P_ 4110244 Mottled brittle star, or wheki huna (Ophionereis fasciata) tangled group, with bright green ragworms (Acrocirrus sp.), beneath boulder in tidal pool at low tide. They are seldom found in the open, but lives underneath stones or inside cavities, from where it extends its arms. Echinoderm Reef, Goat Island Marine Reserve *
DSC_8601 Mottled brittle star, or wheki huna (Ophionereis fasciata) Found in low intertidal and subtidal. It is seldom found in the open, but lives underneath stones or inside cavities, from where it extends its arms. Karitane
DSC_3630 Long-armed brittle star (Amphiura aster) a burrowing brittle star that lives buried in spring tidal flats. The brittle stars arm's extend up to the sand surface, where each slender arm tip protrudes above the sand, and sweeps across the surface collecting food particles, which are conveyed back down the arms to the sea star's mouth, located beneath the small central cushion. Tokerau Beach, Karikari Peninsula
