New Zealand Seashore

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 *

PC220047Stalkeyedmud crabpapakaHemiplaxhirtipesunderwaterburrowPapanui InletOtago Peninsula