New Zealand Seashore

DSC_5094 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

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DSC_5094 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 5094 Stalkeyed mud crab papaka Hemiplax Macrophthalmus hirtipes intertidal zone burrows mud mudflats tidal creeks Otago Harbour