mtank's Identifications

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What

Genus Cavernularia

Observer

pam_darook

Date

March 3, 2018 08:21 AM AEDT

Place

Gunnamatta Bay,Sydney Australia (Google, OSM)
Cavernularia - Photo (c) Terry Gosliner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Terry Gosliner
mtank's ID: Genus Cavernularia, a member of Sea Pens (Superfamily Pennatuloidea)
Added on March 28, 2023
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What

Genus Cavernularia

Observer

pam_darook

Date

February 18, 2018 07:15 AM AEDT

Place

Sydney NSW, Australia (Google, OSM)

Description

Seapen

Cavernularia - Photo (c) Terry Gosliner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Terry Gosliner
mtank's ID: Genus Cavernularia, a member of Sea Pens (Superfamily Pennatuloidea)
Added on March 28, 2023
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What

Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 11:17 AM ACDT

Place

95/96 Esplanade, Port Noarlunga SA 5167, Australia (Google, OSM)

Tags

dsm
Demosponges - Photo (c) Michael Konecky, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Michael Konecky
mtank's ID: Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)
Added on March 28, 2023
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What

Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 10:50 AM ACDT

Place

95/96 Esplanade, Port Noarlunga SA 5167, Australia (Google, OSM)

Tags

dsm
Demosponges - Photo (c) Michael Konecky, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Michael Konecky
mtank's ID: Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)
Added on March 28, 2023
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2 photos

What

Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 10:55 AM ACDT

Place

95/96 Esplanade, Port Noarlunga SA 5167, Australia (Google, OSM)

Description

Cropped from a previous submission. Limited image quality as result. The dangling white 'blob/droplet' form we quite often see as part of ledge roof sponge growths in similar terrain (or maybe these are peculiar types of overgrowing tunicate??...but I'm going for sponge).

Tags

dsm
Demosponges - Photo (c) Michael Konecky, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Michael Konecky
mtank's ID: Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)
Added on March 28, 2023
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What

Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 12:06 PM ACDT

Place

Port Noarlunga Jetty (Google, OSM)

Description

The red sponge.

Demosponges - Photo (c) Michael Konecky, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Michael Konecky
mtank's ID: Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)
Added on March 28, 2023
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What

Rough Bullseye (Pempheris klunzingeri)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 12:03 PM ACDT

Place

Port Noarlunga Jetty (Google, OSM)
Rough Bullseye - Photo (c) Erik Schlogl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Erik Schlogl
mtank's ID: Rough Bullseye (Pempheris klunzingeri)
Added on March 28, 2023
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What

Wavy Grubfish (Parapercis haackei)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 10:59 AM ACDT

Place

95/96 Esplanade, Port Noarlunga SA 5167, Australia (Google, OSM)

Tags

dsm
Wavy Grubfish - Photo (c) Ian Shaw, all rights reserved, uploaded by Ian Shaw
mtank's ID: Wavy Grubfish (Parapercis haackei)
Added on March 28, 2023
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What

Spinytail Leatherjacket (Acanthaluteres brownii)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 10:54 AM ACDT

Place

95/96 Esplanade, Port Noarlunga SA 5167, Australia (Google, OSM)

Tags

dsm
Spinytail Leatherjacket - Photo (c) J. Martin Crossley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by J. Martin Crossley
mtank's ID: Spinytail Leatherjacket (Acanthaluteres brownii)
Added on March 28, 2023
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Photos / Sounds

What

Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 11:48 AM ACDT

Place

Port Noarlunga Jetty (Google, OSM)
Demosponges - Photo (c) Michael Konecky, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Michael Konecky
mtank's ID: Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)
Added on March 28, 2023
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Photos / Sounds

What

Family Darwinellidae

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 11:24 AM ACDT

Place

Port Noarlunga Jetty (Google, OSM)

Description

The off white mildly spiky sponge.

Tags

dsm
Darwinellidae - Photo no rights reserved, uploaded by Alex Heyman
mtank's ID: Family Darwinellidae, a member of Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)
Added on March 28, 2023
Improving

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2 photos

What

Tāmure (Australasian Snapper) (Chrysophrys auratus)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 11:41 AM ACDT

Place

95/96 Esplanade, Port Noarlunga SA 5167, Australia (Google, OSM)

Description

Dreadful pic of a juvenile.

Tags

dsm
Australasian Snapper - Photo (c) ellalis, all rights reserved, uploaded by ellalis
mtank's ID: Tāmure (Australasian Snapper) (Chrysophrys auratus)
Added on March 28, 2023
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Photos / Sounds

What

Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 10:56 AM ACDT

Place

95/96 Esplanade, Port Noarlunga SA 5167, Australia (Google, OSM)

Description

Cropped from preceding observation.
The greyish sponge @ centre.

Tags

dsm
Demosponges - Photo (c) Michael Konecky, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Michael Konecky
mtank's ID: Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)
Added on March 28, 2023
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What

Genus Dendrilla

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 11:26 AM ACDT

Place

Port Noarlunga Jetty (Google, OSM)

Description

Tentative genus suggestion. Detail of a common sponge species at this location.

Tags

dsm
Dendrilla - Photo (c) Phil Bendle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Phil Bendle
mtank's ID: Genus Dendrilla, a member of Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)
Added on March 28, 2023
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Photos / Sounds

What

Rough Bullseye (Pempheris klunzingeri)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 11:24 AM ACDT

Place

Port Noarlunga Jetty (Google, OSM)

Description

Another school of adults in a cave along the northern inner slope of the platform reef.

Tags

dsm
Rough Bullseye - Photo (c) Erik Schlogl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Erik Schlogl
mtank's ID: Rough Bullseye (Pempheris klunzingeri)
Added on March 28, 2023
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Photos / Sounds

What

Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 11:17 AM ACDT

Place

95/96 Esplanade, Port Noarlunga SA 5167, Australia (Google, OSM)

Tags

dsm
Darwinellidae - Photo no rights reserved, uploaded by Alex Heyman
mtank's ID: Family Darwinellidae, a member of Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)
Added on March 28, 2023
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3 photos

What

Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)

Observer

steve_reynolds

Date

September 14, 2020 01:43 PM ACST

Place

South Australia, Australia (Google, OSM)

Description

Sponges growing on oysters in monitoring baskets

Demosponges - Photo (c) Michael Konecky, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Michael Konecky
mtank's ID: Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)
Added on March 28, 2023
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Photos / Sounds

What

Genus Clathria

Observer

steve_reynolds

Date

November 15, 2020 06:11 PM ACDT

Place

South Australia, Australia (Google, OSM)

Description

Beached specimen being wildly identified

Clathria - Photo (c) agriusrustica, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
mtank's ID: Genus Clathria, a member of Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)
Added on March 28, 2023
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Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Dove Snails (Family Columbellidae)

Observer

steve_reynolds

Date

December 18, 2020 10:40 AM ACDT

Place

South Australia, Australia (Google, OSM)
Dove Snails - Photo (c) marlo, all rights reserved, uploaded by marlo
mtank's ID: Dove Snails (Family Columbellidae)
Added on March 28, 2023
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2 photos

What

Ribbed Buccinum Whelk (Cominella eburnea)

Observer

steve_reynolds

Date

December 18, 2020 11:11 AM ACDT

Place

95/96 Esplanade, Port Noarlunga SA 5167, Australia (Google, OSM)
Ribbed Buccinum Whelk - Photo (c) johneichler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by johneichler
mtank's ID: Ribbed Buccinum Whelk (Cominella eburnea)
Added on March 28, 2023
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3 photos

What

Longhead Flathead (Leviprora inops)

Observer

steve_reynolds

Date

February 15, 2021 11:39 AM ACDT

Place

South Australia, Australia (Google, OSM)

Description

Found against swimming pool net

Longhead Flathead - Photo (c) Glen Whisson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Glen Whisson
mtank's ID: Longhead Flathead (Leviprora inops)
Added on March 28, 2023
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What

Sweepers (Family Pempheridae)

Observer

steve_reynolds

Date

February 15, 2021 12:00 PM ACDT

Place

Moonta SA 5558, Australia (Google, OSM)

Description

Juveniles

Sweepers - Photo (c) Erik Schlogl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Erik Schlogl
mtank's ID: Sweepers (Family Pempheridae)
Added on March 28, 2023
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3 photos

What

Family Eunicidae

Observer

steve_reynolds

Date

December 14, 2021 04:14 PM ACDT

Place

Outer Harbor SA 5018, Australia (Google, OSM)

Description

Found in oyster monitoring basket. Includes Sabella spallanzanii

Eunicidae - Photo (c) Ken Traub, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND)
mtank's ID: Family Eunicidae, a member of Active Free-living Bristleworms (Subclass Errantia)
Added on March 28, 2023
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Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Mediterranean Fanworm (Sabella spallanzanii)

Observer

steve_reynolds

Date

December 14, 2021 04:14 PM ACDT

Place

Outer Harbor SA 5018, Australia (Google, OSM)

Description

Found in oyster monitoring basket. Also includes a brittleworm

Mediterranean Fanworm - Photo (c) Albertini maridom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Albertini maridom
mtank's ID: Mediterranean Fanworm (Sabella spallanzanii)
Added on March 28, 2023
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3 photos

What

Culicia tenella

Observer

steve_reynolds

Date

January 23, 2023 11:00 AM ACDT

Place

Outer Harbor SA 5018, Australia (Google, OSM)

Description

Found attached to an oyster monitoring basket

Culicia tenella - Photo (c) Marine Explorer (Dr John Turnbull), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Marine Explorer (Dr John Turnbull)
mtank's ID: Culicia tenella, a member of Stony Corals (Order Scleractinia)
Added on March 28, 2023
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2 photos

What

Rock Flathead (Platycephalus laevigatus)

Observer

steve_reynolds

Date

January 27, 2023 11:19 AM ACDT

Place

Second Valley SA 5204, Australia (Google, OSM)
Rock Flathead - Photo (c) Wayne Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Wayne Martin
mtank's ID: Rock Flathead (Platycephalus laevigatus)
Added on March 28, 2023
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2 photos

What

Creniola laticauda

Observer

steve_reynolds

Date

January 13, 2023 11:16 AM ACDT

Place

Port Hughes SA 5558, Australia (Google, OSM)

Description

Observed on goat fish

Creniola laticauda - Photo (c) J. Martin Crossley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by J. Martin Crossley
mtank's ID: Creniola laticauda, a member of Fish Isopods (Family Cymothoidae)
Added on March 28, 2023
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Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Blackthroat Threefin (Helcogramma decurrens)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 11:09 AM ACDT

Place

Port Noarlunga Jetty (Google, OSM)

Description

Probably, juvenile. I'll add a cropped version.

Tags

dsm
Blackthroat Threefin - Photo (c) Glen Whisson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Glen Whisson
mtank's ID: Blackthroat Threefin (Helcogramma decurrens)
Added on March 28, 2023
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What

Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 11:18 AM ACDT

Place

95/96 Esplanade, Port Noarlunga SA 5167, Australia (Google, OSM)

Tags

dsm
Demosponges - Photo (c) Michael Konecky, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Michael Konecky
mtank's ID: Demosponges (Class Demospongiae)
Added on March 28, 2023
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What

Bigscale Bullseye (Pempheris multiradiata)

Observer

davemmdave

Date

March 24, 2023 11:46 AM ACDT

Place

95/96 Esplanade, Port Noarlunga SA 5167, Australia (Google, OSM)

Description

Poor view of mature adult just R of centre.

Tags

dsm
Bigscale Bullseye - Photo (c) Erik Schlogl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Erik Schlogl
mtank's ID: Bigscale Bullseye (Pempheris multiradiata)
Added on March 28, 2023
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