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Crystal Jellies (Genus Aequorea)Observer
luca_dtDescription
A few big ones.
~18 cm diameter
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Janolus ignisObserver
luca_dtDescription
Many all through the crevice. And some around the outside too. Night time really does bring them all out. Though I think the population has just boomed as they have been seen during the day too, and last time I was here I only saw a tiny one. Many good sized ones but one was very large. I didn't think they could get so big!
~4 cm long average, 6 cm long max
~ 5 m subtidal
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Crimson Jelly (Turritopsis rubra)Observer
luca_dtDescription
Hundreds washing in today, weren't many yesterday though.
~0.8cm across
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Sivickis' Box Jellyfish (Copula sivickisi)Observer
luca_dtDescription
Again a few active ones at night. I got 'stung' again and no pain. This one is strange with the orange dots all over. perhaps part of a stage in reproduction.
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Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)Observer
luca_dtDescription
A nice dense patch a ways out.
~5m tall
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Googly-eyed Glass Squid (Teuthowenia pellucida)Observer
luca_dtDescription
An amazing glass squid. When I disturbed it it would tuck in its tentacles and eyes, and even its fins and show big spots. So cool. The area around the brain was brightly iridescent. There are very faint long tubercles around the mantle if that helps with species id.
Really hard to get nice shots with a compact camera sadly.
~2.5cm long
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Bastard Trumpeter (Latridopsis forsteri)Observer
millamuckDescription
First time seeing one of these. Gorgeous
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Sea Anemones (Order Actiniaria)Observer
millamuckDescription
I've seen a couple of these around so never thought to check I.D. going back through photos and can't see any similar on here. Help would be appreciated :)
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Three Kings Trumpet Vine (Tecomanthe speciosa)Observer
pjd1Description
Single vine (the original (type) specimen) growing on Kunzea triregensis. At the time this observation was made the vine was being shaded out and was in danger of dying out. Our (Department of Conservation) 1991 field work involved careful pruning of the canopy to let in more light and tying up (on to cables) of the vines that were found trailing in the dense vegetation. As a result of these measures the vine flowered for the first time (since it was discovered in 1946) in 1995. However, seed set in the wild is still not happening, probably because the flowers are destroyed by kakariki (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae novaezelandiae)
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Macarostola miniellaObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Titirangi, Auckland.
Seepage/waterfall site on Zigzag Track, Atkinson Park.
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Lyperobius glacialisObserver
peter_sweetappleDescription
On Aciphylla in tall snowgrass
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Hutton's Speargrass Weevil (Lyperobius huttoni)Observer
jacoblDescription
I finally managed to see one of these up on the south coast headlands! Well worth a few pricks from a day of poking around in speargrass.
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Carnival Candy Slime Mold (Arcyria denudata)Observer
stephen_thorpeDescription
Kirk's Bush, near Papakura, Auckland.
Under a rotten log.
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Taurepo (Rhabdothamnus solandri)Observer
thewhistlingfrogDescription
Plants growing on private forestry land near Scheelite Creek. Off Northbank Road, Marlborough.
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Moa (Order Dinornithiformes)Observer
brendandooganDescription
Anomalopteryx didiformis
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Honeycomb Coral Slime Mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa)Observer
leonperrieDescription
seems to be damaging the filmy ferns and mosses that it is growing on.
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bryce_mcquillanDescription
Found under a log at night, with eggs, Observed at Night
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Coxella (Aciphylla dieffenbachii)Observer
rishudDescription
Again super interested in this one, I don't think it is aciphylla? However inat doesn't have any better suggestions and I don't know what else it could be? There were multiple plants and I can take more photos if needed
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Genus LamprodermaObserver
bugshroomDescription
on underside of large old fallen tree trunk
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Quill Moss (Cyathophorum bulbosum)Observer
heidimeudtDescription
2023 Strannik Auckland Island Expedition
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Isopod Iridescent Virus (Invertebrate iridescent virus 31)Observer
joshua_hunt
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Stewart Island Speargrass (Aciphylla traillii)Observer
oaag1993Description
Common on damp alpine tops.
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Clown Doris (Ceratosoma amoenum)Observer
luca_dtDescription
Haven't seen one of these for a while.
Also saw a few variable and gold-margined nudis. Lots of bushy bryozoans but no Janolids.
~5cm long
~3m subtidal
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Bazzania taylorianaObserver
alan_rockefellerDescription
A tiny patch of this tree is very fluorescent in 365 nanometer ultraviolet light. One meter off the ground.
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Golden-brown Jumping Spider (Trite auricoma)Observer
emily_rDescription
Eating an ant
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New Zealand Peripatus (Peripatoides novaezealandiae)Observer
christopherstephensDescription
x2
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luca_dtDescription
One under the same rock which has had them previously. This rock always has the yellow sponges and the red hydroids that these feed on.
~0.6cm long
Shallow subtidal
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Lyall's Spleenwort (Asplenium lyallii)Observer
benjansssDescription
One large adult, a few small adults and several “seedlings” A. hookerianum, A. gracillimum, A. bulbiferum A. polyodon, A. oblongifolium, A. flaccidum and A. appendiculatum all nearby
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New Zealand Slender Clingfish (Gastrocyathus gracilis)Observer
naturewatchwidow
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Orange Inanga Looper (Epiphryne charidema ssp. autocharis)Observer
naturewatchwidow
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Dark Coprosma Carpet (Austrocidaria similata)Observer
nessferatuDescription
This
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stephen_thorpeDescription
18A Revel Ave, Mount Roskill, Auckland. At light.
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Ground Wētā (Genus Hemiandrus)Observer
carey-knox-southern-scalesDescription
Ground weta preying upon a porina moth
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invertebratistDescription
Low intertidal, on Caulerpa geminata on reef.
Body length approx. 3 cm when extended.
I gently released the slug after photography.
Rockpooling with @fiestykakapo and @predomalpha
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Norfolk Tree Fern (Sphaeropteris excelsa)Observer
barbaraparrisDescription
= Cyathea brownii. Self-sown, growing at base of Livistona australis.
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luca_dtDescription
Beautiful one.
Under a rock.
It's about time this genus gets sorted out aye?
~3cm long
~1m subtidal
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Helms's Stag Beetle (Geodorcus helmsi)Observer
melissa_hutchisonDescription
Large adult male found dead next to tarn.
It was really huge!
