The New Zealand seashore guide / Sally Carson & Rod Morris.

INTRODUCTION -- Our intertidal wilderness -- A journey of exploration -- Our varied coastline -- Zones of life -- Rocky shores -- Sandy beaches -- Mudflats -- Turning of the tide -- Care on the coast -- Care for the coast -- SPONGES -- ANEMONES AND THEIR RELATIVES -- Anemones -- Hydroids -- WORMS -- Unsegmented worms -- Segmented worms -- CRUSTACEANS -- Isopods -- Amphipods -- Shrimp -- Crabs -- Barnacles -- COASTAL INSECTS AND SPIDERS -- MOLLUSCS -- Chitons -- Gastropods -- Bivalves -- Octopuses and squid -- BRACHIPODS -- BRYOZOANS -- SEA STARS AND THEIR RELATIVES -- Sea stars -- Sea urchins -- Sea cucumbers -- ASCIDIANS -- FISH -- SEAWEEDS -- Green seaweeds -- Brown seaweeds -- Red seaweeds -- COASTAL PLANTS -- Saltmarsh and sand dune plants -- Seashore lichens -- CONCLUSION -- A changing ocean -- Other coastal concerns -- Seashore scientists -- Coastal call to action -- Cultivating curiosity -- Diving deeper -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INDEX.

This is the ultimate guide to the New Zealand seashore life. The geographic diversity of New Zealand’s 14,000 kilometres of coastline supports a wide range of marine species all of which is photographed and described in this book. Sally Carson’s text is packed with information on endemic and introduced species, including sponges, anemones, sea stars, shrimps and crabs, barnacles, pāua, mussels, oysters, fish and seaweed, while each species has been photographed by Rod Morris. -- Publisher's website.

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