DSC_5097 Stalk-eyed mud crab, or papaka (Hemiplax hirtipes) lives in the intertidal zone in burrows in mud, in harbours, mudflats and tidal creeks. Otago Harbour *
DSC_3348 Stalk-eyed mud crab, or papaka (Hemiplax hirtipes) tunnel with characteristic pattern of excavated sand deposited outside at low tide. Papanui Inlet, Otago Peninsula *
PC_220047 Stalk-eyed mud crab, or papaka (Hemiplax hirtipes) underwater at low tide beside burrow. lives in the intertidal zone in burrows in mud, in harbours, mudflats and tidal creeks. Papanui Inlet, Otago Peninsula *
