Stelletta crater

Summary 2

Distinctive massive shallow bowls or tall thick cups with a broad rounded margin, occurring individually or as a connected mass up to 30 cm diameter, 20 cm high.

Note the image above has coralline algae and Distromium growing around the rim of a shallow bowl

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Clinton Duffy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Clinton Duffy
  2. (c) tangatawhenua, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

iNaturalist NZ Map

Location East Coast Northern NI, East Coast Southern NI
Habitat Covered Rock, Indents
Occurence Common
Tide zone Subtidal
Substrate Hard Rock