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Kina (animal), the Glossary

Kina (Evechinus chloroticus) is a sea urchin endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Achille Valenciennes

Achille Valenciennes (9 August 1794 – 13 April 1865) was a French zoologist.

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Algae

Algae (alga) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms.

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Astrostole scabra

Astrostole scabra, commonly called the seven-armed starfish, is a sea star in the family Asteriidae, native to New Zealand, eastern Australia and southern Australia.

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Australasian snapper

The Australasian snapper (Pagrus auratus) or silver seabream is a species of porgie found in coastal waters of Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and New Zealand.

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Charonia

Charonia is a genus of very large sea snail, commonly known as Triton's trumpet or Triton snail.

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Corallina officinalis

Corallina officinalis is a calcareous red seaweed which grows in the lower and mid-littoral zones on rocky shores.

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Coscinasterias calamaria

Coscinasterias calamaria, or the eleven-armed sea star, is a starfish in the family Asteriidae.

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Crayfish

Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Astacidea, which also contains lobsters.

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Gamete

A gamete (ultimately) is a haploid cell that fuses with another haploid cell during fertilization in organisms that reproduce sexually.

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Hauraki Gulf

The Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana is a coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Jasus edwardsii, the southern rock lobster, red rock lobster, or spiny rock lobster, is a species of spiny lobster found throughout coastal waters of southern Australia and New Zealand including the Chatham Islands. Kina (animal) and Jasus edwardsii are Māori cuisine and New Zealand seafood.

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Kōwhai

Kōwhai are small woody legume trees within the genus Sophora, in the family Fabaceae, that are native to New Zealand.

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Kelp forest

Kelp forests are underwater areas with a high density of kelp, which covers a large part of the world's coastlines.

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Māori people

Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa).

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Metrosideros excelsa

Metrosideros excelsa, commonly known as pōhutukawa, New Zealand Christmas tree, and iron tree, is a coastal evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that produces a brilliant display of red (or occasionally orange, yellow or white) flowers, each consisting of a mass of stamens.

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Mollusca

Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals, after Arthropoda; members are known as molluscs or mollusks.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Sea urchin

Sea urchins or urchins, alternatively known as sea hedgehogs, are typically spiny, globular animals, echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. Kina (animal) and sea urchin are Commercial echinoderms.

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Starfish

Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea.

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The Noises

The Noises are a collection of islands lying northeast of Rakino Island in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, off the coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Tube feet

Tube feet (technically podia) are small active tubular projections on the oral face of an echinoderm, such as the arms of a starfish, or the undersides of sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers; they are more discreet though present on brittle stars, and have only a feeding function in feather stars.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kina_(animal)

Also known as Evechinus chloroticus, New Zealand sea urchin.