This guide illustrates only some of the more common seashore animals and plants. Visit our website for a comprehensive list, Māori names and information about their ecology.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this guide at the time of publication.

The NZ Marine Studies Centre (Dunedin) provides expert knowledge, research opportunities, educational programmes and

resources for schools about New Zealand’s marine environment.

AcknowledgementsThe Sandy and Muddy Shore Guide, produced by the NZ Marine

Studies Centre, Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, is proudly supported and funded by Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited.

Photographer D. Pagé. Illustrator Graeme Furness.Additional photos R. Taylor, M. Francis, F. Keil,

S. Mills, C. Brett, P. Batson, T. Bird and A. O’Neill.

© NZ Marine Studies Centre 2016. All Rights Reserved.ISBN: 978-0-473-31877-2

Me aro atu ki kā tai timu, tai pari Kauraka koe me tō kotahi e toro atu ki te akau toka Me aro atu koe ki kā tohu o te raki me Tawhirimātea Kia mataara ki kā karu – kauraka e huri tuarā atu i

Takaroa Kia tupato ki kā wāhi māeneene, ki kā toka titaha hoki Haria atu kā para ka kimihia ki te akau, whiua ki te ipu

para kē

KIA TUPATO, KIA TIKA HOKI TO MAHI

Me noho tawhiti koe i kā manu me kā penu Me noho tawhiti koe i kā pakake me kā whakahao Whakamahia ō karu toro me tō kamera ki te titiro

pātata Ki te pātata atu kā whakahao ki a koe – āta neke

whakamuri Kia mauri tau tāu kurī

Āta hikoi Waiho atu kā tini o Takaroa Waiho atu kā rimurapa kua piri ki kā toka Kia kāwari tō pā atu ki kā tini o Takaroa – patata atu ki

te whenua me ō rikarika mākū Kia āta whakahoki kā toka ki ō rātou wāhi tika Kauraka e rahi tō kohikohi aka, he kāika kē mā ētahi

atu tini o Takaroa

KIA TIAKINA KA TINI O TAKAROA

KIA KAHA KIA KAURAKA E RAWEKE KA TINI O TAKAROA

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We understand that there are many regional differences and acknowledge that whānau, hapū and iwi have their own names and understandings of

the creatures in their area. If you are able to help by adding a Māori name, or giving us the regional variation, we would be interested in hearing from you.

Please email marine-studies@otago.ac.nz

He puka ārahi ngāwari mō ngā kararehe me ngā tipu e kitea noatia ki ngā tapātai one o Aotearoa ki te Raki

IKA

Burrowing AnemoneEdwardsia neozelanica

20 mm

Kōtore Moana / HumengaAnthopleura aureoradiata

20 mm

tiotio

Austrominius modestus5 mmAttached to cockle shells

Horihori / Pātiki RoriPeltorhamphus spp.

350 mmPātiki

Rhombosolea plebeia430 mm

Estuarine TriplefinForsterygion nigripenne

90 mmKourepoua / Kūtoro

Genyagnus monopterygius450 mm

ko-tore moana

pa-paka

Pāpaka HunaOvalipes catharus

150 mm

Pāpaka HurahuraHemigrapsus crenulatus

40 mm

KairauAustrohelice crassa

20 mm

Pāpaka Macrophthalmus hirtipes

35 mm

WaerauHalicarcinus whitei

10 mm

Burrow opening

Burrow opening

TakarepoGari canvexa

60 mm

KaikaikaroroCrassula aequilatera

70 mm

angarua

Tio Crassostrea gigas

120 mm

Tuatua / Kahitua / Kaitua / Pipi-tairaki / Tairaki / TsiwhatiwhatiPaphies subtriangulata

50 mm

KuhakuhaGlycymeris modesta

30 mm

TāweraTawera spissa

25 mm Tuangi / Hūai

Austrovenus stutchburyi50 mm

KaikaikaroroLeukoma crassicosta

45 mm

Hahari Venerupis largillierti

60 mm

HarihariDosinia subrosea

60 mm

Pipi / Angarite, KōkotaPaphies australis

60 mm

Nut Shell Linucula hartvigiana

8 mm

Hanikura / Hanikura-patuMacomona liliana

55 mm

Feeding mark

Kaikaikaroro Spisula murchisoni

90 mm

Wafer ClamHiatula siliquens

50 mm

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 450 460 470 480 490 500 510 520 530 540 550 560 570

Kōura Rangi / Kōuraura / Uraura Alpheus richardsoni

65 mm

Kōura Rangi / Kōuraura / Uraura Biffarius filholi

60 mm

Mana / Kōura Rangi / Kōuraura / UrauraHeterosquilla tricarinata

75 mm

MōwhitiwhitiParacorophium excavatum

3 mm

Mōwhitiwhiti / PotipotiBellorchestia quoyana

14 mm

Kōura Rangi / Kōuraura / UrauraPhilocheras australis

40 mm

Toke MoanaFamily Nephtyidae

100 mm

Toke MoanaBoccardia sp.

20 mm

Toke MoanaAbarenicola affinis

100 mmToke Moana

Family Glyceridae130 mm

Toke Moana Phylum Nemertea

200 mm

Toke Moana Family Orbiniidae

100 mm

Toke Moana Family Terebellidae

40 mm

Toke MoanaFamily Maldanidae

130 mm

Weri MoanaFamily Nereididae

100 mm

Cirratulid WormFamily Cirratulidae

100 mm

Feacal casts

Feacal casts

Burrows

Burrow entrance and exit Burrow opening

Toke WaitaiFamily Oweniidae

45 mm

Toa

Uwha

IsopodScyphax ornatus

10 mm

ko-uraura me nga

- uri tata

Toke MOANA

pu-pu- & nga

-kihi

Tikoaka Amalda australis

30 mm Long

Australian Dog WhelkNassarius burchardi

12 mm

KāwariCominella adspersa

45 mm

Pūpū TuateaHaminoea zelandiae

20 mm

KoetiZeacumantus lutulentus

25 mm

Ngaere Tanea zelandica

33 mm

Tōtoro Cirsotrema zelebori

22 mmPapatai

Maoricolpus roseus80 mm

Pūpū RoreAlcithoe arabica

100 mm

KōrireStiracolpus pagoda

30 mm

Koeti Zeacumantus subcarinatus

15 mm

Topshell Cantharidus huttonii

12 mm

Karahū / Karehu / Koriakai / Takarepo / Tātoko / Tī tiko /

Wētiwha / Whētiko / Whētikotiko Amphibola crenata

30 mm

WhētikoDiloma subrostrata

30 mm

Kota Zethalia zelandica

22 mm

Totorere / PūtarataraStruthiolaria papulosa

60 mm

Kāwari Cominella glandiformis

25 mm

Auger Shell Euterebra tristis

24 mm

Ngākihi / PiritokaNotoacmea spp.

11 mm

Tākai Pelicaria vermis

40 mm

Pūpū-waharoa Bulla quoyii

55 mm

Rimurimu Kura Polysiphonia spp.

150 mm

Spume (Diatom matter) Benthic Diatom (green scum)

RimuUlva spp.300 mm

WerewereLepas anatifera

40 mm

Kapoke Whero Gracilaria chilensis

500 mm

KararuaJanthina sp.

45 mm

DRIFT

Blue Bottle JellyfishPhysalia physalia

150 mm

Kiritara / Kina PapaFellaster zelandiae

100 mm

Kina PākiraEchinocardium cordatum

90 mm

KINA

KotakotaSpirula spirula

30 mm

rimurimu & Diatoms

OioiApodasmia similis

1500 mm

Otaota

Tree Lupin Lupinus arboreus

1500 mm

Knobby ClubrushFicinia nodosa

1500 mm

Kōwhangatara Spinifex sericeus

300 mm

Waiū Atua / Waiū-o-KahukuraEuphorbia glauca

500 mm

UreureSarcocornia quinqueflora

150 mm

Karepō / NanaZostera muelleri

300 mm

Pingao / Pikao Ficinia spiralis

900 mm

Marram GrassAmmophila arenaria

1200 mm

MānawaAvicenna marina australasica

2000 mmSea Rush Juncus kraussii var. australiensis

1200 mm