Chitons Bivalves Brachiopod Limpets Snails

Cushion StarPatiriella sp.

70mm

Chitons

Hairy Chiton Acanthochitona zelandica

50mm

Green ChitonChiton glaucus

50mm

Snakeskin ChitonSypharochiton pelliserpentis

50mm

Limpets

Brown ChitonIschnochiton maorianus

50mm

Ornate LimpetCellana ornata

50mm

Common Pulmonate LimpetSiphonaria australis

25mm

Yellow Foot / Silver PauaHaliotis australis

85mm

Black Foot PauaHaliotis iris

250mmVirgin Paua

Haliotis virginea50mm

Duck’s Bill LimpetScutus breviculus

150mm

Lemon NudibranchDendrodoris citrina

75mm

Warty Nudibranch Doris wellingtonensis

200mm

Butterfly ChitonCryptoconchus porosus

75mm

Paua / Sea Slugs

Striated LimpetCellana strigilis

80mmRadiate LimpetCellana radians

50mm

Bivalves

Ribbed MusselAulacomya maoriana

80mm

Blue MusselMytilus galloprovincialis

120mm

Rock OystersOstrea chilensis

100mm

Snails

Blue-banded PeriwinklesAustrolittorina antipodum

8mm

Brown PeriwinklesAustrolittorina cincta

16mm

Spotted Top ShellDiloma aethiops

28mm

Cat’s Eye SnailLunella smaragdus

70mm

White WhelkHaustrum lacunosum

35mm

Horn ShellZeacumantus subcarinatus

16mm

Brachiopod

LampshellsCalloria inconspicua

20mm

Little Black MusselsLimnoperna pulex

30mm

Lined WhelkBuccinulum linea

25mm

Black Top ShellDiloma sp.

26mm

Oyster BorerHaustrum scobina

35mm

Green-Shelled MusselPerna canaliculus

150mm

Common Pulmonate LimpetSiphonaria australis

25mm

Fish

Olive Rock FishAcanthoclinus fuscus

300mm

ClingfishGastroscyphus hectoris

90mmCommon Triplefin

Forsterygion sp.50-110mm

Solitary AscidiansAsterocarpa sp.

40mm

Sea Squirts

Colonial AscidiansDistaplia sp.

Sea TulipPyura pachydermatina

400mm

Green Seaweeds

Branching Velvet WeedCodium fragile

300mm

Sea LettuceUlva sp.300mm

Intestine Weed Ulva intestinalis

150mm

Encrusting Velvet WeedCodium convolutum

200mmSea Rimu

Caulerpa brownii300mm

Bryozoans

Flexible BryozoansElzerina binderi

20mm

Sea EmeraldChaetomorpha coliformis

20mm

Bryopsis sp.80mm

Colonial AscidiansDidemnum sp.

Colonial Ascidians Botrylloides sp.

Seaweed Encrusting BryozoanMembranipora membranacea

Rock Encrusting Bryozoan

Brown Seaweeds

Flap Jack or Sea WrackCarpophyllum maschalocarpum

1.5m

Zig-zag WeedCystophora sp.

1.5mNeptunes 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 WeedStictosiphonia arbuscula

50mm

Pachymenia lusoria 500mm

KarengoPorphyra sp.

300mm

Scytosiphon lomentaria300mm

Sac WeedColpomenia sp.

100mm

Sea SackAdenocystis utriculoris

90mm

Filamentous Brown WeedEctocarpus sp.

100mm

Bull KelpDurvillaea antarctica

3-10m

Agar WeedGigartina sp.

200mm

Filamentous RedPolysiphonia sp.

150mm

Bryopsis sp.80mm