New Zealand Seashore

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

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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

DSC 3700 Mottled brittle star wheki huna Ophionereis fasciata detail disc Pakiri Beach