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13 de mayo de 2019

Summer 2018-19 Round-up

With autumn finally making an appearance it is timely to have a look back over the summer that was. Thanks to all of those keen eyes and some extremely talented photographers out there the number of observations captured by the project has reached 2071, representing at least 366 species. The summer saw observations of big nests of rock lobster and big schools of large blue moki mooching over the reefs, and well as swimming flatworms and baby reef squid.

Some of my favourites were:

Orange clinid (Ericentrus rubrus), a common but seldom noticed live-bearing fish - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24916363
Triangle Crab Eurynolambrus australis - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22741981
Cyclosalpa affinis - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22211421
Mitrocoma cellularia - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22133451

The tiny saccoglossan sea slugs:

Oxynoe viridis - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22058362
Sacoproteus smaragdinus - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22058461

The rare nudibranch Tritonia flemingi - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19978376

The tiny box jellyfish Carybdea sivickisi taking a rest on a bed of Ulva - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19872914

Pin cushion sea star (Eurygonias hylacanthus) - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19751818

A big conger (Conger verreauxi) covered with scars from octopus suckers - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19626070

Tiny red sea cucumber Squamocnus brevidentis - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?page=3&place_id=any&project_id=taputeranga-marine-reserve&verifiable=any and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19421876

The mystery critter photographed in Owhiro Bay by @Wild_Wind in January - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19422554

The siphonophore Abylopsis eschscholtzi - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19098458

Publicado el 13 de mayo de 2019 por clinton clinton | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario
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