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Genus: Australostichopus
Australostichopus mollis (Hutton, 1872) Length ~300mm Marine, Mottled light brown or black body, warty dorsal surface with numerous radial rows of ventral tube feet Throughout NZ from shallow rock pools to subtidal sandy mud bottoms. Also New South Wales coast around to southwestern Australia KACFMAn
Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island