New Zealand Seashore

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_8601Mottledbrittle starstarsea starstarfishwheki hunaOphionereisfasciatalow intertidalsubtidalKaritane