DSC_4171 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. Brighton Beach *
DSC_3700 Mottled brittle star, or wheki huna (Ophionereis fasciata) detail of disc. 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. Pakiri Beach
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 *
