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Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum)Observer
trufflethefluffleDescription
Weird shell.
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Dwarf Violet Snail (Janthina exigua)Observer
glinksDescription
I think these are all this species. First 2 photos are the same individual. The rest are all one photo of each of a number found today.
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Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum)Observer
anistasyaDescription
This snail was in a pack of grapes from the US - not sure if I should report it?
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)Observer
oaag1993Description
Washed up on beach.
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Typical Octopuses (Family Octopodidae)Observer
luca_dtDescription
A few juveniles together quite far out.
~6mm long
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Pygmy Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. brevicauda)Observer
jessesaofiaDescription
2nd hand account from a friend. Well covered observation. Whale had been blessed by local iwi and was being moved.
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Erato volutaObserver
manavgioDescription
From debris entangled in fishing nets. Fishing area Toroneos gulf at ~30 m depth.
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Genus LatiaObserver
christopherstephensDescription
NOT bioluminescencing - just UV. If I could get both happening in the same photo I bet that would be something. Though not sure about the slime on the rock that's fluorescencing bright magenta.
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Tuatua (Paphies subtriangulata)Observer
glinksDescription
Small pile of shells, exposed at the base of dunes cut into by the big seas lately.
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Giant Squid (Architeuthis dux)Observer
tobynzDescription
Found by fishermen off Chalky Inlet who sent photos through.
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Pacific Bottletail (Sepioloidea pacifica)Observer
glinksDescription
Does anyone know what this wee cutie is? Thanks
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raewynaDescription
2mm grid.
From a section of washup on the island. I dug down to the small shells underneath.
This is part of a selection from a second sample taken 11 days after that from 1 May and about three metres closer to the sea.
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Laternula ellipticaObserver
nodilittorinaDescription
Intertidal mud flat
Laternula elliptica is not in the iNaturalist species database
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Zalipais lissaObserver
raewynaDescription
Looks the same as https://inaturalist.nz/observations/167438665.
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the main beach of the small bay.
1mm grid.
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Gastropods (Class Gastropoda)Observer
raewynaDescription
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the main beach of the small bay.
1mm grid.
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Rhomboidella radiansObserver
raewynaDescription
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Zalipais lissaObserver
raewynaDescription
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the main beach of the small bay.
1mm grid.
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Family LasaeidaeObserver
raewynaDescription
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the main beach of the small bay.
1mm grid.
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raewynaDescription
My guess would be Scalpomactra scalpellum but I'm not sure.
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Merelina coronataObserver
raewynaDescription
The overall shape is pretty distinctive for M coronata but I'm not sure about the aperture. Unfortunately I didn't get a square-on photo of it. Do I need to try again?
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Gastropods (Class Gastropoda)Observer
raewynaDescription
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Gastropods (Class Gastropoda)Observer
raewynaDescription
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Family LottiidaeObserver
raewynaDescription
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Genus LissarcaObserver
raewynaDescription
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Pyramid Snails (Family Pyramidellidae)Observer
raewynaDescription
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Gastropods (Class Gastropoda)Observer
raewynaDescription
The bright white patch in the first photo is a reflection from the light.
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Gastropods (Class Gastropoda)Observer
raewynaDescription
This looks the same as https://inaturalist.nz/observations/162592284.
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Family PhilobryidaeObserver
raewynaDescription
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Stephopoma roseumObserver
raewynaDescription
I'm guessing that this one is a polycheate rather than a mollusc. There were quite a few the same.
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Cymatioa cookaeObserver
jeffgoddardDescription
8.8 x 5.5 mm. Other than three live specimens from the same site (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18597683, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20962245), this is the only shell of this species I have found in many trips to Naples Point. This was found in the shell hash and sand underneath a boulder in the low intertidal.
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Hiatella australisObserver
raewynaDescription
The irregular shape makes me think Hiatella but it seems very thin and transparent, even for a juvenile.
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Family LottiidaeObserver
raewynaDescription
Maybe.
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Gastropods (Class Gastropoda)Observer
raewynaDescription
Another curly one.
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Sea Elephants (Superfamily Pterotracheoidea)Observer
glinksDescription
Maybe a small one of these? Washed in with lots of Thalia democratica and Bassia
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Brown-lined Paperbubble (Hydatina physis)Observer
annaberthelsenDescription
A few individuals were seen at same location. Found in
Shallow subtidal on soft sediment substrate.
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Genus CoelotrochusObserver
raewynaDescription
I think. It's a very pretty little shell.
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Genus MaoricryptaObserver
raewynaDescription
At first I thought it was a bivalve. Then I thought it was a limpet. Now I wonder if it's an internal shell from something like Berthella.
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the island.
1mm grid
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Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)Observer
lloyd_eslerDescription
turtle skeleton on Waipapa Beach Southland. Dead about a month. Collected all the bones. Unusual for Southland. Needs id. I think possibly Olive Ridley or Green. Not Hawksbill.
1.1.16 I have assembled the skeleton and it is definitely an Olive Rodley
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Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)Observer
watergirl_amyDescription
Sunbathing on the beach at mid-tide
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New Zealand Octopus (Macroctopus maorum)Observer
splishDescription
Roughly just over a metre
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Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)Observer
jack4Description
Photos taken by Cushla Warden.
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Tarāpunga (Red-billed Gull) (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ssp. scopulinus)Observer
william-harlandDescription
Desperately wanting some of my fish n' chips!
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Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps)Observer
bikingbirderDescription
Female,alive,successfully returned to ocean.
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Black Shark (Dalatias licha)Observer
clintonDescription
Washed up overnight. Total length 1.4 m.
Observation courtesy of Sandy Abbot and Ursula Clarke. Images copyright Ursula Clarke.
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Harihari (Course Dosinia) (Dosinia anus)Observer
arnimDescription
This observation is just an excuse to show off some of the amazing art the sand and wind can make.
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By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella)Observer
luca_dtDescription
A few small ones were recently washed ashore. Maybe one every 10 metres. Sail direction is right.
Imaged in my aquarium. The hydroid structures are so amazing. The hydroids were covered in brown particles, I think these are the juvenile medusa waiting to bud.
~1-2cm across
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Paxula transitansObserver
invertebratistDescription
Fieldwork with @ lloyd_esler, @ predomalpha and @ fiestykakapo.
Mid-low intertidal, under an encrusted rock resting on the reef.
