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On the mud flats of the Wakouaiti River estuary
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Under rock low tide
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Under rock low tide
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Under rock low tide
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Many of these, intertidal site. Under rocks and also with holes in the mud.
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On mud flats, intertidal zone. Very small - carpace about 2mm across.
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On mud flats, intertidal zone. Very small - carpace about 2mm across.
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On mud flats, intertidal zone. Very small - carpace about 2mm across.
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many crabs, around 30/sqm along ~300m of 3m wide walking track. A couple of years ago there were none, the track used to be drier - possibly sank during earthquakes. Saw 2 emerge from one hole - do not know if they share, or if it's any port in a storm when they are disturbed.
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many crabs, around 30/sqm along ~300m of 3m wide walking track. A couple of years ago there were none, the track used to be drier - possibly sank during earthquakes. Saw 2 emerge from one hole - do not know if they share, or if it's any port in a storm when they are disturbed.
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many crabs, around 30/sqm along ~300m of 3m wide walking track. A couple of years ago there were none, the track used to be drier - possibly sank during earthquakes. Saw 2 emerge from one hole - do not know if they share, or if it's any port in a storm when they are disturbed.
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Found in a regurgitation pellet from Moana at the Museum, a White-faced heron. ID by Wilma Blom, Curator Marine Invertebrates, and microscope image from John Early, Curator Entomology, Auckland Museum. http://naturewatch.org.nz/projects/moana-at-the-museum
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Found in a regurgitation pellet from Moana at the Museum, a White-faced heron. ID by Wilma Blom, Curator Marine Invertebrates, and microscope image from John Early, Curator Entomology, Auckland Museum. http://naturewatch.org.nz/projects/moana-at-the-museum
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Found in a regurgitation pellet from Moana at the Museum, a White-faced heron. ID by Wilma Blom, Curator Marine Invertebrates, and microscope image from John Early, Curator Entomology, Auckland Museum. http://naturewatch.org.nz/projects/moana-at-the-museum
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Found in a regurgitation pellet from Moana at the Museum, a White-faced heron. ID by Wilma Blom, Curator Marine Invertebrates, and microscope image from John Early, Curator Entomology, Auckland Museum. http://naturewatch.org.nz/projects/moana-at-the-museum
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Found in a regurgitation pellet from Moana at the Museum, a White-faced heron. ID by Wilma Blom, Curator Marine Invertebrates, and microscope image from John Early, Curator Entomology, Auckland Museum. http://naturewatch.org.nz/projects/moana-at-the-museum
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Hundreds of crabs walking across the mud, disappearing or appearing from many holes in the mud. Low tide on the Manukau Harbour.
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Hundreds of crabs walking across the mud, disappearing or appearing from many holes in the mud. Low tide on the Manukau Harbour.
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Hundreds of crabs walking across the mud, disappearing or appearing from many holes in the mud. Low tide on the Manukau Harbour.
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Hundreds of crabs walking across the mud, disappearing or appearing from many holes in the mud. Low tide on the Manukau Harbour.
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Think this is a Tunneling Mud Crab Austrohelice crassa, a New Zealand endemic.
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