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Speckled Sand Crab
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The Speckled Sand Crab occurs on sandy substrates, from low tide mark to about 10 m depth. It is sometimes caught in bait nets. It is found in northern Australia.
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Crustaceans
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Inland Yabby
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The Inland Yabby constructs deep burrows, typically along the water line of rivers and creeks. In Queensland, originally restricted to streams flowing westward from the Great Dividing Range and the Dawson River. Now introduced to Brisbane River catchment and spreading quickly.
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Crustaceans
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Sand Yabby
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The Sand Yabby is semi-aquatic and burrows around the perimeter of sand lakes or along small creeks. It is restricted to coastal south-eastern Queensland as far north as Fraser Island.
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Crustaceans
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Giant Sentinel Crab
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The Giant Sentinel Crab has a large carapace with a strongly granular surface. It burrows on open mudflats in very soft mud from northern Australia south to Moreton Bay.
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Crustaceans
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Hairy Swimmer Crab
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The Hairy Swimmer Crab is a very stout, solidly built swimming crab that can grow to 145 mm in carapace width. It occurs in northern Australia from Exmouth Gulf, WA, to Sydney.
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Crustaceans
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Ram’s Horn Squid or Tail-light Squid
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The Ram’s Horn Squid is a rarely seen deep-water species that has a light emitting organ at the tail-end of its body. The internal spirally-coiled shell, is composed of numerous gas-filled chambers that give the squid buoyancy. Tail-light Squids are cosmopolitan, occurring in all oceans.
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Molluscs
Cephalopods |
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Oak Chiton
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The Oak Chiton is easily recognised by its mottled grey, green, and black leathery girdle. It lives exposed on rocks in the intertidal and shallow subtidal zones. It is found from Central Queensland southwards to southern WA.
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Molluscs
Chitons |
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Gastropods
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Gastropods form the largest class of molluscs and include many well-known groups such as cowries, cone snails, tritons, periwinkles and whelks. To date approximately 950 species of gastropods have been recorded from the Bay.
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Molluscs
Gastropods |
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Bivalves
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Bivalves are molluscs that have a shell composed of two valves attached by a skin-like ligament and usually interlocking (hinge) teeth. The class includes many commercially significant species and numerous ecologically dominant groups. About 350 species have been recorded from Moreton Bay.
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Molluscs
Bivalves |
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Cleft-fronted Bait Crab
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The Cleft-fronted Bait Crab has short hairs on its body and legs, and can reach 70 mm in carapace width. It occurs in eastern Qld; also subtropical and tropical western and eastern Pacific (north to Japan and south-east to Easter Island).
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Crustaceans
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