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Giant Panda Snail, Hedleyella falconeri. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Giant Panda Snail
Summary
The Giant Panda Snail is Australia's largest land snail, the shell of which may reach 90 mm in height. This species is often encountered in the rainforests around Brisbane, particularly at night after rain when they are out feeding on fungi. Giant Panda Snails occur as far south as Barrington Tops in NSW.
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Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata
Hawksbill Turtle
Summary
The Hawksbill Turtle is a medium-sized turtle with a narrow head and beak-like snout. The shell has four large scales down either side which are thick and overlapping. It is found in tropical seas of northern Australia, the central Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions.
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Shells of the Giant Triton, Charonia tritonis. © Queensland Museum, Peter Waddington.
Giant Triton
Summary
The Giant or Trumpet Triton is one of the largest snails, reaching a length of 50 cm. Several island cultures use the shells as ceremonial trumpets. This species occurs throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific.
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Pascoe River Ring-tailed Gecko, Cyrtodactylus adorus. © Queensland Museum, Patrick Couper.
Pascoe River Ring-tailed Gecko
Summary
The Pascoe River Ring-tailed Gecko is found on the lower reaches of the Pascoe River, north-eastern Queensland.
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Spotted Velvet Gecko, Oedura tryoni. © Queensland Museum, Steve Wilson.
Spotted Velvet Gecko
Summary
The Spotted Velvet Gecko is uncommon in suburban Brisbane; abundant in surrounding bush-land. Coast and ranges from mid-eastern Queensland to north-eastern New South Wales.
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White Hammer Oyster, Malleus albus. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
White Hammer Oyster
Summary
The White Hammer Oyster is one of the most unusual types of marine bivalve molluscs and easily recognised by its greatly elongate hinge extensions (recalling a hammer shape) and somewhat corrugated valves. It is found in subtropical and tropical Australia.
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Imperial Barnacle, Austrobalanus imperator. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Imperial Barnacle
Summary
The Imperial Barnacle is found towards low water level on oceanic rocky shores, but not in areas subject to severe wave action. It occurs in eastern Australia.
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Tail-light Squid Shell, Spirula spirula. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Ram’s Horn Squid or Tail-light Squid
Summary
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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Rose Barnacles, Tesseropora rosea. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Rose Barnacle
Summary
Rose Barnacles occur on rocks at the seaward edge of rocky shores, and are able to tolerate strong wave activity. They are found in eastern Australia and southern Western Australia.
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Sand-dusted Cone, Conus arenatus. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Gastropods
Summary
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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Red Mud Lobster, *Neaxius glyptocercus*. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell.
Red Mud Lobster
Summary
The Red Mud Lobster is a stout, lobster-like crustacean with strong claws. It is very common in Moreton Bay, and is found in northern and eastern Australia.
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Estuarine Stonefish, Synanceia horrida. © Queensland Museum.
Estuarine Stonefish
Summary
Stonefish are the most venomous of all fishes. They are found throughout shallow coastal waters of the northern half of Australia. Stonefish are extremely well camouflaged and often almost indistinguishable from their natural surrounds. The venomous dorsal fin spines can cause extremely painful wounds and other serious medical issues.
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Yabby, *Trypaea australiensis*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Yabby or Ghost Nipper
Summary
Yabbies burrow in large numbers on sheltered intertidal and shallow, subtidal muddy sandflats. They are often collected by yabby pump, and commonly used as bait for fishing. Occur in eastern Australia.
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Orange-spot Smashing Mantis Shrimp, Gonodactylaceus graphurus. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell.
Orange-spot Smashing Mantis Shrimp
Summary
The Orange-spot Smashing Mantis Shrimp lives in crevices and holes in dead and living coral clumps on reefs and in mussel clumps in shallow water. It is found in northern Australia.
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Brown Tiger Prawn, *Penaeus esculentus*. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell.
Brown Tiger Prawn
Summary
The Brown Tiger Prawn is a large, banded prawn growing to 235 mm in length. It occurs on mud or sandy mud, and is found in northern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to central NSW.
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Garden Slater, *Porcellionides pruinosus*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Garden Slater
Summary
The Garden Slater belongs to a group of Crustacea called the Isopoda. Isopods sometimes resemble amphipods, but their bodies tend to be low and flattened rather than high and narrow. They are common in suburban gardens.
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Eastern King Prawn, *Penaeus plebejus*. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell.
Eastern King Prawn
Summary
The Eastern King Prawn has a cream to yellow body. Females grow up to 300 mm in length, males up to 190 mm. They are found in eastern Australia, from south-east Qld to Lakes Entrance, Vic.
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Shield Shrimp, *Triops australiensis*. © Queensland Museum.
Shield Shrimp
Summary
Shield Shrimp are the most strange-looking and distinctive of all desert crustaceans, and occur over much of inland Australia. Populations of these peculiar creatures explode following rain, and they can be found teeming in temporary pools and water-filled clay pans.
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Yellow-spot Mantis Shrimp (orange form), *Gonodactylaceus falcatus*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Mantis Shrimps
Summary
Mantis shrimps are exclusively marine, predatory crustaceans (Order Stomatopoda) that originated in the Cretaceous, and have remained remarkably similar in appearance for 100 million years. There are more than 100 genera and 450 species worldwide, with about 70 genera and 150 species recorded from Australia.
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Swamp Crayfish, *Tenuibranchiurus glypticus*. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell.
Swamp Crayfish
Summary
The Swamp Crayfish is one of the world's smallest crayfish, being fully grown at 25 mm. Originally recorded from Bulimba Creek, Mt Gravatt, but rarely found in the Brisbane city area since 1951.
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