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New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Small juvenile resting on beach at high tide.
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New Zealand Ice Plant (Disphyma australe)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Seedheads open in wet weather. Seeds in photos 4-7, magnified x10-15.
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New Zealand Moonsnail (Tanea zelandica)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Sand collar formed by Moon snail containing masses of eggs: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_collar
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New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Tracks. Animal observed. Large male making its way up to sand dunes from shore.
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Subfamily EphydrinaeObserver
karrihartleyDescription
Feeding on algae on surface on rockpool.
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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Inside D. antarctica kelp holdfast.
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Tribe EphydriniObserver
karrihartleyDescription
Feeding on algae on surface of water in rock pool.
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Genus PhronimaObserver
karrihartleyDescription
Remnant of salp hollowed out by Phronima for housing.
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Goldspeck Lichens (Genus Candelariella)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
On rocky outcrop.
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Subfamily SalpinaeObserver
karrihartleyDescription
Cylindrical hollow jelly. Washed up.
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Brown Centipede (Lithobius forficatus)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
On beach sand.
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Brown Periwinkle (Austrolittorina cincta)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
In rockpool.
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Flies (Order Diptera)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
On surface of rock pools.
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Long-nosed Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Not the best photos, but this was a very small, young individual <<1m long swimming in the surf trying to find a place to come ashore. See foreground of photos. Pointed nose. No adult present.
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Dead Man's Fingers (Codium fragile)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Revealed at low tide.
