Very common around the whole of Aotearoa where it can be found in rock pools, under ledges in the intertidal or in rubble banks of boulders.
External colour bright rich burnt red in relatively shallow North Island specimens, orange to yellow in deeper and South Island specimens.
Attaches itself to rock.
Substrate | Hard Rock, Rubble |
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Tide zone | Intertidal, Subtidal |
Habitat | Rock Pool, Rubble Bank |
Location | East Coast Northern NI, East Coast Northern SI, East Coast Southern NI, East Coast Southern SI, Stewart Island, West Coast Northern NI, West Coast Northern SI, West Coast Southern NI, West Coast Southern SI |
Occurence | Very Common |