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Asymmetron lucayanumObserver
smithsonian_marinegeoDescription
Provisional name = Asymmetron lucayanum clade B of Kon et al 2006 | Photo license and credit belong to the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) and University of Hawai'i at M_noa | This observation is a part of the collaborative work between FLMNH, the Smithsonian Institution's Marine Global Earth Observatory (MarineGEO) and Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, and University of Hawai'i at M_noa
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luca_dtDescription
Now this was a bit of a surprise.
Swam out when I lifted a rock. It then tucked into a space nearby. Very weird things. Habitat shot last. That's the spot he was in before I flipped the rock.
~4cm long
Lower intertidal.
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Irus interstriatusObserver
pfncvdPlace
Daveys Bay Beach Dog Off Leash Area, 2 Brookwood Dr, Mount Eliza VIC 3930, Australia (Google, OSM)
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Genus PanderevelaObserver
traceyhowleyDescription
Photos by my partner Harvey Braun (C)
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Hercules Club Mud Whelk (Pyrazus ebeninus)Observer
saltyseaurchinbeachcombingDescription
Tode on rise
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Hercules Club Mud Whelk (Pyrazus ebeninus)Observer
saltyseaurchinbeachcombingDescription
Tide on Rise Late Arvo
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Family HaminoeidaeObserver
audreyfalconer1Description
Haminoea sp RB1. 6 specimens were found around roots of seagrass.
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Amygdalum striatumObserver
nickoshawDescription
Hmm not sure, thought I would find this relatively quickly
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Excastra albopilosaObserver
jtweedDescription
Resting on an understorey plant. At a quick glance, I initially thought it was a bird dropping. The white hairs give it the appearance of being infected with an entomopathogenic fungi, maybe as a deterrent to predators...? Definitely the most amazing cerambycid I've ever seen!
Update: this species finally has a name! The paper naming and describing it can be freely downloaded from here: https://doi.org/10.54102/ajt.iv1x5
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tasmanian_cryptofaunaDescription
Found under bark of fallen Eucalyptus tree with Poropterus crassipes
Found and ID’d by Otto Bell
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Athanopsis australisObserver
jimboboDescription
Athanopsis australis,
Blairgowrie Marina, night dive.
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Nomadic Velvet Snail (Neveritis aridorum)Observer
diannebickersDescription
Shell is smaller than my thumbnail
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Eucalyptus sinuosaObserver
dnicolleDescription
Voucher specimen D.Nicolle 5061 & M.E.French.
Mallee 3 metres tall, tallest 3.5 m, but most 1.5 to 2.5 m. Bark smooth throughout, but ribbony-rough on lower stems. Leaves glossy, dark green, with scattered lenticles. Flowers greenish. Approximately 100+ plants growing on southern slope of hill on whitish granitic sand in mallee scrub with Eucalyptus occidentalis, E. pleurocarpa, E. uncinata subsp. uncinata and E. xanthonema.
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Yellow-bellied Sea Snake (Hydrophis platurus)Observer
bushbanditDescription
The barnacles attached to this sea snake are recorded at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204351710.
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Bridled Goby (Arenigobius bifrenatus)Observer
nlitjensDescription
A large bridled goby from Balcombe Estuary, Victoria, Australia
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Candelabrum australeObserver
rsmckdiverDescription
Have found a few in The Gutter dive site, Bass Point.
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dorisreefDescription
Port Hedland WA - Rec Centre (Keesing Street)
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Littorinimorpha
FAM Cypraeidae
Cribrarula exmouthensis ssp. magnifica
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Indian Caloria (Caloria indica)Observer
neil_vaughanDescription
Ex HMAS Brisbane
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Western Pacific Purple Sea Urchin (Heliocidaris erythrogramma)Observer
peterviragphoto
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Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques)Observer
jenssommer01Description
With a parasitic isopod attached (see separate observation).
And a little baby leafy emerging from the egg mass...
"Leafy 5"
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Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin (Echinometra mathaei)Observer
urungarogerDescription
Just going with the INat suggestion here.
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North Island Snipe (Coenocorypha barrierensis)Observer
aucklandmuseumDescription
Coenocorypha barrierensis
North Island Snipe
Holotype
Collected prior to 1871
Collected by: Bennett
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-125988
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tasmanian_cryptofaunaDescription
very abundant under rocks on the shore of the prosser river.
Seems like a good fit as this species has been recorded from the mouth of the prosser river, Orford (Furkuda, Ponder, 2006).
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Jorunna pantherinaObserver
johneichlerDescription
About 16mm long. Matches the description of this species in Burn 2015, Nudibranchs and Related Molluscs. It laid an egg ring in a container on 22 March (image5).
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Staghorn Murex (Chicoreus cornucervi)Observer
dorisreefDescription
Port Hedland WA - Cemetery Beach
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
FAM Muricidae
Chicoreus cornucevi
laying eggs
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Common Tent Shell (Astralium tentoriiforme)Observer
inatauDescription
Mid tide seashore
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Turricula infidaObserver
yaozheng16Description
Turricula infida, Y. Zheng & S. J. Maxwell, 2024. Trawled from 200-300m near the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf on the border between WA and NT. Paratypes
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Legrand's Spindle (Propefusus undulatus)Observer
waynekingDescription
A worn shell. The axial brown colours and a pink base colour suggest undulatus and not novaehollandiae which is a uniform grey/white.
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Family AncillariidaeObserver
theya222Description
only a singular long white tentacle was visible
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Eudonia mawsoniObserver
fergusDescription
Eudonia mawsoni taking nectar and possibly pollen from Crassula moschata, the Shore Stonecrop.
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Gabbia rotundaObserver
rqy-yongPlace
PrivateDescription
Exact location obscured due to confidentiality of work in which these specimens were encountered, but it is basically the type-locality as published in Ponder (2003) or thereabouts. Ponder (pers comm) has verified that specimens encountered at this locality were G. rotunda and it is apparently the only bithyniid at this locality.
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Bent-neck Triton (Ranularia caudata)Observer
glen_whissonDescription
Two individuals
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Wulguru cuspidataObserver
coenobitaDescription
The green ring around the margin of the pool is made up of thousands of tiny flatworms.
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Common Razor Clam (Pinna bicolor)Observer
tiffanykoschDescription
larger than my hand
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Maugean Skate (Zearaja maugeana)Observer
lukemcoooDescription
My wishful thinking is a maugean skate egg. But not sure. Found on West Strahan Beach, Strahan. A beach in Macquarie Harbour.
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Bembicium vittatumObserver
wamozDescription
On the move providing a rare opportunity to see the creature within,
