Other non-Molluscan Phyla (Echinodermata, Brachiopoda etc) are being added to the checklist and photo sections of the website. This is to help identify species that may be mistaken for Mollusca, but are not.
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Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) lepidus de Loriol, 1893 Marine, White and red disc covered in long white spines, 5 brittle, very spiny arms. Found in sponge gardens and on the rocky seabed living up on the upper branches of gorgonian and black corals from about 80 metres Recorded mainly from the Southwest Pacific, Kermadec and Norfolk Islands, but has recently been found in the Far North of NZ KA
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