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What

Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi)

Date

May 2023

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Date

June 2023
Fungi

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What

Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

panagiotisd

Date

December 2022

Place

Private

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Observer

panagiotisd

Place

Private

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Observer

panagiotisd

Date

April 2022

Place

Private

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What

Pink Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus)

Observer

panagiotisd

Date

December 2022

Place

Private

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What

Leafless Ephedra (Ephedra foeminea)

Observer

panagiotisd

Date

January 2023

Place

Private

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What

Fasciated Conehead Mantid (Empusa fasciata)

Observer

panagiotisd

Place

Private

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Observer

luca_dt

Date

January 4, 2023 01:49 PM NZDT

Description

Finally a nice big adult. They are extraordinarily beautiful.
This one was sitting on a small bush of Catenicellid bryozoans, but surrounded by quite a few other bushes.
I also saw a smaller red one in a separate bryozoan (Last image).

~3.5cm long
~3m subtidal

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What

By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella)

Observer

luca_dt

Date

January 12, 2023 07:40 PM NZDT

Description

A few small ones were recently washed ashore. Maybe one every 10 metres. Sail direction is right.
Imaged in my aquarium. The hydroid structures are so amazing. The hydroids were covered in brown particles, I think these are the juvenile medusa waiting to bud.

~1-2cm across

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What

Opalescent Nudibranch (Hermissenda opalescens)

Observer

imlichentoday

Date

July 16, 2022 06:28 AM PDT

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What

Skeleton Shrimp (Family Caprellidae)

Observer

imlichentoday

Date

July 16, 2022 06:28 AM PDT

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What

Spanish Shawl (Flabellinopsis iodinea)

Observer

imlichentoday

Date

July 16, 2022 06:28 AM PDT

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Observer

imlichentoday

Date

July 26, 2022 11:00 AM PDT

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Observer

imlichentoday

Date

August 15, 2022 04:30 PM PDT

Description

Hopping around on brown algae

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What

Nudibranch-mimicking Amphipod (Podocerus cristatus)

Observer

imlichentoday

Date

August 15, 2022 04:30 PM PDT

Description

From hydroid clump

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Observer

luca_dt

Date

November 15, 2022 02:08 PM NZDT

Description

A tiny guy eating some Beania magellanica bryozoans. These bryozoans are really abundant here. On a small reef wall under a small overhang.

~0.6cm long
~2m subtidal

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Observer

luca_dt

Date

December 28, 2022 10:33 AM NZDT

Description

Really nice to find some healthy specimens. There were three tucked into a deep reef. Two were mating.
One was tucking into a Catenicellidae bryozoan. There were small bushes of these bryozoans all along the wall, along with Ecklonia as the main algae.

~0.8cm long
~4m subtidal

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What

Crimson Jelly (Turritopsis rubra)

Observer

luca_dt

Date

October 3, 2022 10:07 AM NZDT

Description

Lots in the water and many were quite large.

~1cm bell diameter

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What

Crystal Jellies (Genus Aequorea)

Observer

luca_dt

Date

September 21, 2022 08:49 AM NZST

Description

Just saw one juvenile and one damaged adult.

~2cm diameter

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What

Crimson Jelly (Turritopsis rubra)

Observer

luca_dt

Date

September 21, 2022 08:41 AM NZST

Description

A few in the plankton. This one was notably large.

~1cm bell diameter

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What

Blue Green Chiton (Chiton glaucus)

Observer

emily_r

Date

October 7, 2014

Place

Hawera (Google, OSM)

Description

A green chiton attached to a half crab. We observed this alien looking commensal beast while undertaking an intertidal survey on the reefs off Hawera. It made us jump when we first turned over the rock.

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What

Nomad Jelly (Rhopilema nomadica)

Observer

minnalimia

Date

February 6, 2022 12:45 PM EET

Place

Greece (Google, OSM)

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What

Crimean Banner-legged Jumping Spider (Saitis tauricus)

Observer

panagiotisd

Date

December 2021

Place

Private

Description

cf.

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What

European Tree Frog (Hyla arborea)

Date

July 2021

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Observer

ilias_strachinis

Date

June 2018

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What

Balkan Cross Adder (Vipera berus ssp. bosniensis)

Observer

ilias_strachinis

Date

July 2013