Check tide times to avoid being cut off by rising tide. Do not explore the seashore alone. Watch for changing weather. Look out for waves - never turn your back to the ocean. Soft mud can be dangerous. If you start to sink turn back. Check signs for any local hazards. BE CAREFUL AND KEEP SAFE Keep your distance from seabirds including penguins. Keep your distance from seals and sea lions. Use the zoom on your camera or binoculars for close viewing. If sea lions approach you - back away slowly. Keep dogs under control. Pick up any rubbish found. Tread carefully. Leave creatures where you found them. Leave attached seaweed in place. Handle creatures with care - close to the ground with wet hands. Carefully put sediment and rocks back to the same location you found them. Limit your collection of empty shells as other creatures may use them as homes. This guide illustrates only some of the more common seashore animals and plants. Visit our website for a comprehensive list, Māori names and information about their ecology. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this guide at the time of publication. Show RESPECT FOR SEASHORE CREATURES AVOID DISTURBING WILDLIFE The NZ Marine Studies Centre (Dunedin) provides expert knowledge research opportunities educational programmes and resources for schools about New Zealand’s marine environment. Acknowledgements The Sandy and Muddy Shore Guide, produced by the NZ Marine Studies Centre, Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, is proudly supported and funded by Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited. Photographer D. Pagé. Illustrator Graeme Furness. Additional photos R. Taylor, C. Brett, P. Batson, R. Morris, T. Bird and M. Francis. © NZ Marine Studies Centre 2016. All Rights Reserved. Cre8ive 7426S 2/16 ISBN: 978-0-473-27599-0 A handy guide to the common animals and plants living on the sandy and muddy seashores of southern New Zealand. Sandy & Muddy Shore Guide Southern NZ
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Check tide times to avoid being cut off by rising tide. Do not explore the seashore alone. Watch for changing weather. Look out for waves - never turn your back to the ocean. Soft mud can be dangerous. If you start to sink
turn back. Check signs for any local hazards.
BE CAREFUL AND KEEP SAFE
Keep your distance from seabirds including penguins. Keep your distance from seals and sea lions. Use the zoom on your camera or binoculars for
close viewing. If sea lions approach you - back away slowly. Keep dogs under control. Pick up any rubbish found.
Tread carefully. Leave creatures where you found them. Leave attached seaweed in place. Handle creatures with care - close to the
ground with wet hands. Carefully put sediment and rocks back to the same
location you found them. Limit your collection of empty shells as other
creatures may use them as homes.
This guide illustrates only some of the more common seashore animals and plants. Visit our website for a comprehensive list, Māori names and information about their ecology.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this guide at the time of publication.
Show RESPECT FOR SEASHORE CREATURES
AVOID DISTURBING WILDLIFE
The NZ Marine Studies Centre (Dunedin) provides expert knowledge research opportunities educational programmes and resources for schools about New Zealand’s marine environment.
AcknowledgementsThe Sandy and Muddy Shore Guide, produced by the
NZ Marine Studies Centre, Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, is proudly supported and funded by
Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited.Photographer D. Pagé. Illustrator Graeme Furness.
Additional photos R. Taylor, C. Brett, P. Batson, R. Morris, T. Bird and M. Francis.
© NZ Marine Studies Centre 2016. All Rights Reserved.
Cre
8ive
742
6S 2
/16
ISBN: 978-0-473-27599-0
A handy guide to the common animals and plants living on the sandy and muddy seashores of southern New Zealand.
Sandy & Muddy Shore Guide
Southern NZ
ANEMONES SEA CUCUMBER BIVALVES
CRABS
FISH
Burrowing AnemoneEdwardsia neozelanica
20 mm
Mudflat AnemoneAnthopleura aureoradiata
20 mm
Paddle CrabOvalipes catharus
150 mm
Hairy-handed CrabHemigrapsus crenulatus
40 mm
Tunnelling Mud CrabAustrohelice crassa
20 mm
Stalk-eyed Mud Crab Macrophthalmus hirtipes
35 mm
Estuarine Pillbox CrabHalicarcinus whitei
10 mm
Small Dog Cockle Glycymeris modesta
30 mm
Nut Shell Linucula hartvigiana
8 mm
Morning Star ShellTawera spissa
25 mm
Cockle / Little-neck Clam Austrovenus stutchburyi
50 mm
Ribbed Venus ClamLeukoma crassicosta
45 mm
Oblong Venus Clam Venerupis largillierti
60 mm
Venus ClamDosinia anus
80 mm
Triangular Trough ClamCrassula aequilatera
70 mm
Pipi Paphies australis
60 mm
Burrowing Sea CucumberTaeniogyrus dunedinensis
50 mm
Banded StargazerKathetostoma binigrasella
450 mm
Sand FlounderRhombosolea plebeia
430 mm
Estuarine TriplefinForsterygion nigripenne
90 mm
SolePeltorhamphus spp.
350 mmSurf Clam
Spisula murchisoni90 mm
Large Trough ClamSpisula discors
90 mm
Sunset ShellGari convexa
60 mm
ToheroaPaphies ventricosa
110 mm
Bluff OysterOstrea chilensis
80 mmWedge Shell
Macomona liliana55 mm
Feeding mark
Southern TuatuaPaphies donacina
90 mmBurrow opening
Burrow opening
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 450 460 470 480 490 500 510 520 530 540 550 560 570 mm
Burrow opening
SHRIMPS & HOPPERS
SNAILS & LIMPETs
Ostrich Foot Pelicaria vermis
40 mm
Turret ShellMaoricolpus roseus
80 mm
Large Ostrich FootStruthiolaria papulosa
80 mm
Horn Snail Zeacumantus subcarinatus
15 mm
Mud SnailAmphibola crenata
30 mmTopshell Cantharidus huttonii
12 mm
Wheel Snail Zethalia zelandica
22 mm
Arabic VoluteAlcithoe arabica
100 mm
Mudflat Whelk Cominella glandiformis
25 mm
Estuarine LimpetNotoacmea spp.
11 mm
Snapping ShrimpAlpheus richardsoni
65 mm
Ghost ShrimpBiffarius filholi
60 mm
Mantis ShrimpHeterosquilla tricarinata
75 mm
Burrowing AmphipodParacorophium excavatum
3 mm
Sand ShrimpPhilocheras australis
40 mm
Mudflat TopshellDiloma subrostrata
30 mm
Burrows
Burrow entrance and exit
Male
Female
Small TurretStiracolpus symmetricus
15 mm
Necklace ShellTanea zelandica
33 mm
IsopodScyphax ornatus
10 mm
SandhopperBellorchestia quoyana
14 mm
WORMS
BARNACLES
Estuarine BarnacleAustrominius modestus
5 mm
Attached to cockles
CatwormFamily Nephtyidae
100 mm
Cockle Shell WormBoccardia spp.
20 mm
Ribbon Worm Phylum Nemertea
200 mm
Polychaete Worm Family Orbiniidae
100 mm
Spaghetti Worm Family Terebellidae
40 mm
Bamboo WormFamily Maldanidae
130 mm
Oweniid WormFamily Oweniidae
45 mm
RagwormFamily Nereididae
100 mm
Cirratulid WormFamily Cirratulidae
100 mm
Blood WormFamily Glyceridae
130 mm
LugwormAbarenicola affinis
100 mm
Feacal casts
Opheliid WormThoracophelia otagoensis
35 mm
Feacal casts
Filamentous Red Polysiphonia spp.
150 mm
Spume (Diatom matter) Benthic Diatom (green scum)
Sea LettuceUlva spp.300 mm
PlantsSEAWEED & Diatoms
Tree Lupin Lupinus arboreus
1500 mm
Knobbly ClubrushFicinia nodosa
1500 mm
Barrel Shrimp inside a SalpPhronima sp.
40 mm
Blue Bottle JellyfishPhysalia physalia
150 mm
DRIFT
Jointed Wire RushApodasmia similis
1500 mm
Graciliaria Gracilaria chilensis
500 mm
Kelp Air BladderMacrocystis pyrifera
Pelagic BarnaclesLepas anatifera
40 mm
EelgrassZostera muelleri
300 mm
Shore SpurgeEuphorbia glauca
500 mm
GlasswortSarcocornia quinqueflora
150 mm
Marram GrassAmmophila arenaria
1200 mm
Pīkao Ficinia spiralis
900 mm
Sea Rush Juncus kraussii var. australiensis
1200 mm
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