Summary
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Common around the coast of the North Island in the subtidal zone.
There are 2 forms of this.
- The less common ‘osculifera’ form occurs as smooth loaf-shaped mounds in the shallow subtidal as seen in the first photo.
- The most common ‘alata’ form occurs as deep cups in the deeper areas as seen in the second photo.
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