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Identification of NZ Seashore Species

Educational resources to help you identify and learn about the species you might find on the New Zealand Seashore.
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new zealand fish a complete guide
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New Zealand Fish: A Complete Guide by Chris Paulin http://www.amazon.com/dp/0909010854/ref=cm_sw_r_pi_dp_PlBivb0HH9V1Y This is an illustrated key to identification of fishes in NZ waters. It is easy to use and will help you focus on the key characteristics that distinguish one species from another. Unfortunately out of print but you should be able to find in libraries.
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Segmented Worms
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Guide to New Zealand Shore Polychaetes: Introduction
Marine worms... how can we tell the difference? Don't worry, NIWA has an on-line guide to the segmented worms found on the rocky and sandy/muddy shores.
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Sea Squirts
Sea Squirt
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Bright Colours
The Low
Web Site
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Ascidians, commonly known as Sea Squirts, are common in the low tide zone. Bright colours but not easy to identify. This colourful, easy to follow guide can be downloaded from the NIWA web site or used on-line. It can be very helpful.
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Sea Cucumbers
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Sea Stars
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Extraordinary Echinoderms, an interactive guide to the sea stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers in NZ waters. This is an easy to follow guide with good photos and information about distribution, depth and abundance.
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Native Animals Of New Zealand by AWB Powell has a number of marine species included. The black line drawings are very detailed and useful for identification. The short descriptions include common, scientific and Maori names.
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Struggling to identify the diversity of seaweeds on your local shoreline? This book will definitely help. A photographic guide, written by NZ's seaweed expert, Wendy Nelson, provides information about identification and ecology of NZ's marine plants.
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A great introduction to the NZ seashore with lovely drawings of some of the more common species. The book includes a removable identification card to take to the shore.
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Live Fish
Fishing Life
The latest in a series of fish identification guides by Malcolm Francis. There are excellent photos for each species and up-to-date information about coastal fish from one of NZ's leading icthyologist.
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Canterbury University Press
Seaweeds are one of the hardest organisms on the rock shore to identify. The fantastic illustrations by Nancy Adams will help. This is a small field guide, but the Canterbury University Press has also published a more comprehensive volume which includes most of the NZ seaweed species.
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Sea Shells
Seashells: A Life-size Photo Guide to More Than 100 of New Zealand's M
The fold out poster is perfect for laying on the beach and positioning the seashells you find on the beach next to the lifesize photos for comparison. Easy to use and allows for comparison of the variety of molluscs found on the NZ shores.
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Andrew Crowe
A great photographic guide to the treasures you find living and washed up on New Zealand beaches. Great layout and interesting tidbits of information. It will be loved by all ages. A companion book, Life-Size Guide to the New Zealand Rocky Shore is also worth finding.
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Intertidal Zone
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Written and photographed by our very own Steve Wing, this is a book worth having. Although most of the species are subtidal, some are also found in the intertidal zone and there are very good general descriptions of the different invertebrate groups.
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Southern and Northern Rocky Shore Guides are a great for taking to the beach and identifying the common plants and animals. The guides have an excellent photograph, common and scientific name and maximum size for each species. Available on waterproof paper and in Te Reo. Copies can be ordered or downloaded from the NZ Marine Studies Centre.
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Canterbury University Press
This is now the bible for identification of NZ invertebrates. However only Volume 1 is available (including sponges, sea anemones & jellies, flatworms and molluscs). Each species description includes a photograph and information about morphology, habitat, abundance, distribution and depth range. Hopefully Volume 2 will be out soon!
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Dr Betty Batham (Director of Portobello Marine Laboratory,1951-74) wrote these cards to keep track of the many species found as she studied the marine habitats of southern NZ. The cards often include identification notes, distribution, abundance, and biology. Any many are illustrated with her pencil or water colour drawings or with black and white photographs.