autsquidlab's Identifications
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Ram's Horn Squid (Spirula spirula)Observer
raewynaDescription
A few of these at the beach at the Kaituna River mouth. No other notable washup either here or at Maketu foreshore except the barnacles at https://inaturalist.nz/observations/raewyna which I haven't added to GoSea because I figure it's probably local flotsam.
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Ram's Horn Squid (Spirula spirula)Observer
mike68luskDescription
with att goose barnacles
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Māori Octopus (Macroctopus maorum)Observer
judyo1Description
in case anyone needed reminding not to mess with a wheke!!
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Boreoatlantic Gonate Squid (Gonatus fabricii)Observer
roujDescription
Rare dans les chaluts à turbots à 930 mètres de profondeur.
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Māori Octopus (Macroctopus maorum)Observer
invertebratistDescription
Fieldwork with @ lloyd_esler, @ predomalpha and @ fiestykakapo.
Low intertidal, under an encrusted rock in a large rockpool. Huge individual.
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Southern Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis australis)Observer
jessijenningsDescription
Squid eggs.
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Southern Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis australis)Observer
luca_dtDescription
I was surprised that these get so large. There was a pair quite close to shore, they would point towards me and when I tried to get close they shot off. Impossible to get close to.
Also I saw more smaller ones and there was a tiny one swimming with them, confirming the tiny ones are most likely the same species.
~25cm long
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Southern Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis australis)Observer
shaun-leeDescription
One bunch seen in one hour snorkel
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Typical Octopuses (Family Octopodidae)Observer
oscar_doveDescription
Found still moving (barely) on the beach. 1.5 hours later (last 3 pics) it was no longer moving and looked like it had been split open by a gull. Perhaps M. maorum due to the white spots? The spots were much more obvious in person unfortunately.
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Southern Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis australis)Observer
luca_dtDescription
Lots of them.
~3-5 cm long
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Blanket Octopuses (Family Tremoctopodidae)Observer
brent301Description
Small red squid near the shoreline. Moved into and away from a rock wall. Shed some of its skin onto the rocks.
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Ram's Horn Squid (Spirula spirula)Observer
chriscDescription
Freshly washed up on wild surf beach.
Shell is almost completely covered in Membranipora bryozoans (as pointed out by @lucas_dt).
There is also some encrustation of small goose barnacles.
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