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

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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_8601 Mottled brittle star star sea star starfish wheki huna Ophionereis fasciata low intertidal subtidal Karitane