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Red-triangle Slug, Triboniophorus graeffei. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Red-triangle Slug
Summary
The Red-triangle Slug is common in the greater Brisbane region of south-eastern Queensland. This species which lives in coastal forests from around Wollongong NSW north to Mossman in northern Qld has many colour forms.
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Kuiter's Nudibranch, *Chromodoris kuiteri*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Kuiter's Nudibranch
Summary
Kuiter's Nudibranch is commonly 40-60 mm when extended although some specimens may grow to 75 mm. The species has a strong warning colour pattern. It is found throughout northern Australia and the south-western Pacific.
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Co’s Nudibranch, *Goniobranchus coi*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Nudibranchs
Summary
Nudibranchs (naked-gilled sea-slugs) include some of the most colourful and flamboyant of sea creatures. There are around 3000 valid species in this Molluscan group. Many have bright and elaborate colour patterns as spectacular as those seen in some butterflies.
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Fraser's Banded Snail, Sphaerospira fraseri. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Fraser's Banded Snail
Summary
Fraser's Banded Snail is a native snail species that is quite large, its shell reaching a diameter of up to 56 mm. The shell ranges from a tawny yellow to dark brown base-colour with many black spiral bands and a dark area behind the outer lip. It occurs from around the Clarence River region in northern New South Wales northwards to about Gympie in south-eastern Queensland.
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Giant Gem Chiton, Acanthopleura gemmata. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Chitons
Summary
Chitons differ from other molluscs by having an 8-plated shell, which is held together by a tough band of tissues known as the girdle. The various types of chitons are distinguished by colour and structural differences in the plates and girdle
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Funeral Pyre Nudibranch, *Jorunna funebris*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Funeral Pyre Nudibranch
Summary
The Funeral Pyre Nudibranch is easily identified by its distinctive white body colour decorated with large black circles composed of numerous raised papillae. It feeds on sponges and occurs in subtropical and tropical Australia.
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Red Swampdragon, *Agrionoptera insignis*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Perchers, skimmers, gliders and flutterers
Summary
The Libellulidae range in size from very small to large and have eyes that touch on the top of the head. In males, the hindwing has a rounded base, and A2 of the abdomen has no auricles. Colour varies widely among different species. Males and females of the same species are sometimes very different in appearance. Most species breed in standing waters.
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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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Pacific Clown Anemone Shrimp, *Ancylocaris brevicarpalis*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Pacific Clown Anemone Shrimp
Summary
The Pacific Clown Anemone Shrimp is common on coral and rocky reefs in the subtidal zone. Occurs singly or in pairs, on Haddon’s Anemone, and also on other anemones and sea cucumbers. Northern Australia.
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Zebra Volute, Amoria zebra. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Zebra Volute
Summary
The Zebra Volute lives in shallow, usually subtidal sand banks where it seeks out other snails and clams for food. The striped colour pattern on the shell (length to 50mm) gives the species its common name, but there are several other species of Australian volute which likewise have striped shells. It is found from Queensland to New South Wales only.
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Orange-clawed Fiddler Crab, *Tubuca coarctata*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Orange-clawed Fiddler Crab
Summary
The Orange-clawed Fiddler Crab is common on muddy upper shoulders of creeks and riverbanks in eastern Australia from Cape York to Moreton Bay.
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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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Palemouth, *Brachydiplax denticauda*, mature male. © Chris Burwell.
Palemouth
Summary
The Palemouth is a small, compact dragonfly that inhabits lakes, ponds, swamps and slow-flowing rivers with plenty of emergent aquatic plants. Mature males are very pale bluish with a black tip on the abdomen.
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Common Box Crab, *Calappa hepatica*. © Queensland Museum, Peter Davie.
Common Box Crab
Summary
The Common Box Crab is pale olive to olive-grey or olive-yellow, with flecking but not strong markings. It reaches about 50 mm in carapace width. It occurs in tropical and subtropical Australia; Indo-Pacific from Red Sea to Clipperton Is., east Pacific.
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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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Girdled Periwinkle, Littoraria filosa. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Girdled Periwinkle
Summary
The Girdled Periwinkle is striking, varying from yellow to brown, orange or pink. At low tide these molluscs 'glue' their shells to the bark or leaves of mangrove trees to stop themselves from drying out. This species is distributed from Botany Bay, New South Wales, around northern Australia to Exmouth Gulf, WA.
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Bullock's Nudibranch, *Hypselodoris bullockii*.© Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Bullock's Nudibranch
Summary
Bullock’s Nudibranch is a shallow water sea slug often seen by divers on coral reefs. It feeds on sponges and occurs in tropical Australia as far south as Moreton Bay, Queensland.
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Fox Dove Snail, Pardalinops testudinaria. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Fox Dove Snail
Summary
The Fox Dove Snail is well known for its bold and often complex shell colouration. The animals are mostly carnivorous, but some species have secondarily become herbivorous. It is found in subtropical and tropical Australia.
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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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Cream Wafer Tellin, *Tonganaella perna*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Cream Wafer Tellin
Summary
The Cream Wafer Tellin lives deeply burrowed in shallow subtidal sandy habitats. Found in tropical and subtropical Australia.
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