Native Animals of New Zealand: Auckland Museum Handbook of Zoology

1½ inches abundant animal attached Auckland Museum Auckland waters Australia BARNACLE Bay of Plenty beak bird bivalve blue body BRACHIOPOD breeding bright brownish burrows Cape Brett Chatham Islands coast colony colour common Cook Strait CRAB crayfish creatures crustaceans deep water dorsal fin dull easily recognised eggs fathoms feeds feet in length fins forest Foveaux Strait frequently green greenish grey ground grows Harbour Hauraki Gulf head hind-wings inches in diameter inches in height inches in length inches long insects known land large number larvae legs LIMPET lives low tide Manukau Harbour Maori name Maoris moth mottled mussel native nest North Auckland occurs octopus oyster paua reddish-brown resemble rock sand sandy seaweed shaped shark shell shellfish slender snails South Island spider Stewart Island surface tail throughout New Zealand tidal tiny Toheroa tuatara usually wash ashore whale wings worms Zealand Zealand species Zealand waters zelandica