Field Notes - Found under the rocks in the small caves at Tawharanui Beach. Low tide.
Field Notes - Flotsam crab. An oceanic species with highly variable colours. Found crawling along the rocks on the west coast.
Photo credit @beaumasters
2cm animal, in 2.5m water over open sand and algae.
Decided to change to P. tarona on review of R Burn Nudibranch field guide book.
Found at mid-shore height on rocky coast near Rahotu, Taranaki.
Found at mid-shore height on rocky coast near Rahotu, Taranaki.
Quite small, diametre of maybe 1cm, several of them, near lots of dried up blue bottles and same colour as tentacles, but didn't seem to be tentacles. It didn't sting. Was soft. Wondered if it was some type of slug with spherical cerata?? or a tunicate? I have no idea.
Not sure if this is a hydrozoan or a sea weed. Locally common, on common flapjack.
Not too sure with the ID but looks like this Bryozoan. If you zoom in on the picture you may see some beautiful detail of the zooids. Found encrusting a Serpulorbis which was about 40mm long.