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Heart Urchins (Order Spatangoida)Observer
dorisreefDescription
Port Hedland WA - Cooke Point CP
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Echinoidea
Order Spatangoida
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Amarinus lacustrisObserver
corunastylisDescription
freshwater crab - A. lacustris so I've been told
very lively - if I'd had 3 hands I'd have photographed the underside as well
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LifeObserver
fiftygritDescription
the white spheres (attached to sea weed)
Up to ~5mm dia
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tjealesDescription
Ant cricket
Identified as Myrmecophilus parachilnus on Bowerbird by Matthew Connors: "I think most probably this species given location, tarsomere spination, and host ant (Polyrhachis ammon)"
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Pagoda Tiara (Mieniplotia scabra)Observer
hydrophilusDescription
Found in a cave. Not at all sure about the ID, just a guess.
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Flathead Sandfish (Lesueurina platycephala)Observer
henrycarrickDescription
Pictured at night in 2-7m of seawater on/around shallow limestone reef, macroalgae, seagrass and sponge gardens. Water temperature approx. 23C.
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Gastropods (Class Gastropoda)Observer
ethmostigmusDescription
Clinging to the underside of a rock in the intertidal zone
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Posidonia Clingfish (Posidonichthys hutchinsi)Observer
glen_whissonDescription
male
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Pink Clingfish (Modicus minimus)Observer
ryan_slatteryDescription
Spotted in South Harbour at the Poor Knights Islands, NZ. In a depth of 5-6m.
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Smallfin Clingfish (Parvicrepis parvipinnis)Observer
nlitjensDescription
Smallin clingfish from Mt Martha, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria
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Gyro Snails (Genus Gyraulus)Observer
mike68luskDescription
about 3mm diam. under a wet log at water's edge
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Gyraulus atkinsoniObserver
tasmanian_cryptofaunaDescription
camerons Lagoon, semi-submerged under rock. Specimen preserved
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nomennudumDescription
7 mm long (head to distal apex of wings).
One individual seen.
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Livid Fan Scallop (Scaeochlamys livida)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
18 months ago in Sydney a boat capsized and was washed up on 4th March 2019 at Otaipango, Henderson Bay down by the third creek with this marine life alive at the time.
last photo shows location where shell was found
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Livid Fan Scallop (Scaeochlamys livida)Observer
colonelsanders501Description
Recommendations are all Limpets, but I'm pretty sure its a Queen Scallop, or Doughboy Scallop
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Atrina tasmanicaObserver
eldonballDescription
think this is the shell of a large bivalve, but could be very wrong
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Saitis Banner-legged Jumping Spiders (Genus Saitis)Observer
mrspoodermanDescription
Undescribed as far as I can tell.
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Lyria laseroniObserver
profmolluscDescription
Small, damaged juvenile. Shell length = 11mm.
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Sea Urchins, Sand Dollars, and Heart Urchins (Class Echinoidea)Observer
pfncvd
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Penion mandarinusObserver
johneichlerDescription
Identified by Platon Vafiadis and Joan Hales.
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Genus AlabesObserver
stephencouttsDescription
Length about 20- 30mm
Found hiding in a big bush of bryozoan
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Bump-head Mola (Mola alexandrini)Observer
camille_e_hayDescription
There were two of them the same, I only could photograph one!
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albert_pessarrodonaDescription
Only seen at this location, where it was moderately rare. On rocks interspersed with sand
