DSC_4151 Heart urchin (Echinocardium cordatum) ventral view of test amongst drift. Lives buried in sand offshore, or below low tide mark. The fragile, white, heart shaped 'tests' or empty skeletons are commonly washed ashore. Whangateau Harbour *
DSC_4159 Pencil urchin, or kina taratara (Goniocidaris umbraculum) live animal. A deep water species notable for disparity in the form of its spines, some of which terminate in concave rounded discs. Blueskin Bay
DSC_4147 Pencil urchin, or kina taratara (Goniocidaris umbraculum) live animal. A deep water species notable for disparity in the form of its spines, some of which terminate in concave rounded discs. Blueskin Bay
