New Zealand Seashore

11006-73003 Sand hopper or namu mawhitiwhiti (Bellorchestia quoyana) high numbers exposed in torchlight after dark. Talitrid amphipods are extremely abundant on most shores and feed on beach-stranded kelps and seaweeds (particularly Macrocystus and Durvillea). Sandhoppers are in turn an important food for shorebirds - including Stewart Island kiwi, resulting in the transfer of energy across coastal ecotones. Ocean Beach, Stewart Island *

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11006-73003 Sand hopper or namu mawhitiwhiti (Bellorchestia quoyana) high numbers exposed in torchlight after dark. Talitrid amphipods are extremely abundant on most shores and feed on beach-stranded kelps and seaweeds (particularly Macrocystus and Durvillea). Sandhoppers are in turn an important food for shorebirds - including Stewart Island kiwi, resulting in the transfer of energy across coastal ecotones. Ocean Beach, Stewart Island *

73003 sandhopper beach Corophium acutum amphipod amphipods Ocean Beach Stewart island namu mawhitiwhiti Amphipoda gammaridae Bellorchestia quoyana talitrid