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Is this a polychaete worm?

First time I have not found this in a shallow rock pool. Instead it was lurking on common flapjack and having a good feed.
In the lagoon

Looking for another species of sea anemone that I did not find in this location so they must have moved on,but I found this one tucked under a ledge, shallow subtidal.

Love this nudibranch!

Growing by the ford that crosses the Kapowairua stream.

Beachcast, Raumati South

Here is a full spore one I think @leonperrie - and growing about 1m from a sort of full spore one - https://inaturalist.nz/observations/21333963

With green fruit and open flowers. Could this be something other than nigra?

Not sure if these are gastropods or eggs. The second photo has one on the side of the limpet

I think.

such a stunning plant and one of my favourites.

Here is the duplicate obs @clinton. I have also added another photo - I think those are all the same new thing?

A lichen growing on the rocks above the splash zone at Paxton Point

Attached to carpophyllum in the shallow sub tidal. There are the eggs of the Sepioteuthis australis
Ref: Goat ISland Marine Reserve, Pg 38

Limatula maoria (New Zealand File Clam)

Photo by Nicole Miller

Growing on an otherwise brown finger sponge.

Growing in a tidal rock pool.

Closeup showing detail of the flower.

Grrowing by the stressful deck :D

Never seen so much of the animal out of a shell before like this.
I think this is a Cominella.

Growing in kauri leaf ltter.

This has returned in its usual location now that the rains have started.

a jelly like substance growing on a tree trunk.

Under a rock in the lagoon area.

Not sure what one this is. About 10mm wide.

Floating around in the shallow subtidal - a beautiful creature :)

Off the side of the OA - I have too many obs to find this one so I know can get the name.

Common subtidally on basalt rock under Ecklonia radiata / Carpophyllum maschalocarpum kelp beds. In dark sites subjected to strong currents.

Growing on a tree trunk in the ngahere

I think. Under a rock in the mid intertidal zone.

Found dead on beach

Lurking on a rush beside the waterlogged track. I thought it may be a heterochrome female of a species or a blue damselfly that is cold.

Stunning little ground cover with small yellow flowers.

Growing in the old serpintine quarry at North Cape.

Another small barnacle on a green lipped mussel. Not seen the lined patterns before on a barnacle.

Growing on the Bluff

Growing in the back dunes

Running across the bottom of a side tidal gut in the low intertidal zone.

The usual
Exosphaeroma gigas that I see around here.

Showcasing how the colours of a lichen can change when wet.

Growing up the money tree.

Flat sprawling plant growing in the old serpintine quarry.

I so have to remember what this one is.

Growing on the back track in a very wet area at this time of year.

Now hopefully I can get an ID for this one unless it is still not developed enough for that! LOL

I am picking either a Cellana flava or a Cellana radians. But then again I could be totally wrong! LOL

I think this is what this one is.

Growing in a side tidal gut at the low intertidal level.

Pen marks of gloves are 10mm apart.

I think. Living in the shallow sub tidal. Pen marks on glove 10mm apart.

Juvenile wandering around.
Low intertidal zone.

I think this is a type of moss.

Probably not a virgin paua as it is only about 20mm long. Found under a rock in the shallow sub tidal.

growing by the track

Total guess but I think this is Crocodia aurata as it does grow around here on manuka. However, this was on a stick on the beach - the stick was probably pohutukawa.

Clinging to rocks by a tidal pool