Favoritos de naturewatchwidow
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Janolus ignisObservador
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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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Turritopsis rubraObservador
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Hundreds washing in today, weren't many yesterday though.
~0.8cm across
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Vespa-Do-Mar-de-Sivickis (Copula sivickisi)Observador
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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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Macrocystis pyriferaObservador
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A nice dense patch a ways out.
~5m tall
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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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Morwong-Branco (Latridopsis forsteri)Observador
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First time seeing one of these. Gorgeous
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Anémonas-Do-Mar (Ordem Actiniaria)Observador
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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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Tecomanthe speciosaObservador
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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 miniellaObservador
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Titirangi, Auckland.
Seepage/waterfall site on Zigzag Track, Atkinson Park.
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Lyperobius glacialisObservador
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On Aciphylla in tall snowgrass
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Lyperobius huttoniObservador
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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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Arcyria denudataObservador
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Kirk's Bush, near Papakura, Auckland.
Under a rotten log.
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Plants growing on private forestry land near Scheelite Creek. Off Northbank Road, Marlborough.
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Moas (Ordem Dinornithiformes)Observador
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Anomalopteryx didiformis
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seems to be damaging the filmy ferns and mosses that it is growing on.
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Found under a log at night, with eggs, Observed at Night
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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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Género LamprodermaObservador
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on underside of large old fallen tree trunk
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Ceratosoma amoenumObservador
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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 taylorianaObservador
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A tiny patch of this tree is very fluorescent in 365 nanometer ultraviolet light. One meter off the ground.
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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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Asplenium lyalliiObservador
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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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Género HemiandrusObservador
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Ground weta preying upon a porina moth
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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
