Seaweeds
Flap Jack or Sea WrackCarpophyllum flexuosum
2m
Zig-zag Weed Cystophora scalaris
1.5mNeptune’s NecklaceHormosira banksii
500mm
Strap WeedXiphophora gladiata
500mm
Bladder KelpMacrocystis pyrifera
30m
Wakame Undaria pinnatifida
1m
Gummy WeedSplachnidium rugosum
200mm
Red Seaweeds
Erect Coralline Algae Arthrocardia corymbosa
120mm
Encrusting Coralline Algae
Moss WeedBostrychia arbuscula
50mm
Pachymenia dictotoma 500mm
KarengoPyropia spp.
300mm
Scytosiphon lomentaria300mm
Sac WeedColpomenia spp.
100mm
Sea SackAdenocystis utricularis
90mmFilamentous Brown Weed
Ectocarpus spp.100mm
Bull KelpDurvillaea poha
3-10m
Carrageenan WeedSarcothalia livida
200mm
Filamentous RedPolysiphonia spp.
150mm
Camouflage CrabNotomithrax spp.
42mm
CrabsSmooth Shore CrabCyclograpsus lavauxi
28mm
Pill Box CrabHalicarcinus innominatus
19mm
Common Shore CrabHemigrapsus sexdentatus
Hermit CrabPagurus spp.
10mm
Half CrabPetrolisthes elongatus
10mm
Hairy Handed CrabHemigrapsus crenulatus
40mm
Sponges
Encrusting SpongeHalichondria spp.
Golf Ball SpongeTethya bergquistae
40mm
SandhopperAmphipod5-10mm
Sea SlaterIsopod10mm
Glass ShrimpPalaemon affinis
65mm
Anemones
Red Beadlet AnemoneActinia tenebrosa
40mm
White Striped AnemoneAnthothoe albocincta
20mm
Tide Pool AnemoneAnthopleura aureoradiata
30mm
Jewel AnemoneCorynactis australis
10mm
Olive AnemoneIsactinia olivacea
25mm
Sea Centipede Isopod
20-30mm
Worms
Blue Tube WormSpirobranchus cariniferus
50mm
Rag WormFamily: Nereididae
150mm
Barnacles
Columnar BarnacleChamaesipho columna
9mm
Spiral Tube WormsFamily: Serpulidae
3mm
SEA STARS
Three and Three StarAllostichaster insignis
150mm
Seven Armed Sea StarAstrostole scabra
360mm
Cushion StarPatiriella spp.
70mm
Spiny Sea StarCoscinasterias muricata
150mm
Reef StarStichaster australis
300mm
Brittle StarOphiomyxa brevirima
50mm
Gooseneck BarnacleCalantica spinosa
40mm
Plicate BarnacleEpopella plicata
25mm
Beaked Barnacle Austrominius modestus
5mm
Flat WormAnonymus kaikourensis
50mm
Chitons
Hairy Chiton Acanthochitona zelandica
25mm
Green ChitonChiton glaucus
35mm
Snakeskin ChitonSypharochiton pelliserpentis
50mm
Limpets
Brown ChitonIschnochiton maorianus
40mm
Yellow Foot / Silver PauaHaliotis australis
85mm
Ornate LimpetCellana ornata
40mm
Black Foot PauaHaliotis iris
250mmVirgin Paua
Haliotis virginea50mm
Duck’s Bill LimpetScutus breviculus
150mm
Lemon NudibranchDendrodoris citrina
75mm
Warty Nudibranch Doris wellingtonensis
100mm
Butterfly ChitonCryptoconchus porosus
70mm
Paua / Sea Slugs
Radiate LimpetCellana radians
40mmStriated LimpetCellana strigilis
80mmFragile Limpet
Atalacmea fragilis15mm
Small Limpet Notoacmea elongata
8mm
Common Pulmonate LimpetSiphonaria australis
20mm
shell interior
Bivalves
Ribbed MusselAulacomya maoriana
80mm
Blue MusselMytilus galloprovincialis
100mm
Rock OystersOstrea chilensis
100mm
Snails
Blue-banded PeriwinklesAustrolittorina antipodum
8mmBrown Periwinkles
Austrolittorina cincta16mm
Spotted Top-shellDiloma aethiops
28mm
Cat’s Eye SnailLunella smaragda
70mm
White WhelkHaustrum lacunosum
35mm
Horn SnailZeacumantus subcarinatus
16mm
Brachiopod
LampshellsCalloria inconspicua
20mm
Little Black MusselsXenostrobus neozelanicus
30mm
Lined WhelkBuccinulum linea
25mm
Black Top-shellDiloma spp.
26mm
Oyster BorerHaustrum scobina
35mm
Green-lipped MusselPerna canaliculus
150mm
Show Respect for Seashore Creatures
Check tide times to avoid being cut off by rising tide. Do not explore the seashore alone. Watch for changing weather. Look out for waves - never turn your back to the ocean. Beware of slippery and uneven rock surfaces. Pick up any rubbish found on the shore and dispose of it appropriately.
BE CAREFUL AND KEEP SAFE
Tread carefully. Leave creatures where you found them. Leave attached seaweed in place. Handle creatures with care - close to the ground with wet hands. Carefully put rocks back to the same position you found them.
Limit your collection of empty shells as other creatures use them as homes.
Keep your distance from seabirds including penguins. Keep your distance from seals and sea lions. Use the zoom on your camera or binoculars for
close viewing. If sea lions approach you - back away slowly. Keep dogs under control.
AVOID DISTURBING WILDLIFE
Red Tube WormGaleolaria hystrix
50mm
Flexible BryozoansElzerina binderi
20mm
Sea EmeraldChaetomorpha coliformis
20mm
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