Species List for Genus: Micrelenchus
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Micrelenchus (Genus)

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Micrelenchus burchorum B.A. Marshall, 1998
Height 26mm, Width 16mm, Marine, Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands, 5-33 metres on algae. Middlesex Bank and King Bank, 7-805 metres
AE. Micrelenchus huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
Height 11.5mm, Marine, Endemic
Bay of Islands south, and Stewart Island. 0-7 metres, Inhabits sheltered waters, especially
Zostera, sea-grass, on tidal flats and sheltered rock pools
ACFE. Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791)
Height 35mm, Width 21mm, Marine, Endemic
North and South Island. On seaweed at low tide to about 120 metres
ACE. Micrelenchus sanguineus (Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843)
Height 8mm, Width 7mm, Marine, Endemic
North, South and Stewart Island
ACFE. Micrelenchus tenebrosus A. Adams, 1853
Height 11mm, Width 10mm, Marine, Endemic, Coastal, open water on seaweed and under kelp holdfasts
Southern North Island, South and Stewart Island. Under stones in coastal regions
ACFE. Micrelenchus tesselatus (A. Adams, 1851)
Height 9mm, Width 8mm, Marine, Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
ACFE.